Most of my patients first come to see me because they have a new injury or a nagging pain and they need a push in the right direction. The most common conditions are back pain, sciatica, neck pain, rolled ankles, achy knees and tweaked shoulders. Many of these issues resolve with 4-8 sessions of active chiropractic care.

Check this blog out to learn why and when it can be helpful to go back to your chiropractor.

This blog idea has been bouncing around my head for a while. It’ll be short, but I hope it helps shed a light on how I approach chiropractic care, wellness, and the all-important concept of resiliency.

Every Spring, Ottawa comes to life. The tulips begin to poke up from the soil, the river thaws, and athletes everywhere are tuning up their bicycles and dusting off their sneakers.

This blog will talk about one of the conditions that is guaranteed to slow down the warm weather fun if we’re not careful: plantar fasciitis. Follow along on the journey of Megan’s plantar fasciitis experience (based on real patient experience with name changed).

I’m sure you’ve heard many opinions about what chiropractic is, and there are some pretty wild theories on it. This blog will help shed some light on a few of the most common misconceptions I hear about chiropractic.

When I first started working as a chiropractor in Ottawa, I would create perfect little exercise programs for patients. They would be complicated, rigid, and exact (not too mention extremely overwhelming). The patients who listened to me were usually the ones who were already exercising and I began to realize that I wasn’t helping the patients who would benefit the most from increasing their daily movement.

As a chiropractor in Ottawa, “slipped rib” or “rib out” is one of the most common injuries I see. Most times, when a patient tells me their “rib is out”, they mention symptoms including pain with a deep breath, tension in their upper back, sharpness with movement on one side, and pain with raising or lowering their arm.

Starting in early November, the inside of our house begins to resemble the North Pole and it doesn't stop until at least the second week of January. Whether it’s Sinatra’s “White Christmas” or BNL’s “Hannukah, Oh Hanukkah”, the Holiday music starts early in our Kanata home!

Alongside the fun and excitement of the Holidays also comes the stress. This blog will cover two strategies for maintaining and improving our workouts over the Holidays.

Sprains and strains are two of the most common injuries in sport, and nearly all of us will deal with them at one point or another. They often happen in sport, plodding around the house, or simply by slipping awkwardly off a curb in the winter.

Today’s blog will shed some light on the difference between strains and sprains, and provide a guideline for how to approach their treatment.

If you’ve ever felt hot lightning zip down the back of either leg, you might have felt sciatica. Between 13 - 40% of people will deal with sciatica at some point in time. As a chiropractor who sees patients suffering from sciatica every week, I’ve provided my top 5 tips that might help when dealing with sciatica.