June 2019 | Reformotiv Physio + Pilates | Physiotherapy Vancouver Clinic | Pilates Vancouver Clinic

Causes and Simple Exercises for Lower Back Pain

Causes and Simple Exercises for Lower Back Pain

by Michael Tengco | Jun 16, 2019 | Blog

What is the most common condition Physiotherapists treat, you ask? Well, one of the top culprits is Low Back Pain. Lower back pain and injury is a common condition and does affect a large portion of our population. Peter O’Sullivan, known to many as a guru in the...

Fun Fact: Ballet dancers tend to have less inciden

Fun Fact: Ballet dancers tend to have less incidence of ACL injuries as compared to other sports. A 2008 study (Leiderbach M, et al) shows that professional dancers had a .009% incidence of ACL injury. 🦿⠀
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Theories why? ➡️ ⠀
▪️ Dancers perform hundreds of jumps per hour (high repetition)⠀
▪️ Increased balance⠀
▪️ Better mechanics with landing (they absorb shock by landing from the ball of the foot first)⠀
▪️ Dancing turned out strengthens hip musculature⠀
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Book in with a Physiotherapist to strengthen your knees and learn to jump like a dancer! 💪⠀
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Written by Kendall Segin, Registered Physiotherapist⠀
#dance #dancerbody #functionalstrength #aclinjury #aclrehab #injuryprevention #kneepain #physiotherapy #vancouverphysio #reformmovementunleashpotential #amovementlifestyle

What is a concussion? What's the difference betwee

What is a concussion? What's the difference between an acute concussion and post-concussion syndrome? What can Physiotherapists do to treat a concussion? 🤔⠀
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Dive into this blog post by our advanced concussion-trained Physio, Karen Boyle. Link in bio 👆⠀
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If you or someone your know is suffering from a concussion or post-concussion symptoms, know that you are not alone and we are here to help you! It's never too early or too late to get your brain and body back on track. ✨⠀
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#concussion #postconcussionsyndrome #vestibularrehab #physiotherapy #brainhealth #mindbody #vancity #yvrphysio #vancouverphysio #amovementlifestyle

How you load your feet 👣 affects how your whole

How you load your feet 👣 affects how your whole body responds. 💫 Muscles fire in sequence and react to one another. Start from the bottom and see how the “top” starts to feel.
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Try these foot care tips:
🔹roll out EACH arch of your foot
🔹toe dexterity – keep your big toe down and lift your little toes up, then keep your little toes down and lift your big toe
🔹ankle band exercises to address the muscles that support your arch
🔹maintain adequate extension of your big toe with seated heel raises
🔹standing heel raises to strengthen the muscles that support your arch and to work on that toe extension
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If you experience any foot, lower extremity, or back pain that you think is related to your footwear or gait, give us a shout! We would love to get you back to struttin’ down the street and going for long sunset walks along the beach! 🌞
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Book online via the link in our bio. 👆🏽
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Written by: Karen Boyle, Registered Physiotherapist
#footwear #sandals #summertime #footpain #arch #plantarfasciatis #calf #strain #sprain #ankle #stayfit #happyfeet #ankleexercises #strongfeet #physiotherapy #prehab #rehab #pilates #rmt #chinatownyvr #vancity

It’s that time again! 🌞 With increased temper

It’s that time again! 🌞 With increased temperatures and that beautiful sunshine we tend to all gravitate back towards our flip flops, flats, boat shoes and our strappy heels. Ah summer time, ‘tis the season for plantar fasciitis and foot/ankle pain! 🙄
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Did you know that our feet direct the movement and function of our ankles, knees and hips and can even affect our back?! So make sure you are giving them some tender love and care during these summer months! 👣♥️
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There are three arches of the foot – we have our ➡️ transverse arch along the “knuckles” of our foot, our ➡️ medial longitudinal arch (or inner arch) and smaller ➡️ lateral longitudinal arch (outer arch). Muscles of your shin and calf support each one of these arches. Also, our big toe never gets enough credit – our ability to extend our big toe during push off when walking causes our inner arch to lift and our foot to become a nice rigid lever to support our body weight efficiently as we move over our foot. This is known as the Windlass mechanism (see image 3). 👆🏽
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Now that you know more about your feet, take a look at your footwear and stay posted for some foot care and exercise tips to keep your feet happy and healthy all summer long! 🙌🏾
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Post by Karen Boyle, Registered Physiotherapist
#footwear #sandals #summertime #footpain #arch #plantarfasciatis #calf #strain #sprain #ankle #stayfit #happyfeet #anatomy

There is no perfect alignment, posture, movement,

There is no perfect alignment, posture, movement, etc. Our bodies have a wide range of strategies to accomplish a single task. The variety is what makes us adaptable, resilient, and capable. 💪⠀
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However, issues such as pain, spasm, stiffness, etc. come up when we become stuck with a single or very few options to accomplish a task. Past injuries/trauma may have created avoidance patterns - subconsciously (lack of awareness) or consciously (fear). 👀⠀
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Our goal is to ➡️ thoroughly assess the tasks or movements that are causing your issues, ➡️ acknowledge what strategies are present and what is being avoided, ➡️ determine what area(s) are driving these new strategies, and ➡️ how can we safely modulate the body back to it's strong and adaptable being. There's no such thing as a bandaid or quick fix if you want to #reformmovementunleashpotential! 💯⠀
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#nothingisperfect #strivetobebetter #assessandtreat #repeat #integratedsystemsmodel #movementanalysis #movementpatterns #everythingisconnected #pilates #physio #rmt #cranialsacral #visceralmanipulation #vancity

