Friday is my favourite day of the week. In celebration of this wonderful day and to create a little weekend motivation on the last Friday before Christmas I am putting together five of my favourite things to share with you all. Happy weekend! Favourite Christmas Movie Home Alone – A sense of childhood nostalgia                   Favourite Vitamin Vitamin D – The vitamin you get from the sun for free! It helps you absorb Calcium, to keep your spine strong!                   Favourite laugh Ari ..read more

What are the menisci? There are two menisci in each knee; the medial meniscus and the lateral meniscus. The main roles of the menisci are to help with shock absorption and distribute forces evenly across the knees, and to improve joint stability and joint contact between the femur (thigh bone) and tibia (shin bone). What is a meniscus tear? Tears can occur in a meniscus as a result of excessive loading, by two mechanisms. These are compressive loads (think landing from a great height), or more commonly, shear forces (common with changing direction under high speed). These can result in tearing ..read more

Also called a wry neck, a Torticollis is usually a very painful condition that is always characterised by a flexed and rotated neck posture. If your child has a Torticollis or a wry neck get it checked out immediately. What are the causes of Torticollis? In the adult population, it is often attributed to: Poor sleeping posture, Muscle strain, Facet joint strain (one of the small joints of the spine), Upper respiratory infection (also called Grisel’s syndrome), with flu season upon us at the time of writing this, is one to especially watch out for, Spinal disc injury. What does a Torticollis ..read more

We have been quite busy this week and have seen lots of people in the clinic this week with hip problems or hip alignment issues (is it running season?) and with most of these cases, there is a common aspect to the problem; the hip is out of alignment.  You may be wondering what does that mean or is this happening to me?  Keep reading to find out more. 5 signs your hip is out of alignment pinching at the front of your hip weak glutes weak or tight pelvic floor pain when lying on your side anterior pelvic tilt a.k.a “duck bottom” posture Do any of these sound familiar? You may ..read more

If I could recommend one daily habit to improve posture it would be THIS! LOOK UP! Look up? You say… Yes, look up! Read on to find out more. As a Chiropractor one of the most common questions I get asked is “how can I improve my posture?”. The truth is our posture is quite multifactorial.  Our genetics, our daily habits, our jobs and our strength and flexibility all contribute to our posture. One of the most prevalent poor postural habits I see as a Chiropractor is forward head carriage.  Basically, this means that our head is positioned too far forward.  This can caus ..read more

I hear these kinds of statements everyday in practice: “Amanda, my back has never been this sore- I’m only 20 weeks!”, “I did hurt my hip playing hockey 5 years ago, I thought I was over that but pregnancy has brought it all back!”, “I can’t sit at my desk for more than 5 minutes without my tailbone burning since I went into the 3rd trimester- help!” So, let’s talk about what might be going on here with these types of cases. Why is it that some women get so incredibly sore in their muscles and joints during pregnancy, even to the point where an old injury can resurface; and other women seem ..read more

We are heading into the cooler months and ??Sports season ??‍? is well underway! This is fantastic!  But something that can easily come along with increasing activity level and energy output is dehydration ? This can lead to cramps… ouch! We hear very regularly from patients that they are suffering from cramps. Often striking them in the night, during a workout and out on the field. Cramps are super common and have many causes.  The number one culprit is usually low hydration.  Sports drinks are often what we turn to and are well marketed to help us believe we can rehy ..read more

Have you ever thought to yourself; “I am in so much pain, it moves around, I can’t pinpoint where it is coming from; WHAT is going on inside my body?”.  I may have some answers for you ☞ This week in the clinic I have had some great conversations with patients regarding their pain and helping them develop more understanding about their problem, what is actually going on in their body and how to DO something about it.  So I thought I would share with you some truths about pain and do a little bit of myth-busting at the same time with the hope of helping you get better results&nbs ..read more

Puffy wrist weeks after a fall? It’s not uncommon to throw out a hand when you fall over, we call this a FOOSH injury, short for  “Fall On Out Stretched Hand”. It is also not uncommon to be sore and stiff in the wrist for a few days after you use it to stop your fall. Most of the time, this will self correct. If however, you’re still puffy and sore in your wrist 2 weeks after you stuck out your hand to stop your fall then you need to go get it checked.   Although most things in your wrist will get better with a little time and rest there is one little bone at the base of your thumb ..read more