Breathing An often overlooked underlying contributor to muscle and joint pain can be dysfunctional breathing patterns. When we look at breathing we look not only at the rate, but also the quality of breath. The diaphragm, which is located below the lungs, is the primary respiratory muscle. When you inhale, the [...]
Simply Go For A Walk We continue to learn about the incredible health benefits of exercise, yet somehow, as a population, we are more sedentary than ever. In this article, it is my goal to give readers a few quick, easy strategies to increase daily activity levels. Don’t forget that physical [...]
Injury Prevention and Optimizing Return to Activity Bodybuilders load muscles, joints and tendons, then create ideal environments for adaptation to the load by allotting adequate time to rest and recover. This is deemed healthy tissue loading, facilitating increased strength and tissue growth assuming adequate recovery, sleep, and nutritional needs are met. [...]
COVID-19 Posture Pandemic During the pandemic an elevated cohort has found themselves working from home in less than ideal ergonomic situations. Many sit for prolonged periods due to their occupation, often in poor desk situations. We have identified an increased rate of postural dysfunction during this time, with a high incidence [...]
Yoga for Upper Back and Neck Workshop The at Open Space Yoga was a great success! We had 15 students join us for an afternoon to learn about strategies to relieve upper back and neck pain as well as what causes it. Our next workshop will be for anyone suffering from shoulder pain or [...]
Running Exercises on our YouTube Channel! For those of you looking for some great exercises to help prevent injuries and help you run faster we have started a running exercise playlist on YouTube! Click on the videos below to watch and be sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel for our latest tips! [...]
Skiing Injuries - Aktiv Coast Healthcare, Tsawwassen, BC Suffering from knee pain while out on the mountain? If you ski long enough the chances are that yourself or someone you know will have a painful injury to this area of the body. The ligaments and capsule of the knee joint will only support [...]
Running Mechanics – Part 4 On my last post I finished by discussing a few common postural faults in running technique that may be caused by tightness and weakness around the hip. I finished by discussing the importance of leaning forward over the ankles in mid-stance to draw on the power of the [...]
Running Mechanics - Part 3 Having an understanding of knee, hip, and ankle mechanics will help you to run faster and prevent injury. As I spoke about in the last two previous posts there are two main phases of running gait. There is the swing phase, which takes place as the leg is lifted [...]
Running Mechanics – Part 2 In my last post I starting speaking about the two main phases of gait which are the stance and swing phases. In this post I'll discuss the different phases of the stance phase to give a reference as to what is going on with regards to the foot, [...]
