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The shoulder joint is a complex joint made up of several muscles and tendons, which can often become imbalanced. When the muscles around the shoulder are not balanced properly, it can lead to pain and injury. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to help balance the muscles in your…

With May being National Physiotherapy Month, it’s only appropriate that we focus in on this amazing profession, and highlight the many benefits and strengths a physiotherapist offers their patients. Physiotherapists, like medical doctors and chiropractors, are primary care practitioners (PCPs). This means that one does not need a referral to…

Spring is here – Time to Get Walking! Now that spring is here and we can start enjoying the outdoors again, one very simple but effective lifestyle change that we can introduce is walking. All physical activity including walking is important because it gives us energy, it decreases our stress,…

What is it/Why does it happen? As a society, we sit. We sit at our kitchen tables while eating, and couches while watching tv. We sit in our cars during our errands, or at the movies for entertainment. Most notably, we sit in our schools for our learnings, and at…

Are you one of the lucky people who fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow, or do you toss and turn endlessly before falling asleep? If you’re the latter stick around and learn some helpful tips that will help you catch some z’s before you know it!…

Did you know that back pain, doesn’t always come from your “back”? While many cases of back pain can be attributed to your back structures, there are cases where issues with internal organs can be perceived as back-pain. The organs most commonly responsible for this unique situation are by far…

It’s February and that means that it is Heart Month and here at Halton Chiropractic Clinic we want to bring attention to the importance of cardiovascular health! Heart disease affects more than 2.4 million Canadians over the age of 20, which is why making choices like eating well and being…

Whenever a patient injures their low back, a common thought is that a “disc has slipped”. It’s entirely possible that our patients are correct in their diagnosis – although the term ‘slipped disc’ is a bit of a misnomer. The reality of disc herniation is a little more complex than…

Did you know that falls are the leading cause of injury among older Canadians? That’s a scary thought – it’s easy to think that injuries are from ‘more serious’ causes like motor vehicle accidents or in the workplace, but that’s not necessarily true. 20-30% of seniors fall once or more…