While it may not be at the top of your mind when it comes to your muscular health, your pelvis hosts a number of important muscles. These 'pelvic floor' muscles support your internal organs, control urination and more. Here, our Nepean physical therapists explain how these muscles can be impacted by pelvic floor dysfunction, its symptoms, its treatments and how you can prevent its development.
Do you love hitting the links or playing catch with your family? Both of these activities may contribute to a condition called 'golfer's elbow' or 'thrower's elbow,' where you experience pain caused by damage to the tendons on the inside of your elbow. Here, our Nepean physiotherapists explain how they can help with your golfer's elbow, including treatments to aid your recovery and how to prevent this condition in the future.
You may have been told recently that the pain in your elbow or discomfort when gripping objects is lateral epicondylitis - commonly known as 'tennis elbow.' Believe it or not, playing tennis isn't a prerequisite for this common condition, it can arise from repeated actions that cause inflammation in your tendons. Here, our Nepean physiotherapy team explains what tennis elbow is and how physical therapy can help.
Knee pain and injuries are incredibly common, whether they occur gradually from physical activity such as running, or from acute injuries such as slips and falls, or tweaking a tendon or connective tissue. Here, our Nepean physiotherapists explain how physical therapy is able to help improve your knee health and get you back to your normal movement and function.
Physiotherapy is capable of helping our Nepean patients address physical injuries and conditions affecting their balance, motion and mobility. The trained therapists at our physical therapy center are able to offer a whole range of treatments for our patients in order to help them recover and return to their normal, functional level of physical ability. Here, we explain more.
For those of us living active lives, whether that be through routine gym sessions, weekly team sports or running, injuries (especially minor ones) are an inevitability. However, not all sports injuries have to require weeks or even months of downtime to recover and this recovery time can be helped by our Nepean physiotherapists. Here, we explain more.
Upper back pain is an incredibly common source of discomfort that is often caused by muscle strain or bad posture. Here, our Nepean physiotherapists explain what kinds of physical therapy treatment we prescribe to our patients in order to reduce their pain, alleviate discomfort and improve mobility in their upper back.
One of the most common impacts of sitting for long periods of time (such as for working at a computer), is discomfort and limited mobility in the mid-back, also called the thoracic spine. Here, our Nepean physiotherapists explain what kinds of activate physiotherapy treatment we prescribe to patients in order to improve the mobility of their thoracic spine.
Pain affecting the neck is one of the most common kinds of discomfort reported to us by our Nepean clients. There are a whole host of reasons someone may be feeling discomfort or pain in their neck, including poor posture, injuries or other underlying health issues. Here, our Nepean physical therapists explain some of the common exercises and treatments we use to alleviate neck pain.
Aching or pained feet are an incredibly common issue facing many Canadians. Our Nepean physical therapists are able to offer treatment to not only alleviate the discomfort in your feet, but treat its source and ensure that the same issues don't arise again in the future.
