The new school year has started and our children are excitedly starting up their intramurals, school sports team, gym classes and more. Whether your child is jumping into soccer, cross-country, basketball, or something else, we have to take caution when transitioning from spending summer on the couch to intensive practice. Autumn always marks an increase in young athletes in the clinic with conditions like muscle strains, Osgoode Schlatter’s, shin splints, or others. Taking your child to a specialist in Pediatric Physiotherapy can help keep them healthy and pain free prior to an injury. Otherwise, a Physiotherapist can help them recover…

Leaning over a desk doing homework or studying puts a lot of pressure on the muscles and joints at the back of the neck. Maybe you’ve noticed that your child spends a lot of time hunched over their homework or leaning forwards at their computer. You may have noticed them rubbing their neck or complaining about soreness. This is a very common phenomenon in both adults and children, and has been becoming known more and more as “tech neck”. This refers to the slouched and forward head posture many people take when looking at their laptops, phones, or reading something…

As our children head back to school, the backpack becomes a source of many complaints. Filled to the brim with textbooks, water bottles, laptops, and lunches, backpacks can put a lot of stress on the neck, shoulders and back. As Physiotherapists, it is a common issue we see causing postural fatigue and spinal strain. Thankfully, it can easily be alleviated through treatment and some modifications. Here’s what you and your child should know about backpacks and how to resolve their pain. Can backpacks affect their posture? An example of forward head posture. While our children are still growing and their…

Is your kid complaining about a persistent knee pain under their knee? Does it bother them the most after physical activity, especially basketball, volleyball, soccer player or other sport? If so, they might be dealing with a condition called Osgood Schlatter’s Disease. Dont’ worry, it sounds scary but it’s very common and manageable with Physiotherapy! What is Osgood Schlatter’s? To put it in simple terms, Osgoode Schlatter’s is the inflammation of a part of the tibia (shin bone), right where the tendon attaches. Repetitive and high force contraction of the tendon puts pressure on the growth plate, causing irritation over…

Pediatric Physiotherapy is a specialization that focuses on infants, and children. It is widely recognized that the bodies and brains of our children are vastly different than an adults. From the way they learn, heal, and constantly are developing, we need to treat them differently as well. While the average sports injuries, strains, sprains, fractures and more are all still present in this age group, there are also unique conditions that are managed by pediatric physiotherapists. In this blog, we will discuss the more specialized situations that are unique to a pediatric population, and how Pediatric Physiotherapy is uniquely configured…

Physiotherapy for kid’s sports injuries is becoming more and more relevant. Recently, we have seen that children and teenagers are becoming more active than ever. Whether it’s taking part at the level of competitive, clubs, camps, or recreational activities, most children are involved in some way. As we know, physical activities are great for their physical, mental and overall development. However, it also puts them at risk of certain injuries. As a child’s bones, muscles, and ligaments are still growing and developing, this makes them vulnerable to certain injuries that can be different from adults. Sports physiotherapy plays a vital role in helping young athletes recover fast, return to sport safely, and prevent future injuries. What are common sports injuries in children and teenagers? Concussions are traumatic head injuries are very common in contact sports, and an increasingly large body of research continues to support how serious these types of injuries…

Image by Freepik Physiotherapy for children, also known as pediatric physiotherapy, diagnoses and treats a wide variety of conditions and disorders, just like in adults. For example, the usual pulled muscles, sprained ligaments, and broken bones are treated in children very similarly to adults and physiotherapists treat these with expertise. Additionally, some conditions are exclusive to, or more likely to be seen in infants, children, and adolescents. Thus, some physiotherapists specialize in pediatric physiotherapy, to treat these more chronic conditions. In this blog, we discuss the most common conditions seen in physiotherapy, and how a session may be structured differently in adults versus children. Most Common Conditions and Disorders 1. Osgoode Schlatter’s Disease: Firstly, pain is caused by inflammation of the patellar (knee cap) tendon at the bone below the knee. It most commonly affects adolescent, athletic males. 2. Orthopedic conditions: Includes conditions affecting bones, muscles,…