For many, fall means raking season! While the seemingly endless yard work can feel overwhelming at times, it’s also the perfect opportunity to get outside and get active! Raking leaves uses muscles in the arms, chest, upper back, lower back, core and even the legs, which makes it an excellent total body activity. It can also be […]
Working in the garden should be a pleasure, not a pain! Knees and backs typically get all of the focus when it comes to working in the dirt, but cultivating a whole-body approach is key. Here are our top 4 tips for a pleasurable and healthy gardening season. Switch it up – Bending, kneeling or […]
Pelvic health physiotherapists have specialized training in treatment of the pelvic floor. The pelvic floor is a group of muscles, joints and nerves that contribute to bladder, bowel, and sexual function. The pelvic floor muscles are like a hammock or sling that support the bladder, uterus, prostate and rectum. In women they also wrap around […]
To a physiotherapist, footsteps and walking are how we analyze how a client walks or their gait pattern. They tell us a picture about a client. As a physio, I watch how people walk and I find myself doing this all the time (inadvertently)! The Role of Gait in Physiotherapy Human gait depends on a […]
Hurts when you throw a ball? Reaching into the back seat of the car? Swinging a racket? Reaching for the top shelf? All of these aches and pains could be caused by an injury to your rotator cuff. What Is the Rotator Cuff? The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles around the glenohumeral […]