Post: Alzheimer’s Disease: Understanding, Managing, and Coping with Memory Loss
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive brain disorder that affects memory, thinking, and behavior. It is the most common cause of dementia in older adults. In Alzheimer’s disease, there is a gradual loss of brain cells, leading to a decline in cognitive function and a decline in the ability to perform daily activities.
Post: What is Pickleball? What injuries might occur playing Pickleball?
Pickleball is a distant cousin to tennis, but the nets are roughly four inches lower, the lines are closer, and the games are shorter, resulting in less exertion all around.
This extremely popular sport is growing at a pace of 140 percent per three years in both the United States and Canada.
Services: Vestibular Physiotherapy
What is vestibular therapy?
Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is a specialised form of physical rehabilitation used to treat vestibular disorders including dizziness, vertigo, balance, gait and vision impairments. Using a unique assessment strategy, vestibular therapists can identify the cause of your dizziness and treat it without the use of invasive techniques or medications.
Informational Video: Knee Pain with Dana Ranahan
Mark: Hi, it’s Mark from TLR. I’m here with Dana Ranahan. She’s the owner of Body Works Physiotherapy in North Vancouver. One of Vancouver’s and certainly North Vancouver’s favourite physiotherapy office. And one of the most famous frankly, one of the most popular in Vancouver and Dana has been voted best physio in North Van multiple times.
Informational Video: Healthy Aging – Dana Ranahan
Mark: Hi, it’s Mark from TLR. I’m here with Dana Ranahan. She’s a physiotherapist, the owner of Body Works Physiotherapy in North Vancouver, BC. They’re an award-winning, many time award-winning physiotherapists clinic and Dana is one of the best physiotherapists in the world, frankly, in my opinion.
Services: Concussion Management
Body Works Sports Physiotherapy is a proud clinic offering evidence-based concussion care.
From initial pre-season baseline testing to concussion treatment and rehabilitation, we collaborate with primary care physicians to co-manage concussions, helping patients and athletes safely return to learn, work and play.
Physio Video: Ski Fitness Tip #4 – Core Strength – Obliques
This week I want to focus on the obliques, those muscles on the sides of your trunk. They’re really important for lateral stability, keeping your balance and especially with weight shifting and carving while skiing so I’m actually going to show you three exercises today kind of ranging easy to hard options for training these muscles.
Physio Video: Ski Fitness Tip #2 – Hip Abductor Control
This week is all about hip abductor control. These muscles work on the outside of the hip but they actually play a really big role in protecting the knee because they help control the alignment of the entire leg from the top down.
Physio Video: Ski Fitness Tip #1 – Wall Sits to Avoid Pain
This is the second video in a series of exercises to help get you ready for ski season. Now a skier requires a lot of endurance, especially the large muscles of the legs – so a great way to start to train these muscles is with Wall Sits.
Injury: Rotator Cuff Pain
The Rotator Cuff is a group of muscles that help control how the shoulder moves. This means that these muscles help control the shoulder position during movement of the arm. This provides stability for the shoulder joint.
Services: Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS)
Body Works Sports Physiotherapy is pleased to offer Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS), a scientifically proven and effective method for treating chronic pain and injuries relating to chronic conditions. Based on neurophysiological principles, IMS involves the insertion of very thin acupuncture needles into muscles that are tight or holding excess tension.
Physio Video: Neck Stabilization Exercise – Laying Down Part 1
The deep neck flexors in the front of the neck are important to be strengthened to help balance out some of the tightness in the back of the neck that we suffer in our day to day lives such as computer work or driving for long periods or after a neck injury or a whiplash injury.