Modalities/meds

Through my personal interactions with thousands of PTs across Canada, I find that by nature we are kind, caring and want nothing more than to help our patients in their recovery. But how do [...]

I have heard of PTs who are adamant about ultra-sounding patients with acute & chronic low back pain (LBP). Do some just wish to ignore conclusions by the Cochrane review board? “The evidence [...]

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Other than a pro-inflammatory diet, vitamin D insufficiency may also be a significant contributing factor to chronic LBP. The prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency / deficiency has been reported [...]

It is evident that unhealthy diet is associated with various diseases such as cardiovascular and even certain cancers; but could poor diet be also associated with chronic musculoskeletal pain? [...]

Tender points in the trapezius and levator scapulae muscles are common in patients with chronic mechanical neck pain. These tender points are referred to as “Trigger points” which continues to be [...]

To demonstrate the value of our presence when treating patients, similar to being present when teaching birds to fly, I would like to summarize this eye-opening study done in an Italian hospital. [...]

therapeutic-taping-e-book Some of the techniques in the book are outdated and some of the taping techniques are better using K taping. The advantage of using the rigid Leukotape is that it [...]

The use of opioids has been supported for acute post surgery and individuals with cancer pain. However there is now evidence against the use of opioids for patients with fibromyalgia (Littlejohn [...]

This eye-opening article, suggests that the current opioid crisis should not simply be linked to a pain crisis but to a health condition known as opioid use disorder (OUD). Greater incidence of [...]