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Are You Stretching Enough?
Discover the Benefits of Regular Stretching
Are you aware of the importance of stretching?
Stretching is an important part of your daily routine. If you don’t have a stretching regimen in place, you definitely need one! A good stretch is the perfect way to start your day no matter what age you are, or what your fitness level might be.
According to the Mayo Clinic, “stretching can increase flexibility and improve your joints’ range of motion, helping you move more freely, and ensuring that you have equal flexibility on both sides might help protect you from injury.”
The benefits of stretching are never ending, but here are 8 reasons why you should start doing it today.
Read full blogPhysiotherapy Can Help Relieve Joint Pain
Improve Your Mobility and Get Moving Again
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!
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 blogManaging Life Around Stress-Related Headaches? We Can Help
Are You Living Life Around Stress-Related Headaches? We Can Help
Stop Letting Your Headaches Control Your Life!
Are you planning your daily life around persistent tension or stress-related headaches? If so, you don’t have to live that way any longer.
Tension headaches involve the sensation of a “band of pressure” around your head, as well as tenderness and achy feelings. Stress headaches come from muscle tension and emotional stress.
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.
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