What Chiropractic Can Do for You After a Car Accident
Motor vehicle accidents are unfortunate events that occur on a daily basis, leaving drivers, passengers and pedestrians injured and disabled. If you were involved in a car accident and managed to walk away from it unharmed you can consider yourself very lucky! However, experience has taught us that most injuries received in a motor vehicle accident are not always immediately evident. It is not uncommon for back pain and a variety of other injuries to fully manifest ...
Posted on 2017-02-14
What conditions can be treated with Spinal Decompression Therapy?
Considerable pain and a decreased ability to function can develop when Sciatica or Disk Herniation is diagnosed. Typically, these symptoms of back and leg pain occur as a result of excessive pressure between the vertebral disks of the spine. These symptoms are features of SPINAL COMPRESSION.
It stands to reason that if compression created the condition, then DECOMPRESSION should also play a role in providing relief. It is always wise to consult with your physicia...
Posted on 2017-01-13
Is there really a difference between a custom made orthotic and the kind you can buy in the drug store?
When I first graduated almost 30 years ago, not many people had even heard of orthotics much less knew what purpose they served or where they could get them. In those days, there were only a handful of orthotic manufacturing companies and as student interns in the school Chiropody Clinic, we were tasked with evaluating, prescribing, casting and hand manufacturing all types of orthotic devices for our clinic patients. This was a very practical skill that certainly did not ...
Posted on 2016-11-23
How Physiotherapy Can Prepare You for Surgery
Most patients will seek out the services of a Physiotherapist after having experienced an injury or to assist in recovery from surgery. But there is a persuasive case for seeking Physiotherapy PRIOR to Surgery. Pre-surgical rehabilitation can assist with any number of surgical procedures including Orthopaedic, Cardiac and Abdominal Surgeries.
Orthopaedic Surgery:
If you, a family member, friend or co-worker is scheduled for upcoming the surgery, you may be wise to consider Pre-Surg...
Posted on 2016-11-08
How Do I know If My Child Needs Orthotics?
After almost 30 years of clinical practice as a Registered Chiropodist, this question still remains one of the most frequently asked. My standard response to reassure anxious and concerned parents who bring their child in to the clinic for an evaluation that most young kids will indeed have the appearance of having “flat feet” because the average foot does not begin to realistically demonstrate what its future shape will be until age 4-6. That being said, parents only have a ...
Posted on 2016-10-24