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Improve Posture, Reduce Pressure and Look Thinner with Hypopressive Exercise

Whether you are a new mom wanting a flatter tummy, a professional athlete seeking to a traditional regimen of core and abdominal exercises may in fact be undermining your efforts by creating undue pressure in your lower abdominal region. Hypopressive exercise is a unique approach to reduce pressure on your internal organs, and eliminate uterine […]

Peroneal Tendinopathy

Peroneal Tendinopathy, also called peroneal tendinitis, is a relatively rare but painful tendon injury that results from damage and degeneration of a peroneal tendon in the foot. The condition is most often associated with running, but basketball players, dancers and other athletes in sports that involve jumping and landing are also prone to the condition. […]

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

The structures in your lower body are designed to work in a coordinated sequence to produce uninhibited movement. When correctly aligned, your knee cap facilitates smooth gliding at the knee as your powerful leg muscles contract to propel you forward and upward. Pain occurring at the front of the knee and around the kneecap can […]

10 Reasons Ultrasound Imaging beats MRI and Xray for Diagnosing and Treating Musculoskeletal Conditions

Musculoskeletal injuries from sports, trauma or overuse can be painful, messy and difficult to differentiate various layers and structures beneath the skin’s surface. Ultrasound imaging can identify the exact location and nature of a musculoskeletal injury within seconds, enabling the health care provider to accurately diagnose and treat injured patients. If you are not convinced […]

Differentiating Plantar Fasciitis from Heel Spurs and Other Types of Foot Pain

What to do When a Pain in Your Neck becomes a Migraine Headache

If you suffer from persistent migraines, then the signs of it are very familiar and you can feel ahead of time the storm is coming. Very few people realize that neck pain is a powerful pre-factor for a migraine headache. Three of four migraine patients say that neck pain always escorts their migraine. 60% of […]

Return to Sport after a Soccer Ankle Injury: How soon is too soon?

An ankle injury on the soccer field can be a devastating setback for an athlete at the top of their game. Not only does the athlete suffer, but the entire team takes a hit, and even the coach stands to face career issues if a key player goes down in mid-season. Needless to say, there […]

Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI)

While the term Femoroacetabular is quite a mouthful, it is just the clinical name for your hip joint, where the neck of your femur (the long bone of your upper leg) meets the acetabulum of your pelvis. Put simply it is the ball-and-socket complex that makes up your hip joint. In a healthy person, the […]

Perception versus Reality: Is your back really stiff, or is it just you?

Feelings of stiffness in your low back are often cause for concern, and they can indicate a burgeoning problem that may require medical attention. But what if it’s all in your head? Of course, it is insulting and a bit denigrating when someone implies that your feelings of back stiffness are not real. Yet new […]

Diagnosis and Treatment of Groin Pain in Athletes

Groin pain is a common complaint in athletes, especially in sports like hockey, soccer and football that involve pivoting, twisting and rapid directional changes. Chronic groin pain can interfere with performance, and can take an athlete out of the game for extended periods of time. In some cases it may become a career-ending injury. Treating […]