A proven approach to addressing heel pain Maria is an avid runner, taking time most mornings to jog around her neighborhood. But when she first took up running, she noticed pain in her heel after a few days of going on her morning run. She ignored it, hoping it would go away on its own.
Category: physiotherapy
Choosing the Right Footwear for Hiking and Preventing Pain
Footwear is an essential part of your hiking experience. Last time you hit the trails, what did you wear on your feet? Your feet play a key role in nearly everything you do, especially when it comes to activities like hiking. In fact, wearing the wrong shoes during physical activity can put you at risk
What is Manual Therapy, and How Can it Help?
Manual therapy techniques are defined as skilled hand movements and passive movements of joints and soft tissue. In other words, this method employs the practitioner’s hands rather than machines. This common method may be used with other treatments, such as strengthening exercises or active stretching. Our physiotherapists at Anatomy Physiotherapy in Orléans, ON use manual
Understanding the Causes of Pain on Top of Your Foot
Learn the conditions and injuries that cause foot pain and how physiotherapy treatment can help It may feel strange and uncommon to experience pain on the top of your foot. If the pain isn’t severe, you might try to ignore it with the hope that it’ll pass. However, any kind of pain should be acknowledged
Understanding Chronic Back Pain Symptoms and How to Manage Them
Tired of dealing with chronic pain? Here’s how to manage symptoms at home and with our treatment plans! You’ve probably experienced back pain at some point in your life, whether from an injury, an awkward movement, or straining your back from lifting something heavy. However, while back pain is one of the most common issues
Sciatica Pain: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Understanding sciatica and how our care plans can help Have you experienced burning, tingling, or aching pain in your lower extremities? Is the pain affecting only one side of your body? If these symptoms sound familiar, you may have a condition known as sciatica. Sciatica causes pain that radiates along the sciatica nerve, which runs
Ankle Sprain vs. Fracture: Understanding the Differences
Identifying an ankle sprain vs. a fracture and how our specialists can help You’ve had an accident, and your ankle is swelling, bruising, and in pain. You probably know that you’ve suffered an injury; however, if you aren’t a medical professional, it can be difficult to understand your symptoms and what they mean. Two of
What Could Be Causing Sharp Pain in Your Ankle?
Getting to the root cause of your ankle pain with physiotherapy treatment. Dealing with ankle pain, but not sure why? Since the ankle is used in so many activities and movements, discomfort and lack of function can be distressing. Sharp pain can be the result of many causes, such as an injury or underlying condition.