Not everyone’s idea of an exercise program will involve running 5km or lifting weights for 1 hour every day.  Everybody’s different.   For example, many of my patients have injured joints or have limited mobility due to pain.  Well, even though these things may restrict physical activity, stretching is a form of exercise that can...
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A lot of my patients who are suffering from musculoskeletal pain come to me specifically for trigger point injection therapy.  Pain in these patients may result directly from injuries such as whiplash from motor vehicle accident or can be a result of unknown causes such as in patients with recurring headaches or fibromyalgia. Trigger points...
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Injuries are a part of sport.  The training and the competition inevitable results in damage to the body.  In fact, you ask any athlete and they will tell you that they are never 100 percent healthy. As you pursue higher and higher levels of athletic competition, the various gaps between you and your opponents in...
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A common question that I get from athletes is whether or not they should be consuming increased amounts of carbohydrates prior to their endurance event.  This practice is carried about by many athletes and is commonly referred to as “carboloading”. The idea behind carboloading is to ensure that the muscles of the body have extra...
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Your knees take a lot of abuse.  So much so that some say the design of the knees are flawed because there is no way that they can stand up to the years of wear-and-tear that they go through. Knee pain and injuries are a significant part of my practice and I see a wide...
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According to Dr. Rodney S. Van Pelt, MD in his article in the Journal Of Prolotherapy, there’s about a 90% success rate using prolotherapy injections in and around the elbow. Tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis, results from repetitive forceful extension of the elbow. As the name suggests, this injury occurs very commonly...
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Another gorgeous weekend in Vancouver and a fantastic atmosphere is continuing here as we are half-way through the 2010 Winter Olympics.  The fun is being had by all and you can see flags everywhere from downtown right out to the clinic in Burnaby!  I LOVE IT!!! The topic of bone health has been cropping up...
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The perfect recipe for osteoarthritis is repetitive trauma to your joints.  Well, imagine your knees absorbing the impact of 60 moguls and 2 jumps (each with a force of about 2000 pounds of pressure!) in under 24 seconds.  Now imagine practicing doing that hundreds of times day after day in the pursuit of becoming...
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Sorry about the lack of activity on the blog the last couple of days. With the 2010 Winter Olympics kicking off here this weekend, I’ve been running around to the different events and enjoying being right in the middle of it all. You know athletes will use any means necessary to heal an injury...
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The cover story of the most recent issue of the Journal of Prolotherapy features the connection between ligaments, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (known as NSAIDs), and degenerative osteoarthritis. Common NSAIDs include Aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve), and Celebrex.  Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is not included in this group of drugs because it is a pain killer but...
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