A patient recently said to me, “I have realized that I cannot rely entirely on you and I need to do my homework.” This really caught my attention. For the sake of this blog, we’re going to call this patient Alice. Alice has a very stubborn injury as she prepares for a marathon. She has…
I was in chiropractic school when I first heard about the cat-camel exercise. After being in practice for a short while, I learned that it is a move taken from yoga. I first learned of it from reading spinal rehabilitation research as it pertains to the management of lower back pain. From what I’ve now…
The patellofemoral joint is the space between the kneecap and the long bone of the thigh, the femur. The space between these bones can become painful and injured for many different reasons. The kneecap can be dislocated, the cartilage under the kneecap can become softened and roughened (chondromalacia patella), or the joint space can be seemingly misaligned…
Lately, I’ve noticed a lot of discussion online about how imaging findings don’t usually relate to a person’s pain. It seems to be the current trend in social media, for practitioners to criticize the value of imaging results and how they relate to a person’s condition. Like many “new” ideas in musculoskeletal research, things become trendy among…
Lower back pain is a very complex topic. We’ve posted many blogs on our site regarding back pain and the various subcategories that are related to it. The cause of lower back pain, the natural course of it, treatment options, prognosis, and prevention, are all examples of different areas for discussion. Spinal stability is just…
There are many reasons why we get lower back pain. One obvious reason is when the spine is subjected to an excessive load that is beyond the tissue threshold. This is a “one event” type of injury. An example would be when you bend over to pick something up and feel immediate pain in your…
At Burlington Sports Therapy, our Chiropractors use an array of treatment techniques. These techniques include (but are not limited to) active release technique (ART), graston, chiropractic adjustments, joint mobilization, laser therapy and exercise prescription. The purpose of this week’s blog is to simply mention that we occasionally use a Cox table. Perhaps an oversight on…
Imagine a cardboard box. It’s a fairly stable structure that can withstand a certain amount of weight placed on it. For example, if you placed a one-pound weight on that box it would likely be able to hold that amount of compression. Now imagine adding another one-pound weight and continue to add weights one by one.…
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…
