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We find it sad so few people know about Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy and how it can help. This type of physiotherapy treats conditions that can be awkward to talk about, even to your closest friend. This includes urinary leakage, bowel incontinence, and pain during intercourse. If people don’t know a pelvic health physiotherapist can help resolve these issues, they suffer alone, without help, unnecessarily. We interviewed Julia McDaniels, a pelvic floor physiotherapist at our clinic, ...

Everything You Need to Know About Fascia and Fascial Treatment. We interviewed Yulia Agarkov, Registered Massage Therapist, to learn more about fascial treatment in her Registered Massage Therapy practice. What is Fascia? Fascia is like the sheath of a sausage: the sheath is the fascia, and the sausage filling is your organ.  For example, each of your muscles, your stomach, your heart, your nerves, and your joints are enveloped in fascia. More technically, fascia is all the collagenous-...

Visceral manipulation is a form of hands-on ("manual") therapy.  It's a treatment to help your internal organs and nerves glide smoothly in your body.  Why Do You Care About Your Internal Organs Gliding Smoothly? The tissue around your internal organs can become restricted, and this can cause pain.  That pain can be felt near the restricted organs, or it can be felt at other places in the body, such as in the back or leg. This pain can persist over time. Why do Organs Stop Gl...

Do you use a TENS machine to use at home?  Owning a home TENS machine is more and more common, given the power of TENS to relieve pain.  Having a TENS machine means you have one more drug-free pain relief technique to use between physiotherapy treatment sessions.  Our physiotherapists at River East Physiotherapy have extensive experience identifying which patients could benefit from TENS, what settings would be helpful, and what to do if something goes wrong.  We often i...

Photo by Lorie Shaull via Flickr When you think about the holiday season, most likely images of beautifully decorated christmas trees, extravagant dinners or a jolly man in a bright red suit will come to mind. Staying active during the holidays is not something that gets prioritized often, but it should be! Our bodies need movement in order to stay feeling our best! To help you out, we have put together our Top 5 list of fun activities to keep you moving during this festive t...