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Is there really a difference between a custom made orthotic and the kind you can buy in the drug store?

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

What Can Be Done About Flat Feet?

What Can Be Done About Flat Feet?
Foot care specialists like Chiropodists and Podiatrists are frequently called upon to explain the differences between a normal arch foot and that of a collapsed arch or flat foot.  While some people with a flattened arch are fortunate enough to be able to live active and pain free lives, many will experience pain and discomfort that can range from mild and occasional to severe and constant.  It is by far the most common complaint that a foot specialist will be consulted about. Things...
Posted on 2016-09-15

Tips from a Rehabilitation Clinic on How to Travel with a Back Pain

Tips from a Rehabilitation Clinic on How to Travel with a Back Pain
It is a sad fact that many patients, regardless of whether they suffer from chronic back pain or not, return from a vacation needing the services of a Physiotherapist. While travelling from one destination to another is more convenient than ever before, it certainly isn’t more comfortable.  Airline engineers design planes for maximum load capacity and safety, not maximum comfort.  This means tight seats and minimal leg room.  Also airports have become mini-cities with kil...
Posted on 2016-09-15

What is the Difference Between Acute and Chronic Pain?

What is the Difference Between Acute and Chronic Pain?
What is the Difference Between Acute and Chronic Pain?. In clinical practice, your doctor and therapist will frequently refer to pain as either acute or chronic, but what does this really mean?  Acute Pain by definition describes a sensation that is intense and sharp in quality.  Its onset can be sudden, rapid and can quickly escalate.  Patients in acute pain are very motivated to do something about it.  It is hard to ignore acute pain and it can very easily take over your...
Posted on 2016-06-13

Here’s What you Need to Know about Sciatica, Chiropractic and Spinal Decompression

Here’s What you Need to Know about Sciatica, Chiropractic and Spinal Decompression
Here’s What you Need to Know about Sciatica, Chiropractic and Spinal Decompression. Why is Sciatica such a big pain in the butt?. Why do so many patients go from doctor to doctor and clinic to clinic in search of a cure for recurrent episodes of back pain and in particular sciatica?  At CanadaPhysio, a week does not go by without encountering a patient seeking treatment for painful, persistent and recurrent Sciatica.  What is it about Sciatica, or rather conventional treatmen...
Posted on 2016-06-13
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