Health Blog Category: Physiotherapy
Improve Your Mobility and Get Moving Again With Physiotherapy
Achy joints can be difficult to live with, and unfortunately many people experience this type of pain.
Let’s face it, your joints just aren’t treating you the way they used to. You might be dealing with the aftermath of an injury that has made it hard for you to get around the way you’re used to. Or maybe you’re just suffering from age-related arthritis, and everything is starting to hurt!
One thing is for sure, taking excessive amounts of over-the-counter painkillers and sitting around all day definitely isn’t doing you any favors.
If you want to start enjoying your life again without being limited by aches and pains in your joints, it’s time to get serious about looking for a natural solution…physiotherapy.
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3 Tips For Relieving Lower Back Pain
Have you been living with lower back pain? If so, you are not alone. Dealing with back pain can be extremely uncomfortable and inconvenient.
Tons of people turn to prescription medication to manage their pain, but with opioid dependence on the rise, many of them are looking for a better option.
Your physiotherapist, acupuncturist and chiropractor can provide simple strategies and exercises to help relieve your back pain during your appointments.
Read full blogHip and Knee Pain Getting You Down? Physiotherapy Can Help
Move with Ease Once Again!
Hip and knee pain can be difficult to live with. According to the Choosing Wisely Canada site, “Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis, affecting 1 in 10 Canadian adults The knee is one of the most common and most symptomatically affected joints, causing knee pain in many people. They often try over-the-counter remedies to help the pain, and to avoid knee surgery.”
Are you struggling with debilitating or uncomfortable pain in your knees or hips?
Read full blogLiving with Sciatica? Consult With A Chiropractor!
Tiger Woods swears by it. So do Barry Bonds and Joe Montana. But does chiropractic care really help sciatica, or is it “all in their heads”?
As it turns out, there are medically sound reasons why the kind of treatments chiropractors offer may provide substantial relief from the back and leg pain or numbness that is a hallmark of sciatica. To learn more about sciatica and how Equilibrium Massage Therapy in Victoria, British Columbia’s skilled chiropractors can help you combat your pain, call us today to set up an appointment!
Read full blogPhysiotherapy and Massage Can Relieve Lower Back Pain
Lower back pain is by far one of the most common ailments ever experienced. Just about everyone deals with it at one point in their life. For some, the lucky ones, perhaps, the pain is just for a day or two as a result of a particularly gruelling day of yard work or a slip-and-fall accident that landed you flat on your bum with a bruise to prove it. For others, the back pain is something that lingers for years and years, getting worse as a result of improper footwear or particularly unsupportive furniture, and never really healing or going away.
Read full blogDealing With Muscle Tension? Acupuncture Could Help.
How does acupuncture therapy work?
Muscle tightness is something of a vicious cycle. It both causes pain on its own, and further results in other parts of the body tensing up in anticipation of that pain. Many patients find acupuncture helpful for both decreasing pain and relaxing the body overall. If you’ve never heard of acupuncture therapy, the thought of someone inserting needles into your skin might sound pretty terrifying!
Read full blogGot Neck Pain? Here’s How A Chiropractor Can Help
Your neck is an integral area of everyday movement, and sharp pains can prevent you from functioning properly in your day-to-day life. Neck pain also causes debilitating and extremely uncomfortable sensations, especially if the pain stretches from your neck down to your shoulders. Fortunately, many people are able to find relief from their neck pain every year through the help of a chiropractor and physiotherapist!
Common symptoms of neck pain & how a chiropractor can help you!
Read full blogPhysiotherapy After Surgery Can Significantly Improve Your Recovery Process
Surgery Coming Up? Physiotherapy Can Help You Get Back to Your Life Faster!
Facing surgery can be a little scary. Not only are you unsure how the operation itself will go, you may not be clear about what to expect once the anesthesia has worn off.
Fortunately, our physiotherapist can walk you through the precise recovery process for your surgery.
Call today to schedule a consultation. In the meantime, these reasons to attend post-surgical rehab will shed some light on how physiotherapy leads to a better recovery.
Read full blogPosture Perfect: How to Correct Your Back Pain
If you suffer from back pain, you’re in good company. In fact, the most commonly reported area of pain is the back. According to one longitudinal study, 3% of all emergency room visits between the years of 2004-2008 were due to back pain or injury. An estimated 25 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, many of whom experience that pain in their back. Back pain can be limiting in numerous ways, and many people with chronic back pain also have a disability that makes it difficult for them to perform their daily tasks.
Read full blogSay Goodbye Your Chronic Back Pain With These Helpful Tips!
Did You Know Physiotherapy Could Help Provide Chronic Back Pain Relief?
Do you periodically find yourself disabled by bouts of back pain? Do you experience ongoing chronic back pain that never gives you a moment’s relief?
Whatever form it may take, this pain can put all kinds of limits on your life — until you finally start taking the necessary steps to address it head-on.
But you don’t have to schedule major surgery or allow yourself to become addicted to prescription painkillers just to keep this lurking monster at bay.
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