What's in a logo? 🤔⠀ +⠀ +⠀ For us, we wan

Fun Fact: Ballet dancers tend to have less inciden

Fun Fact: Ballet dancers tend to have less incidence of ACL injuries as compared to other sports. A 2008 study (Leiderbach M, et al) shows that professional dancers had a .009% incidence of ACL injury. 🦿⠀
+⠀
Theories why? ➡️ ⠀
▪️ Dancers perform hundreds of jumps per hour (high repetition)⠀
▪️ Increased balance⠀
▪️ Better mechanics with landing (they absorb shock by landing from the ball of the foot first)⠀
▪️ Dancing turned out strengthens hip musculature⠀
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+⠀
Book in with a Physiotherapist to strengthen your knees and learn to jump like a dancer! 💪⠀
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+ ⠀
Written by Kendall Segin, Registered Physiotherapist⠀
#dance #dancerbody #functionalstrength #aclinjury #aclrehab #injuryprevention #kneepain #physiotherapy #vancouverphysio #reformmovementunleashpotential #amovementlifestyle

What is a concussion? What's the difference betwee

What is a concussion? What's the difference between an acute concussion and post-concussion syndrome? What can Physiotherapists do to treat a concussion? 🤔⠀
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Dive into this blog post by our advanced concussion-trained Physio, Karen Boyle. Link in bio 👆⠀
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If you or someone your know is suffering from a concussion or post-concussion symptoms, know that you are not alone and we are here to help you! It's never too early or too late to get your brain and body back on track. ✨⠀
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#concussion #postconcussionsyndrome #vestibularrehab #physiotherapy #brainhealth #mindbody #vancity #yvrphysio #vancouverphysio #amovementlifestyle

How you load your feet 👣 affects how your whole

How you load your feet 👣 affects how your whole body responds. 💫 Muscles fire in sequence and react to one another. Start from the bottom and see how the “top” starts to feel.
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Try these foot care tips:
🔹roll out EACH arch of your foot
🔹toe dexterity – keep your big toe down and lift your little toes up, then keep your little toes down and lift your big toe
🔹ankle band exercises to address the muscles that support your arch
🔹maintain adequate extension of your big toe with seated heel raises
🔹standing heel raises to strengthen the muscles that support your arch and to work on that toe extension
+
If you experience any foot, lower extremity, or back pain that you think is related to your footwear or gait, give us a shout! We would love to get you back to struttin’ down the street and going for long sunset walks along the beach! 🌞
+
Book online via the link in our bio. 👆🏽
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Written by: Karen Boyle, Registered Physiotherapist
#footwear #sandals #summertime #footpain #arch #plantarfasciatis #calf #strain #sprain #ankle #stayfit #happyfeet #ankleexercises #strongfeet #physiotherapy #prehab #rehab #pilates #rmt #chinatownyvr #vancity

It’s that time again! 🌞 With increased temper

It’s that time again! 🌞 With increased temperatures and that beautiful sunshine we tend to all gravitate back towards our flip flops, flats, boat shoes and our strappy heels. Ah summer time, ‘tis the season for plantar fasciitis and foot/ankle pain! 🙄
+
Did you know that our feet direct the movement and function of our ankles, knees and hips and can even affect our back?! So make sure you are giving them some tender love and care during these summer months! 👣♥️
+
+
There are three arches of the foot – we have our ➡️ transverse arch along the “knuckles” of our foot, our ➡️ medial longitudinal arch (or inner arch) and smaller ➡️ lateral longitudinal arch (outer arch). Muscles of your shin and calf support each one of these arches. Also, our big toe never gets enough credit – our ability to extend our big toe during push off when walking causes our inner arch to lift and our foot to become a nice rigid lever to support our body weight efficiently as we move over our foot. This is known as the Windlass mechanism (see image 3). 👆🏽
+
+
Now that you know more about your feet, take a look at your footwear and stay posted for some foot care and exercise tips to keep your feet happy and healthy all summer long! 🙌🏾
+
+
+
Post by Karen Boyle, Registered Physiotherapist
#footwear #sandals #summertime #footpain #arch #plantarfasciatis #calf #strain #sprain #ankle #stayfit #happyfeet #anatomy

There is no perfect alignment, posture, movement,

There is no perfect alignment, posture, movement, etc. Our bodies have a wide range of strategies to accomplish a single task. The variety is what makes us adaptable, resilient, and capable. 💪⠀
+⠀
However, issues such as pain, spasm, stiffness, etc. come up when we become stuck with a single or very few options to accomplish a task. Past injuries/trauma may have created avoidance patterns - subconsciously (lack of awareness) or consciously (fear). 👀⠀
+⠀
+⠀
Our goal is to ➡️ thoroughly assess the tasks or movements that are causing your issues, ➡️ acknowledge what strategies are present and what is being avoided, ➡️ determine what area(s) are driving these new strategies, and ➡️ how can we safely modulate the body back to it's strong and adaptable being. There's no such thing as a bandaid or quick fix if you want to #reformmovementunleashpotential! 💯⠀
+⠀
+⠀
+⠀
#nothingisperfect #strivetobebetter #assessandtreat #repeat #integratedsystemsmodel #movementanalysis #movementpatterns #everythingisconnected #pilates #physio #rmt #cranialsacral #visceralmanipulation #vancity

What's in a logo? 🤔⠀ +⠀ +⠀ For us, we wan