Physiotherapy can help to reduce recovery times in patients that go through a surgical procedure.   This is can be achieved by patient education, prehabing (assessing and treating) pre surgery, and rehabing the area post surgery. Patient education – what to expect after surgery (pain, swelling, bruising, etc); recovery times; body anatomy; walking aids (if needed);.

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A follow up to my video from earlier last week on orthotics.  If you have not seen it, then head on over to our blog page and have a look. We will start with a little more information on what orthotics are.  Orthotics are generally divided into 2 groups; off the shelf or kiosk types.

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With the first week of school underway,  there are bound to be a few new items that will be either coming home with your child or going to school with them.  While this seems rather harmless, research shows that more than 50 percent of young people experience at least one episode of lower back.

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Headaches are a common complaint from patients and can greatly affect ones quality of life.  Headaches can originate from the neck—cervical spine—and can be associated to posture.   There is really no one ‘good posture’ because our bodies are meant to be moving frequently.  Prolonged positioning leads to decreased joint mobility, muscle soreness/stiffness and can.

Common tendonitis’ are tennis elbow, golfers elbow, rotator cuff, and patellar (knee cap) to name a few.  These can be caused be overuse—work environments/sports—or in some causes the onset can be initiated with a trauma.  There is often a biomechanical issue up or down stream from the issue that can lead to the prolonged.

Spinal manipulation may have been around for thousands of years; however, chiropractic was founded in 1895 by Daniel David Palmer (D.D. Palmer). Palmer created the term “chiropractic” (done by hand) which is derived from the Greek words "chiro" meaning "hand" and "praxis" to do.   A janitor by the name of Harvey Lillard shared with Palmer that years ago,.