The Clinicians Behind the Science
“Antibiotics don’t actually work.” My jaw dropped and I stared like a deer in the headlights. WHAT?? After all, these words had just come out of the mouth of the Chief of infectious disease. At the time we were working together in the cystic fibrosis clinic at the...
Seven Pains You do not Have to Put Up With
So often in my physiotherapy practice I see people who have been suffering in one way or another for a very long time. A lot of times they have been to other health care practitioners with minimal results, and so they have just resigned themselves to living...
Recurrent Injury is no Accident
“I Just Have Weak Ankles” “I just have weak ankles. I think I was born that way.” If I had a loonie for every time I’ve heard that statement I could go out for a really nice dinner. I would choose a trendy gastropub-like restaurant, invite everyone who has...
Machines do not a Physiotherapy Treatment Make
If you have ever been for physiotherapy treatment, it likely went something like this. You saw the physiotherapist for about five to ten minutes, then an assistant put a bunch of machines and maybe an ice pack on you, gave you some exercises, and sent you on your way....