Author: Mike

What Is A Holistic Approach In Physiotherapy All the ingredients in the cake, on their own, have a particular flavour and purpose. When the ingredients are brought together in perfect harmony, a delicious result awaits. Holistic physiotherapy is the belief that optimal healing from an injury, addresses not only the…

Being a physiotherapist means that we use our hands to help clients recover from their injuries. If we are not careful, we can develop stiff hands and stiff fingers over time. In our Burnaby physiotherapy practice, we often share some of our favorite self treatment strategies to help relieve stiff…

Oh no, you stepped off a curb and tweaked your ankle. Or you have fallen down and landed on your elbow while snowboarding? You may have heard the common strategy for injury management by using the acronym RICE. Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. At EastWest Physiotherapy Burnaby, we tell our…

Do you have pain on the outside of the elbow? Does it hurt with lifting up the wrist? Does it hurt lifting up that middle finger against a resistance? Does massaging the muscles on the outside of the elbow hurt like crazy? If you just tried those 3 tests described…

Have you mentioned arthritis in your knee and multiple people have mentioned trying glucosamine? Many people are given prescription medications to decrease knee pain due to arthritis and are looking for alternatives with fewer side effects. Let’s take a deeper dive into what cartilage is, and how glucosamine can affect…

Experiencing Neck And Shoulder Pain At The Computer? You May Have Mouse Shoulder! When sitting at the computer, the common setup is to have the keyboard, then the mouse beside it.  Take a look at how the arm must reach forward and out to the side to control the mouse.…

Do Your Flat Feet Need Orthotics? Do you feel like a duck sometimes walking knock-kneed and on the inside of your feet? Has someone told you that you have flat feet? Have they also told you that you should get orthotics?  This is a common question I get from many…

Best Recovery Drink After Exercise? Chocolate Milk (CM)? Cold, sweet, and tasty. I don’t know too many people that do not enjoy the taste of chocolate milk. But it will be a dream come true for some people if they can have chocolate milk every day after exercise. Is this…

Working as a physiotherapist in Burnaby for many years, I usually get a few people asking me every year about their muscle twitching. People are often concerned if it is something bad, or if there is another underlying issue causing the twitches. Muscle twitches are spontaneous, fine, and fast muscle…

Have you ever woken up in the morning and felt a headache on the top of your head? Or maybe you start feeling this type of headache shortly after a car accident.  It may be a pounding headache, deep and relentless.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5t0ELifFB8 This type of headache is called a vertex…