CSA Physio Blog

The recipe of a great figure skater Watching the Olympics these last two weeks has made me fall in love with figure skating again while re-living some of my past figure skating injuries.  What I love about it, is that figure skating is a sport that combines power and grace, artistry and athleticism.  It’s the […]

Are you between 30 and 60 with persistent groin or hip pain?  That’s not normal.  You have to stop ignoring that.  Getting your hip assessed by an experienced physiotherapist can help preserve your hip for a healthy lifespan.  Here’s a few things to understand. Preserving your hip Hips wear out in different ways.  Sometimes the […]

Crick in the neck? What now? You woke up with quite a bit of neck pain.  You can’t turn your head to look over your shoulder.  In fact, you can hardly move your neck at all.  That’s not uncommon, and it usually isn’t anything serious.  Let’s assume you don’t have any prior neck injury or […]

As a physiotherapist for the past 23 years, I’ve seen a lot of progress in our profession and in pain management. One of the more recent advances is in the use of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) for joint, tendon, ligament and muscle injuries. This is an exciting opportunity for people with injuries that haven’t resolved […]

As a specialist in ultrasound guided regenerative medicine, many of my clients have questions about platelet rich plasma therapy (PRP). Specifically, they want to know if PRP will help with their arthritic joint pain. They also want to know if PRP will help them move more easily. Put simply, the answer is yes. PRP is effective in reducing joint pain and […]

In the medical field, we have often recommended steroid injections to help patients manage arthritic knee pain. That may soon change. There is new information and research that is now being discovered. Why have steroid injections been used for knee osteoarthritis? Knee osteoarthritis can be quite painful and can limit your ability to do the […]