Prepare for Hiking Season
Hiking season is upon us! Every year, I have a few clients who get injured early in the season. It could be from ankle sprains, knee pain when hiking up or downhill or low back tightness to name a few. Doing some preconditioning work can greatly decrease your chances of having these issues. Focus on […]
Balance and Proprioception
Try standing on one leg, how many seconds can you hold yourself upright before you fall over? Now make this more challenging by turning your head side to side or moving your arms up and down. What about if you close your eyes? As physiotherapists we commonly assess our client’s balance regardless of age and activity […]
Bike Fit
Why do a bike fit: One size does not fit all! Two people can be the same height but have very different bodies. Someone may have longer legs and a shorter torso. Someone may have one leg that is slightly longer than the other or someone may have differently shaped feet altering the contact with […]
Your Symptom is the Tip of the Iceberg
I can still clearly remember a poster I saw as a child in a healthcare clinic. It was a beautiful poster of an iceberg where you could see the exposed tip and the much greater mass underneath the water surface. It read, “Your Symptom is the Tip of the Iceberg”. At the time, the true […]
Osteoarthritis and Exercise
Knee and hip osteoarthritis are very common conditions that affect ~10% of the population of British Columbia. There are a lot of misconceptions about the condition and its management. It is often inappropriately labeled as a “wear and tear” condition but it in fact involves a variety of processes. The biggest danger involves the idea […]
Live to Move
As life begins to work through the phases of returning to normal, we are all excited to get back into our physical routines and out of our sedentary home lives. In reflection over the past several months, it’s safe to say that everyone has felt the quarantine blues at some point or another. As I start to hear my clients recount their schedules or setups working from home and the aches and pains that have started to creep up in their bodies, I can’t help but think about how much movement or lack of movement can impact our health, our lives and our well being.
Don’t Succumb to the Weather – Stay Active
Thanksgiving Day has come and gone and we are in full BC autumn weather. It’s dark when you wake up and you reach for your umbrella and rain boots too often as you head out the door. In summer we see an increase in many sport specific injuries during the warm weather as weekend warriors […]
How to do a Squat
Squats are a common exercise we see here at PhysioWorks but did you know it is also commonly done incorrectly? Today we’re throwing it back to 2013 when our physiotherapists Jessie Wu and Byron Chan showed us the correct way to do a squat, mistakes they commonly see and how to increase their level of […]
Help me, help you
Injured clients come in to PhysioWorks everyday seeking help in overcoming pain and injuries. Often, they are looking for a diagnosis and a clear pathway to recovery that they can follow under our care. But I would like to highlight the importance of how the client can be an active participant in this process. Here […]