As mentioned in the past, our blog entries are not intended to be specific, individual advice for patients. They are perhaps best viewed as “food for thought” or talking points for you and your health professional. I cannot tell you through a blog entry what to do for your lower back pain because I don’t…
For this week’s blog, we’re just going to touch on some very common recommendations for lower back pain. Keep in mind, the advice for anyone with lower back pain needs to be individualised. For any advice to be appropriate for someone with lower back pain, the practitioner needs to know what the diagnosis is and…
What is the best pillow for neck pain? Being a chiropractic, massage and physiotherapy clinic, this question gets asked a lot. The standard answer that I have always given my patients is that it is “trial and error”. You must try one out and make note of what you are trying (whether it be feather,…
At Burlington Sports Therapy, we practice in an evidence-based manner. That means we try to base our recommendations and our treatment approach on research so that the care we deliver to our patients is the best it can be. Although some clinical decisions are based on a practitioner’s experience and opinion, there is usually research…
Lower back injuries are very common. We see them at our clinic every day. As we’ve mentioned in previous blogs, approximately 80% of the population will experience a debilitating case of lower back pain at some point in their lives. Treating Lower Back Pain There are various approaches to treating lower back pain. The chosen…
Tendons are located at the ends of our muscles. They are the tissue that anchors the muscle onto a bone. Fortunately, tendons are very strong and able to withstand large forces. This is why they are very resilient in the grand scheme of our anatomy. They are subjected to tremendous forces to transfer forces from…
So, I did it again, just to see. I googled “stretches for back pain”. I did this many years ago as one of our first Burlington Sports Therapy blog entries to illustrate how ridiculous the internet can be when it comes to expert opinion and getting health related information. Beware! The first time I…
When do you need an x-ray for back pain? This is a question I get asked on a regular basis. Many people that I meet are under the impression that a chiropractor needs x-rays of the spine to diagnose. Perhaps surprising, it’s quite rare for an x-ray to be the sole factor that provides a…
Calcific tendinopathy is a condition that involves calcific deposition in our soft tissues. Most often it affects the shoulder, and specifically, it likes to target the rotator cuff tendons. Approximately two-thirds of cases affect a rotator cuff muscle called the supraspinatus. There are still quite a few aspects of calcific tendinopathy that are unknown. For…
Many people come to our clinic because of nerve pain. Nerve pain can take many different forms. Perhaps the most common descriptors for nerve pain include numbness, tingling, pins and needles, and achy dull pain. Acute nerve pain can often be very sharp and electric though, as seen with a sensitive nerve in the mouth…
