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Can powerlifting be your arthritic knee pain solution?

As a chiropractor, I've seen the limitations of chiropractic adjustments firsthand. While spinal manipulation can often provide pain relief, the results don't last. This is why I started offering exercise to help my clients find true freedom from pain. Can I exercise with knee pain? As a pain sufferer, you worry that exercise will make [...]
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Why you should care more about your chronic pain and take action now

Everybody agrees that living with pain is terrible. However, despite its awfulness, we seem to also think it's okay to live in pain. We trivialise pain as something that has no real consequences. You may even go as far as to think it's a sign of weakness. Chronic pain has real consequences. What pain feels [...]
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Six exercises for neck pain and back pain — does it work?

Someone reached out today to ask if the exercises we prescribed as a chiropractor are the same as what is used in physiotherapy. In my opinion, that is not a very meaningful question because it's akin to asking if cai png and nasi padang are the same. There is no perfect answer to that! However, [...]
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Evidence-based chiropractic, while unpopular, is a thing

Super surprised to read this morning that British Columbia chiropractors are spilt over if x-ray usage should be limited. The good news is that 54% voted that diagnostic x-rays should be limited and claims that are not supported by scientific evidence should be banned. Hopefully in more years to come, we will see an increase [...]
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Stop caring about the “degeneration” in your x-ray or MRI reports

In all that we know about back pain, disc herniations, useless x-rays, and chronic pain, degeneration is a non-issue. As a chiropractor, patients always come to me being worried about the degenerative changes in their spine. Here is the good news -- you absolutely don't have to worry about it. "Your spine is fragile" is [...]
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Why do my problems keep coming back? Can I truly get better?

Recovery can get frustrating when your problem keeps coming back. Be it neck pain or back pain, we get a little discouraged each time it starts hurting again. As a chiropractor, I help chronic pain patients through these issues, and help them develop long-term working solutions. I have successfully coached hundreds of clients to help [...]
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Why my back pain isn’t going away even though I always use my core?

When working with patients with back pain, they often want to know how they should do certain things or what they should pay attention to (during movements) to help themselves. One of the things that always surface is the core. Understanding how your brain and memory works. In order to adequately explore this topic, we [...]
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Back Pain Guide

"Back pain" affects over 80% of people at least once in their lifetime. As a chiropractor, I work a lot with clients suffering from back aches and soreness. In this guide, I hope to share my experiences with you so you can find your own freedom from pain. I will cover: What is the most [...]
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What if there is no tissue damage in chronic pain? Can you accept it?

As an evidence-based chiropractor, I use the latest research to help my clients. Because that is statistically most likely to help you get better. Some people think that clinical studies do not reflect real life, and therefore shouldn't be taken serious. However, the outstanding results our clients experience suggest otherwise. The latest article from The [...]
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I just want to be pain-free. Why do I need to set goals?

Evidence-based chiropractors (none of the five-minute adjustment rubbish) are experts are helping chronic pains sufferers find a working solution. In doing so, they empower you to help yourself so you find your own freedom from pain. When working with a good chiropractor, you may be tempted to focus on being pain-free as your recovery goal. [...]
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If exercise is so wonderful, why is it not good enough?

When you decide to hire a chiropractor, you want to feel better. Specifically, you want a working pain solution that doesn't require you to keep coming back. If long-term results is what you are after, then you would know chiropractic adjustments ain't gonna cut it cos it REQUIRES you to keep coming back. Nobody tries [...]
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Why is weight training important? Is body weight exercises enough?

As a chiropractor, my main job is to help people achieve peak health and well-being. Specifically, I help my clients achieve good physical health without chiropractic adjustments. Because of my focus as in physical well-being, all of my clients will have to lift weights. This is because weight training is a great way for you [...]