Health Blog
Choosing the Right Footwear for Hiking and Preventing Pain
Footwear is an essential part of your hiking experience.
Last time you hit the trails, what did you wear on your feet? Your feet play a key role in nearly everything you do, especially when it comes to activities like hiking. In fact, wearing the wrong shoes during physical activity can put you at risk of issues like stress fractures and sprained ankles.
Fortunately, finding the right hiking shoes doesn’t have to be difficult!
Read full blogShockwave Therapy for Plantar Fasciitis
Got a pain in your foot? This treatment technique can help!
Have you noticed foot pain during the first few steps after getting out of bed in the morning? How about after other long periods of inactivity? There’s a good chance you’ve developed plantar fasciitis, one of the most common causes of pain on the bottom of the heel. At Equilibrium, we can help resolve your plantar fasciitis, including through the use of shockwave therapy.
Read full blogWhat to Expect During a Shockwave Therapy Procedure
How to prepare, what happens during a session, and recovering afterward
At Equilibrium, our team utilizes several treatment methods. In addition to foundational physiotherapy techniques like therapeutic exercise and manual therapy, we offer various unique modalities to address pain and facilitate recovery. One such modality is shockwave therapy.
The term “shockwave therapy” might sound alarming, and its full name–extracorporeal shockwave therapy–even more so!
Read full blogAcupuncture and Physiotherapy: A Powerful Duo
When used together, these two approaches can provide big benefits
Do you struggle with persistent back, neck, or knee pain? Do you frequently get headaches or migraines? Living with pain can be immensely challenging, especially when it feels like your pain relief treatments aren’t working. Fortunately, you have options, some of which may surprise you!
Physiotherapy is well-documented as an effective means of addressing pain. Through manual therapy techniques, therapeutic exercise, and patient education, physiotherapists seek to address pain at its cause, striving for lasting relief.
Read full blogShockwave Therapy for Achilles Tendinitis
A proven approach to addressing heel pain
Maria is an avid runner, taking time most mornings to jog around her neighborhood. But when she first took up running, she noticed pain in her heel after a few days of going on her morning run. She ignored it, hoping it would go away on its own.
Instead, Maria woke the following day to intense heel pain and stiffness in her heel joint.
Read full blogSports Injury Physiotherapy: What to Expect
How our treatment plans can help you regain strength and functions following a sports injury.
If you are a participating athlete who’s suffered an injury, you’re probably eager to get back in the game. Athletes require an incredible amount of physical capability and endurance to persist through activities, and while sports are a healthy outlet for many people, they do come with risk of injury.
Sports injuries can significantly vary, from concussions to ankle sprains and everything in between.
Read full blogPrevent Foot and Ankle Pain with These Simple Stretches
Kick foot and ankle pain to the curb with these easy at-home stretches!
If you’re an athlete or physically active person, you’ve probably thought about the stress exercise puts on your feet. Foot and ankle conditions can happen to anyone but most commonly affect runners, basketball players, gymnasts, and soccer players. Each of these sports involves repetitive movements like quick pivots and turns that put the feet and ankles at risk of injury.
Read full blogThe Benefits of Acupuncture
Reduce pain and promote healing with this powerful physiotherapy technique.
If you’re not familiar with acupuncture, it may be confusing to understand how the treatment can help you heal. Doesn’t it involve needles? Will it hurt?
While the thought of small needles going into your skin may sound a bit intimidating, many people find acupuncture to be surprisingly relaxing. If you’ve experienced pain, stiffness, or muscle tightness, you may benefit from acupuncture.
Read full blogHow Physiotherapy Can Help with Back Pain
We’ll identify the source of the pain and find a solution that works!
Sometimes, helping a friend move can have lasting repercussions. John, a 48-year-old science teacher and avid hiker, agreed to help his neighbor load up a moving van when the hired movers failed to show. While attempting to lift an antique wardrobe, John felt a sudden, sharp pain in his lower back.
While the injury did get John out of helping on moving day, the pain persisted for weeks, severely limiting John’s mobility.
Read full blogUnderstanding the Causes of Pain on Top of Your Foot
Learn the conditions and injuries that cause foot pain and how physiotherapy treatment can help
It may feel strange and uncommon to experience pain on the top of your foot. If the pain isn’t severe, you might try to ignore it with the hope that it’ll pass. However, any kind of pain should be acknowledged and treated by a licensed physiotherapist to prevent symptoms from becoming worse over time.
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