by North 49 Physiotherapy | Jan 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
Fingers and toes that are always cold could be a sign of Raynaud’s. Raynaud’s affects some areas of your body, most often your fingers, and less commonly your toes, nose, lips or ears, causing them to change color and feel numb and cold in response to cold...
by North 49 Physiotherapy | Dec 15, 2022 | concussion
It is well known that concussions are common. They can, however, be a challenge to treat, both for the patient/athlete and care provider. Given such, there have been attempts to prevent concussion through education awareness, rule changes in sport, and equipment (i.e....
by North 49 Physiotherapy | Oct 5, 2022 | concussion
I am not sure any of you watched the football game with the Bills and the Dolphins on Sunday September 25, 2022? If you did you would have seen the Dolphin’s QB Tagovailoa get pushed backwards, causing him to fall and hit his head on the ground. He was able to get up...
by North 49 Physiotherapy | Sep 26, 2022 | Balance and Dizziness, dizziness, Ear, Vertigo, Vestibular Therapy
Have you ever observed sustained (lasting > 60 sec) geotropic nystagmus with positional testing for BPPV and were not quite sure what those atypical findings were about? If so, you are not alone. According to the literature this finding is not as result of BPPV,...
by North 49 Physiotherapy | Sep 4, 2022 | Child, Physiotherapy
Are you sending your children off to school with a brand new backpack slung over one shoulder? If you are like most parents, a new backpack was on your child’s back to school shopping list along with pencils, erasers, an assortment of colourful binders and a...
by North 49 Physiotherapy | Aug 30, 2022 | Balance and Dizziness, dizziness, Ear
If you are like us, you taken many vestibular therapy courses without being taught how to treat BPPV affecting the anterior canal. Granted, BPPV affecting the anterior canal is rare. If you, however, see a lot of patients with dizziness you will likely see this form...
by North 49 Physiotherapy | Aug 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
A splint or brace is a device used to support or hold a body part still after an injury or surgery. While the words may be used interchangeably, in general, a brace is meant to support an injured area, while a splint is commonly used to immobilize an injured body...
by North 49 Physiotherapy | Jul 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
De Quervain’s tenosynovitis is a painful condition affecting the tendons on the thumb side of your wrist. It occurs when the tendons around the base of the thumb are irritated or constricted. The word “tendinosis” refers to a swelling of the tendons....
by North 49 Physiotherapy | Jul 8, 2022 | Balance and Dizziness, dizziness, Ear, Physiotherapy, Vertigo, Vestibular Therapy
Have you ever heard of anyone getting BPPV from binge watching Netflix? We recently did and it was an interesting case. Usually our blogs are more on the technical side. We, however, thought that we would change it up a bit with this post and use a case study format,...
by North 49 Physiotherapy | Jun 22, 2022 | dizziness, Ear, Vertigo, Vestibular Therapy
If you follow the media, especially in regards to celebrities you may have heard that Canadian singer Justin Bieber was recently diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt and will have seen that his smile seems a bit off. He is not the only celebrity to develop a facial paralysis....
