Dr. Derek Martyniuk BMSc, DC
1389 Colborne Rd N7V-3L8 Sarnia, ON, Canada

May 2021 be a healthy, happy, and safe one for everyone. Laugh with friends and family, hold a door for a senior, and help those less fortunate. Here’s to a better year for all.

May 2021 be a healthy, happy, and safe one for everyone. Laugh with friends and family, hold a door for a senior, and help those less fortunate. Here’s to a better year for all.

Merry Christmas ! It will definitely be a different Christmas but enjoy time with loved ones and friends in your bubble. Stay healthy and the office will be open if you need us.

Merry Christmas ! It will definitely be a different Christmas but enjoy time with loved ones and friends in your bubble. Stay healthy and the office will be open if you need us.

This is a great research based infographic depicting the frustration and limitations people can have at work and home due to muscle and joint issues. We can help ! Stay safe Lambton County.

This is a great research based infographic depicting the frustration and limitations people can have at work and home due to muscle and joint issues. We can help ! Stay safe Lambton County.

THORACIC PAIN (Mid Back Pain) is as common as neck or low back pain but it is usually less dramatic and often due to chronic consequences of postural imbalance. There can be 22 different causes (diagnoses) of mid back pain (both organic and mechanical) but I’ll go through the most common: COSTOVERTEBRAL JOINT SYNDROME - very common, pain where the rib forms a joint with the spine, sharp/stabbing about the size of a dime, pain on deep inspiration or pressure with rotation of t...he thoracic spine. POSTURAL UPPER CROSS SYNDROME - constant achy pain, worse with desk work, tight traps, lavator scap, and pecs accompanied by weak neck flexors, rhomboids, and serratus anterior (forms a cross of tight versus weak antagonistic muscles). CERVICOGENIC DORSALGIA - interscapular pain coming from the neck, caused by posterior neck joint dysfunction, sharp/burning/deep/unilateral pain 2cm lateral to the spine. THORACIC JOINT SYNDROME - inflamed/irritated facet joints (joints of the spine), hurt by lifting/twisting/bending/hyperextension, often repetitive trauma, usually one sided, local tenderness. All of these common conditions are very amendable to chiropractic and conservative care. Have a safe and happy upcoming Thanksgiving !

THORACIC PAIN (Mid Back Pain) is as common as neck or low back pain but it is usually less dramatic and often due to chronic consequences of postural imbalance. There can be 22 different causes (diagnoses) of mid back pain (both organic and mechanical) but I’ll go through the most common: COSTOVERTEBRAL JOINT SYNDROME - very common, pain where the rib forms a joint with the spine, sharp/stabbing about the size of a dime, pain on deep inspiration or pressure with rotation of t...he thoracic spine. POSTURAL UPPER CROSS SYNDROME - constant achy pain, worse with desk work, tight traps, lavator scap, and pecs accompanied by weak neck flexors, rhomboids, and serratus anterior (forms a cross of tight versus weak antagonistic muscles). CERVICOGENIC DORSALGIA - interscapular pain coming from the neck, caused by posterior neck joint dysfunction, sharp/burning/deep/unilateral pain 2cm lateral to the spine. THORACIC JOINT SYNDROME - inflamed/irritated facet joints (joints of the spine), hurt by lifting/twisting/bending/hyperextension, often repetitive trauma, usually one sided, local tenderness. All of these common conditions are very amendable to chiropractic and conservative care. Have a safe and happy upcoming Thanksgiving !

Keep wearing masks, wash your hands, and social distance to protect our seniors and immunocompromised

Keep wearing masks, wash your hands, and social distance to protect our seniors and immunocompromised