August 11, 2015
By Lesley Cuddington, Vancouver Physiotherapy at Teamworks Health Clinic.
The term PPGP (Pregnancy-Related Pelvic Girdle Pain) is used to describe mechanical pain experienced over the pubic bone (symphysis pubis) at the front and center of your body, on both sides of your back which includes the sacroiliac joints, or along the outsides of the hips. Pregnancy-Related Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP) affects 1 in
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April 22, 2015
- Give your muscles a chance to warm up before working in the yard or garden. Take a short ten to fifteen-minute brisk walk around the block. This will get your blood flowing to the big muscles of your body.
- Stretch! Once your body is warm from your brisk walk, perform some stretches to get your muscles prepared for activity.
- Avoid prolonged bending, pushing and pulling while raking ...read more ›
April 22, 2015
To book an appointment for IMS at Teamworks Health Clinic call 604-428-3006
IMS or dry needling is a general term for a therapeutic treatment procedure that involves multiple advances of a filament needle into the muscle in the area of the body which produces pain and typically contains a 'Trigger Point’. There is no injectable solution and typically the needle which is used is very ...read more ›
April 22, 2015
By Vancouver Physiotherapist, Lesley Cuddington at Teamworks Health Clinic
The sport of triathlon used to be considered a bizarre form of self-torture engaged in by endurance junkies who had gone over the bend – and I used to agree. However, these days completing a triathlon is thoroughly mainstream. Each year, thousands of individuals participate in their first triathlon in search of fitness and a ...read more ›