#thirstforknowledge Is it really back pain? What do we mean by that?
The nervous system is a complex system. Pain travels along the nerve pathways and can refer pain to different areas of the body. The pain may be felt in the lower leg, but the source of pain is in the back. The pain may be felt in the forearm/fingers, but the source of the pain is in the neck or shoulder. Pain travels and is not always true to the source.
The most common referring pain example is sciatic pain. The sciatic nerve is a HUGE nerve that begins in the lower lumbar region and travels down the back of the leg. As we said above, pain travels along nerve pathways so it is common for clients with sciatic pain to describe the pain "running down the leg" or "throbbing in the knee".
During a physiotherapy or massage therapy session, the therapist will treat the source of the pain vs treating the area of pain.
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How do you know which service is best for you and your injury? If you are unsure which service to book, let our Client Care Coordinators help you determine whether physiotherapy or massage therapy would be the best solution for you. Visit our website for more details on what we can offer you and how we can help.
Adding the exercise ball to a traditional side leg raise is the way to go! Your muscles will fatigue quicker, and you can be sure to fire those glutes!
Here's how it's done
Lay on your side with your bottom knee bent at 90 degrees and your foot resting against the wall. Place a ball behind your top heel. Your pelvis should be straight, not rotated, and core should be contracted. Press your heel into the ball creating a muscle contraction. While pressing your heel into the ball, keep your toes pointed forward and roll the ball up the wall. Slowly lower your leg and repeat.
During this exercise, it's important to make sure you do not rotate your trunk or your leg. Keep your toes pointed forward.
What happens when you "knead" the care but don't like to be touched? #letstalkaboutit
While massage therapy may be out of the question, physiotherapy can most certainly be effective without hands on touch. Our team of skilled physiotherapists are able to perform their assessment through subjective findings and objective findings, and then a treatment plan can be made. Our physiotherapists do like to use their hands as their eyes so they are able to feel restriction in movement patterns and palpate areas to find abnormalities, but they are also able to see some of these things while having the client perform different movements and exercises. Once the physiotherapist has determined a treatment plan, the fun begins! We use video guides, print outs, verbal cues, we may even exercise with you to help you understand the exercises/treatments and their benefits.
This is why one on one care is so important to us. We need to have the time and the ability to work with the client one on one to ensure that every treatment is client centred and structured to suit the clients needs.
Do you pee when you laugh? Maybe you gave birth a few years ago or are naturally aging and have been told "pfffff, it's normal". ITS NOT.
When you hurt your shoulder, you seek out a physiotherapist. When you have a joint replacement, you seek out a physiotherapist. When your muscles are feeling weak, you seek out a physiotherapist. So why, when there are pelvic floor issues, do we just pretend that that's normal and continue living with it?
Your pelvic floor is made up of muscles, tissue and ligaments just like other areas of our body. Whether your pelvic floor muscles are loose, tight, weak or strong, problems can arise and should be addressed.
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