Cervical Areas of Concern painPRO’s Burnaby Clinic has expanded into one of the Metrotown towers! We understand that neck (cervical) areas of concern have been one of our highest chief complaints in the past while. This analysis is based off of painPRO Burnaby’s practitioners in March 2018 for cervical chief complaints. Different Disciplines and Treatments RMTs at our…
When you hear of someone diagnosed with a ‘concussion’ what are your immediate thoughts? Do you know what having a concussion means? What it feels like? What the person that had the concussion is going through? A concussion is very different from a muscle strain or a broken bone. An injury to a muscle/bone will typically heal in six-eight weeks…
Fight off Hip and Knee Arthritis: Just Run! What is Osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis is not a normal part of aging; it is a degenerative condition that negatively affects the cartilage in joints and causes pain and stiffness. It is usually caused by repetitive abnormal stress on a joint over time, resulting in cartilage in the joints thinning out. Cartilage acts as…
Therapeutic exercise, also known as exercise therapy, is a broad term to define any physical activity used to reach specific health goals. This can range from improving basic functions (or decreasing pain) to reaching athletic goals. For example: An older individual may perform exercises to improve balance and make it easier to get up from a chair. The…
Orthopeadic Manual Massage Therapy (OMMT) utilizes manipulations, mobilizations, and massage to specifically address musculoskeletal pain and dysfunctions. OMMT involves the assessment and treatment of joints, muscles, connective tissue, nerves, and other soft tissues. The shorthand term “therapeutic massage” is often used to designate this style of treatment that RMTs are educated to perform. Therapeutic treatments differ greatly from general…
According to Hansen and Taylor-Piliae (2011), Bowen Massage Therapy is a non-invasive technique using specific series of gentle hand movements directly on the skin to stimulate nerve pathways. The movement is intended to gently stretch the skin, muscle, and fascia in the affected area. This stretch stimulates nerve pathways and attempts to stimulate healing pathways through realignment of microfibers…
Craniosacral Therapy (CST) was originally developed by John E. Upledger in the 1970s in Florida. It utilizes a gentle, hands-on approach to release deep tensions in the body to decrease pain and dysfunction, while improving overall health and performance. Specific dysfunctions that are proposed to be positively affected by CST include: migraines, headaches, chronic back and neck pain, stress-related…
Stretching involves lengthening of tissues through movement of a joint through its whole range of motion. Active and passive descriptions denote whether the patient actively contracts muscles to produce or help with the movement, or passively lets the therapist provide all the force for the movement. How does it work? The therapist will stabilize one side of…
The Effects of Massage Therapy on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness What is DOMS? Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS for short) is basically exactly what you are thinking: Any soreness or discomfort created from performing an activity. DOMS is often worse when you do activities that you are unaccustomed to doing. This is why the first few visits to…
The Gift of Health and Wellness As the holidays envelop us and every one scrambles the malls to get all their Christmas gifts bought in time, it can be useful to take a step back and think about what really matters. Whereas most people would say that spending time with family and friends provides the real enjoyment and…
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