Stretch Your Butt, Save Your Life! Want to relieve your back, buttock and hip pain? Do you have a few minutes in a day? If you answered yes to both of those questions, here’s what to do. Remember, small things done every day equal huge health wins! Da Rules Always hold the stretch position for 20 – 30 seconds. You should feel a nice, gentle stretch without pain. If you have pain, stop! Lie on your back holding a towel or belt that is looped over the ball of your foot. Have the knee bent so you do not feel any tension in the back of your leg. Slowly straighten your knee until you feel a gentle ..read more

OK, so it comes as no surprise (Spoiler Alert) most of us know exercise is good for you. Yup, it’s true and guess what, we should probably be eating more fruits and veg right? Most of us inherently understand we’re supposed to be active but we think most of us also feel we could (should?) be doing better at this. Life gets in the way of dedicating time to taking care of our physical well-being. If we’re honest with ourselves, it turns out, we’re not that great at doing what we’re supposed to do. I mean, personally, during COVID, I built a nice home gym in my garage, which I now typically wal ..read more

Can Clinical Pilates Reduce Your Butt Pain? This is the fourth blog from our series about Deep Gluteal Syndrome, formerly called Piriformis Syndrome. This blog has Dr. Gord working with Physiotherapist and Clinical Pilates Specialist, Stephanie Henderson, using Pilates to rebuild his butt strength. If you missed it, go check out part one, where we described common causes of Deep Gluteal Syndrome (DGS). This is when the sciatic nerve is entrapped as it exits the pelvis and travels through the deep structures of the buttock in the back part of the hip. Part Two in this series went through how ..read more

Is Your Buttock Pain Due To An Over-Active Piriformis Muscle? This is our third blog of a series about Deep Gluteal Syndrome, formerly called Piriformis Syndrome. This blog will be exploring whether the Piriformis Muscle is causing Deep Gluteal Syndrome or if it is the victim. If you missed it, go check out part one, where we described common causes of Deep Gluteal Syndrome (DGS). This is when the sciatic nerve is entrapped as it exits the pelvis and travels through the deep structures of the buttock in the back part of the hip. Part Two in this series went through how Sacroi ..read more

Maybe Your Butt Pain Is The SIJ? If you missed it, go check out this article where we described common causes of Deep Gluteal Syndrome (DGS). This is when the sciatic nerve is entrapped as it exits the pelvis and travels through the deep structures of the buttock in the back part of the hip. Could Your Buttock Pain Be Due To A Sacroiliac Joint Problem? As a refresher, this picture shows the piriformis muscle located in the middle of your buttock. The star marks the most common site of pain and tenderness. The shaded area shows where you can experience referred pain from the injured musc ..read more

Got Back Pain? Should you see a Chiropractor or Just Take Drugs? Inquiring Minds Want to Know The typical go-to for most people who suffer from back pain is medication. Whether that is Over-the-Counter (OTC) NSAID’s (Non-steroidal Anti-Inflammatories) like Tylenol, Robax, Advil, Motrin, etc, or prescription meds like Benzodiazepine and even Opioids. Sounds pretty easy to just poping a pill to get out of trouble and move on with your day. In fact, there is fairly good research out there that these meds may help in the short term. You know, get you over those rough patches but I think most of ..read more

"Three Times Per Week For Many Years..." Does this sound familiar? We’ve all heard the rumour that once you see a chiropractor, you have to keep going back. That myth is so prevalent, even Homer Simpson ran into it… Learn From Those Nordic People So, I took a closer look at this because I’m a chiro and I haven’t been in the habit of telling people they need to keep coming back to see me forever. I do have a number of patients that find coming in for regular check-ups seems to keep them feeling good. Let’s take a look at what these researchers found… The Research Project Researchers fro ..read more

Stretch Your Butt, Save Your Life! Want to relieve your back, buttock and hip pain? Do you have a few minutes in a day? If you answered yes to both of those questions, here’s what to do. Remember, small things done every day equal huge health wins! Da Rules Always hold the stretch position for 20 – 30 seconds. You should feel a nice, gentle stretch without pain. If you have pain, stop! Warning: If you feel like the backs of your legs are always tight, then it may be tension on your sciatic nerve causing this rather than a tight muscle. If that is the case, you don’t want to be doing this stre ..read more

A Patient's Story Meet Sarah, who is the patient we feature in the video below. She didn’t have any major trauma. She just got into the habit of less-than-ideal postures when she started working from home during COVID. That built up over time to a point where she was having pretty bad neck pain and headaches. She would get some temporary relief from her massage therapist and chiro but the pain kept coming back. Her physio gave her some stretches and strengthening exercises to do at home which, again seemed to improve things a bit but not completely. Her pain was even starting to disrupt her ..read more

OK, so it comes as no surprise (Spoiler Alert) most of us know exercise is good for you. Yup, it’s true and guess what, we should probably be eating more fruits and veg right? Most of us inherently understand we’re supposed to be active but we think most of us also feel we could (should?) be doing better at this. Life gets in the way of dedicating time to taking care of our physical well-being. If we’re honest with ourselves, it turns out, we’re not that great at doing what we’re supposed to do. I mean, personally, during COVID, I built a nice home gym in my garage, which I now typically wal ..read more