by Karly | May 19, 2023 | Physiotherapy
How to Untighten a Tight Muscle Everyone knows what a tight muscle feels like–limited flexibility of the joint it crosses, a sensation of stiffness in the muscle itself, and often firmness and tenderness when it’s pressed on. Often we describe this as being a...
by Karly | Feb 28, 2020 | Physiotherapy
Cold and heat therapies are common treatments to deal with pain, injuries and other conditions.There are 2 questions we want to address today.When is it best to use them?How to apply them?Cold TherapiesCold therapies are typically used after an acute injury. In the...
by Karly | Feb 21, 2020 | Physiotherapy
Low Back Pain is a common injury that many people experience at least once in their life. Today we want to cover a muscle that is often a contributor to low back pain and what you can do to help relieve the symptoms.The quadratus lumborum or QL for short is the name...
by Karly | Feb 7, 2020 | Physiotherapy
In our previous blog on post operative rehabilitation we talked about different tools that we use to enhance recovery, one of them being blood flow restriction (BFR) training. What’s the big deal about it?BFR is a unique tool that can maintain or stimulate muscle...
by Karly | Jan 31, 2020 | Physiotherapy
Whether you’re having an arthroscopy or a surgery more invasive such as a total knee replacement, both surgeries will require rehabilitation to ensure that pain and inflammation is reduced, and function is optimized.At Movement Performance Centre, we address these...
by Karly | Jan 24, 2020 | Physiotherapy
In the previous blog, we talked about plantar fasciitis and 4 Quick Solutions to reduce the pain. If you haven’t read it, click here for more information. While these strategies will assist with reduction in pain, as we mentioned before, there are other...
