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“The source of your problem” A Functional Rehabilitative Approach
Registered Massage Therapists often talk about getting at the source of your problem but what does that really mean? To understand that you first have to understand that the body is a ‘master...
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Fixing Mom’s Super Hero Cape
Is this patient in pain? She struggled as she walked into my office, her face expressing a pain that is indescribable. Six months ago her back had began to ‘act up’. With kids, work, a husband and a...
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If you think you’ve got ‘the Lumbago’……think again!
We’ve come a long way from calling all low back pain ‘the lumbago’, and in this article I’ll explore some leading causes of, and remedies for low back pain that have soft tissue...
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New Technology, Same Old Principles – Thanks Mr. Lalanne
As I perused through my stacks of articles and files in search of what to write about this week, I came across my first ever newsletter, written in 1985. I was a young therapist, enthusiastic (still...
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Boomers & Sunscreen on my head
There is nothing that makes me feel older than having to squirt SPF 50 on the top of my nut, where I’m sure there is hair, but seems to get burnt if I don’t. What’s with that! I never had to before!...
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How Does Your Garden Grow … and Your Body Feel?
The Stongs plant sale signals the weekend I must have my garden ready. With family in tow, we went and picked out several plants and spent the weekend transforming the winter garden into a Spring...
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Form Follows Function? Or does Function Follow Form?
An American architect Louis Sullivan, told us “Form follows Function”. In 1896, he wrote an article The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered. Here Sullivan actually said ‘form ever follows...
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6 Steps in the Evolution of Therapy
Over the many years I have been a Massage Therapist I have seen new treatment protocols come and go, new types of treatment modalities used and discarded, and standard rehab exercises evolve. And in...
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6 Steps in the Evolution of Therapy (part 2)
This is the second article in a series looking at the 6 principles of Neuromuscular Therapy, and how they are applied in my treatment programs. Last week I talked about Posture, the first component...
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Pelvic Angles for Pain Relief
Ensuring that a pelvis is in the proper position when standing is the first thing I check when seeing a patient. The pelvis, being at the proper angle, can help alleviate much back pain. Checking the...
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Posture for New Year Resolution
Happy 2019 Like most Canadians we make New Years resolutions. Some make goals for the year. Eating better, working out and getting more sleep. However one important goal I suggest is to have a look at...
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Is forward head posture relevant to autonomic nervous system function and...
HIGHLIGHTS: Forward head posture negatively affects cervical sensorimotor control. Forward head posture negatively affects the autonomic nervous system. There is strong correlation between the CVA and...
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Groin Pulls
In the last few days I have had questions around what to do for a groin pull. A groin pull or strain is an injury to one or more of the adductor muscles. These are the muscles on the inner side of...
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Achilles Tendonitis
The Achilles tendon is a tendon that is made up from the Gastrocnemius and the Soleus muscle Many of my patients are runners. Some compete at a high level while others are more the fun-run kinda...
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