Injuries can be overwhelming, but with the right guidance, you can make a successful recovery. Discover the three principles that every rehab program should follow, including the importance of education and progressive overload. Plus, learn which questions to ask during the rehab process to take control of your healing journey. At SpineOttawa, we are dedicated to providing personalized care and guidance to help you get back to doing what you love.

During acute pain our body’s nervous system is activated to protect us against real or perceived threats to our tissues (muscles, joints, ligaments etc.). One of the effects of this protective nervous system is to dramatically change our motor outputs and movement patterns. Most of the time these changes are subconscious, so it can be hard to control how we’re moving differently.

Every week, I see patients at my chiropractic office in Ottawa who are complaining about tension across the front of one or both hips. Tight hips are usually our body telling us that we’re sitting a ton without balancing our day with enough movement.

Most often, anterior hip tension isn’t painful, but it can be bothersome when we go to run, bike, or lift. This blog will cover a few of the muscles involved in generating this tension feeling and some strategies we can use to reduce it, as well as the considerations for specific sport applications.

It’s hard to know where to turn when back pain strikes. Today we’ll go over a few questions any competent practitioner should try to solve when you first meet them in order to provide effective care.