Minnie Tang
How Do You Hold Yourself?

Ever wondered why your pain comes back after receiving treatment? We all know that we use our muscles to move our bodies, but did you know that we also use them to hold and to protect ourselves? This helps us during everyday life to keep us upright and maintain positions or postures against gravity. However, when our muscles are doing too much holding or too much tensing, it can lead to imbalances and pain.

How Do You Hold Yourself?
Minnie Tang
Working Out While Sick

You just got into a new exercise routine and you’re feeling amazing. You have barely missed a day since starting up and you’re finally noticing results. Then all of a sudden, you get sick. Should you “sweat it out” or should you rest?

Working Out While Sick
Minnie Tang
Office Sweet Office

Since being under quarantine, many people have been working from home. The home office is free from meetings, interruptions, politics, and distractions, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of other problems!

Office Sweet Office
Minnie Tang
DIY Homemade Weights

While there are some great and endless exercises you can do with just your own bodyweight, you may want to enhance your workouts with some dumbbell-esque equipment. Here are some creative tips on how to continue resistance training while you’re stuck weightless at home!

DIY Homemade Weights
Minnie Tang
Coronavirus: Life Under Quarantine

As the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, continues to spread throughout our country, nationwide restrictions and closures are being made. Are you in pain and not sure when the next time you can see a physiotherapist is? Read on to learn some home care tips and advice to help you manage in the meantime.

Coronavirus: Life Under Quarantine

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What Does It Mean? Part 3: Differential Diagnoses

What Does It Mean? Part 3: Differential Diagnoses

Many patients bring in their reports and tell me to explain the findings because it all looks like gibberish to them. Hopefully this will help to clear up some medical terms!

What Does It Mean? Part 2: Imaging Tests

What Does It Mean? Part 2: Imaging Tests

Most people have probably heard of (and probably had) an x-ray or ultrasound before. These, among others, are diagnostic imaging tests that help us "see" what's going on inside your body. Doctors and other healthcare practitioners throw these terms around all the time, but what's the difference between all these tests? Here's a quick lesson on some common diagnostic procedures and how they relate to the musculoskeletal system.

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