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Not happy with your back pain? It might be time for GLA:D Back!
Back pain affects most people at some point throughout their lifetime..
Nearly 40% of adults will have an episode of back pain in the course of a year. No one is immune – this can affect individuals of any age, height, size, or activity level!
If you have ever experienced low back pain, you may have not known what is best for you – Should you move? Should you rest? What does the back need? Each episode of back pain you experience may or may not respond to the same course of treatme...
Posted on 2020-03-04
Backpacks that don't hurt
Now that we are in “back to school” mode, it’s important to consider the backpacks we send the kids to school with every day. On the first day of school, those backpacks tend to be filled to the brim with school supplies, but what do they look like every other day of the year?
In the developed world at least 90 of the child’s body weight. This means that a child of 75lbs should only be carrying 7.5-11lbs. It has been found in studies that some children are carrying 50 of...
Posted on 2019-08-30
I am so sick of my lower back hurting
I am so so so sick of my lower back hurting.
Sound familiar? You’re not alone. According to the World Health Organization, Low Back Pain is one of the highest contributors to disability-adjusted-life-years (DALYs)[1].
So we all know the basics. Eat right, get sleep, exercise and don’t sit like the frumpy dude with the fabulous flowing mullet (who else had wood paneling at their childhood home!). But what if you are stuck in a chicken and egg which-came-first struggle of can’t...
Posted on 2019-03-01
What is Dry Needling and who is it good for?
Written by Jason Douglas, Physiotherapist
What is Dry Needling?.
Dry needling is a specialized technique used by certified physiotherapists, chiropractors and medical doctors. The technique, depending on clinician training, can be termed: Dry Needling, Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS), Biomedical Dry Needling or Functional Dry Needling (FDN) but all tends to follow the same treatment approach.
Dry needling is used to treat musculoskeletal systems based on pain patterns, muscular dysfunction ...
Posted on 2017-03-10
Preventing Low Back Pain
By Dr. Kent Stuber, BSc, DC, MSc
Low back pain is extremely common; around the world about 1 in 8 adults will have it at a given time. Between 80 and 90% of us will experience low back pain at some point in our lives. It is the number one cause of disability worldwide. Sadly, these rates of back pain really haven’t improved, and with our aging population they may not get better for a while.
So since back pain is such a problem, it leads one to wonder what would be the best way to prevent...
Posted on 2016-07-20