Stamford Physio
4315 Drummond Road L2E6C4 Niagara Falls, ON, Canada

Everything You Need to Know About Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is a long-term (chronic) condition. It causes:... pain in the muscles and bones (musculoskeletal pain) areas of tenderness general fatigue sleep and cognitive disturbances https://www.healthline.com/health/fibromyalgia?ref=global

Exercise, Diet, Alcohol: New Guidelines Detail Best Ways to Reduce Cancer Risk New guidelines released by the American Cancer Society encourage people to exercise more per week to reduce their cancer risk. They also encourage people to greatly reduce the amount of red meat in their diet and to eat more colorful fruits and vegetables. The guidelines also urge people to strictly limit alcohol. Experts say the guidelines are good advice, but they note there are barriers that mak...e it difficult for some people to adopt these lifestyle changes. https://www.healthline.com//exercise-diet-alcohol-new-guid See more

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Breathing Exercises to Increase Lung Capacity. Your lung capacity is the total amount of air that your lungs can hold. Over time, our lung capacity and lung function typically decrease slowly as we age after our mid-20s. Some conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can significantly speed up these reductions in lung capacity and functioning. This leads to difficulty in breathing and shortness of breath.... Fortunately, there are exercises that can help maintain and increase lung capacity, making it easier to keep your lungs healthy and get your body the oxygen it needs. https://www.healthline.com/he/how-to-increase-lung-capacity

Basic protective measures against the new coronavirus. Stay aware of the latest information on the COVID-19 outbreak, available on the WHO website and through your national and local public health authority. COVID-19 is still affecting mostly people in China with some outbreaks in other countries. Most people who become infected experience mild illness and recover, but it can be more severe for others. Take care of your health and protect others https://www.who.int//novel-/advice-for-public/myth-busters

We are delighted to #welcome back Stamford Physio as one of the Silver Sponsors of #YMCA Move For Kids 2020. Stamford Physiotherapy, who have tended to the phy...sical conditioning needs of the Niagara community for a quarter of a century, need no introduction. Through their holistic principles for #rehabilitation, they continue to offer quality care with an active and mindful approach to #fitness, #exercise and conditioning. The YMCA of Niagara extends our #gratitude in recognition of your belief in helping more kids from the local #community attend programs at the Y and therefore help build a healthier, and stronger, Niagara. #thankyou -- Come, be part of the event on February 29, 2020! Visit moveforkids.ca for more info. #Niagara #MoveForKids #Fundraising

HIGH-LOAD EXERCISES FOR NECK PAIN A systematic review by Louw et al. in the year 2017 has shown that strengthening exercises are an effective way to improve nec...k pain and quality of life, while the effects of endurance training and stretching need further exploration. Should we then do general strengthening exercises or exercises specific to the neck area? A study by Ludvigsson et al. in the year 2016 has found that neck-specific exercises were superior in terms of reduction of pain and disability in patients with whiplash-associated disorders. What about exercises for the deep neck flexors vs. more superficial neck muscles? A study by Borisut et al. in the year 2013 performed a study comparing a cranio-cervical flexion exercise group with a group performing progressive resistance exercises targeted at the superficial neck flexor and extensor muscles in a group of female office workers with chronic neck pain. They found both a decrease in pain and disability in both groups, which means that we are free to choose an exercise that best suits the patient in front of us. While we showed you deep neck flexor and extensor exercises yesterday, the following video will show you high-load exercises for the more superficial neck muscles!

REFERRED HEAD PAIN IN CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE In yesterday's video we talked about the phenomenon of visceral and somatic referred pain. But what about referred h...eadache? How can neck pain refer to the head? And why do we only feel it in the temporofrontal area and not in the face? Watch the video down below for the explanation!

HOW DOES REFERRED PAIN WORK? Watch the video below to learn how the phenomenon of visceral and somatic referred pain can be explained!

Knee Strength Do your knees hurt when you squat down/stand up? Or do they hurt after you workout? You might need to take a step back and build some mor...e strength. These 5 exercises focus on building knee strength both concentrically and eccentrically and really focus in on those quads: 1 Heels Elevated Pause Front Squats 2 Eccentric Bulgarian Split Squats 3 Deficit Forward Lunge 4 Reverse Nordic Curls 5 Sissy Squats These are perfect to add into a knee rehab plan but equally as beneficial to add into your workouts as extra accessory work for leg-day. One thing to keep in mind: most knee rehab looks similar from an exercise standpoint. There really isn’t a huge difference in exercise selection between meniscus rehab, ACL, patellar tendon, etc Start off with no weight/light weight, make progress. Then manipulate the following variables to make things easier or harder: sets, reps, weight, frequency, tempo, etc Like, comment, save & feel free to share with your friends! #strengthandconditioning #functionaltraining #strengthtraining #movebetter #physicaltherapy #masterthebasics #unilateraltraining #singlelegstrength See more

Mid / Low Back Strengthening These 7 exercises hit on all the muscles that tend to become weak over time (low trap, mid trap, rhomboids, posterior ro...tator cuff, etc.) & may be contributing to many chronic injuries of the shoulder, neck and back. So unless you like injuries and pain, I would recommend doing 3-4 sets of these a couple times a week as part of your injury prevention / reduction regiment. 1 Band ER + OH Press 2 Band Pull Apart + OH Raise 3 Chest Supported I Y T 4 Head Supported DB Rows 5 Rope Face Pulls 6 Cable Wolverines 7 Cable Squat 90/90 Like the info? Share it. Have a Question? Leave it below. Know somebody who you think would benefit from this info? Tag them! #clinicalathlete #powerlifting #olympicweightlifting #shoulderwork #shoulderwarmup #rotatorcuff #midback #backstrength #traps #shoulderrehab See more