This exercise is great for retraining your Gluteus Medius after an ankle injury. After you sprain your ankle, the muscles all the way up into the hip on the affected side can be affected. Begin by lying on your left side to strengthen your left Gluteus Medius “Butt” muscles. Keep your right hip stacked on…
Ever feel pain or swelling on the side of your foot? These symptoms may be due to a condition called Cuboid Syndrome, also known as cuboid subluxation or lateral plantar neuritis. In addition to pain in the lateral mid-foot, redness and a restricted range of motion in the ankle may be present. This syndrome is…
Building on what we discussed last week, today we will be looking at how to strengthen the ankle joint to help prevent painful sprains from happening. Strengthening the muscles surrounding the ankle joint can also help to improve performance in a variety of activities because many land-based activities will require that you are upright, on…
Return to Play… Worlds 2012 – Finals As someone who used to play Ultimate and now works a lot with Frisbee players, one of the most common type of injuries we see are with ankles. Whether you mildly roll over on it and play through it to spraining it badly enough requiring crutches and being…
How can we get a huge benefit from a few minutes of warm-up? by Vancouver Physiotherapist Travis Dodds Warming up Warming up for sport has changed dramatically in the past couple of decades. Spurred on by ground-breaking programs such as FIFA 11+ in soccer, and the FMS study in NFL football, athlete health professionals…
FEEL YOUR BEST Let us start by reviewing the facts; 40-42 weeks is 10 months, not 9. However, the amazing journey to motherhood can actually comprise a year-long (or more!) period of metamorphosis. The question I hear repeatedly from patients during their pregnancy, (including the 3 months post partum ‘trimester’) is: “Are Exercise and Massage…
