Waygood Manual Osteopathy
13137 156 Street T5V1V2 Edmonton, AB, Canada

Great educational information to pass onto your patients.

Great information to pass onto your clients wanting a knee replacement! "The study by researchers in the U.S. and the Netherlands looked at just under 4,500 pa...tients with osteoarthritis of the knee and those at high risk of arthritis. They looked at the impact of knee replacement surgery on patients and the cost of the surgery to the system. Overall, each patient benefited somewhat from the surgery with better quality of life. For patients with moderate arthritis, the improvement was modest; for those with severe arthritis, it was substantial. When they looked at the cost of the surgery plus hospital charges, they found that knee replacements were cost effective only in patients with bad arthritis. The authors concluded that knee replacement surgery should be restricted to more severely affected patients." http://www.cbc.ca//read-this-before-you-get-your-knee-repl See more

Can’t wait to see more of these come out!

TORN ROTATOR CUFF TENDONS I see a lot of people with rotator cuff tendon tears and most are scared shitless and do not understand what this diagnosis means. M...any are lead to believe that a torn rotator cuff means a life of shoulder pain and disability, or that it will need surgery to fix it. This just isn’t true. The first thing to consider is that rotator cuff tears are common the older you are. In fact, they are so common as we age they should be thought as a normal part of ageing, just like some wrinkles on the inside. The other thing to consider is that not all tendons are the same and so not all tendon tears are the same. Most tendons are like ropes, long and thin, but the rotator cuff tendon is broad and flat, more like a blanket. Having a tear of a rope is very different than having a tear in a blanket. This blanket arrangement is why a lot of rotator cuff tendon tears can be managed very well by utilising and improving the rest of the blanket around the hole the tear has created. Of course this does depend on the size and location of the hole, but most tears of the rotator cuff occur in the supraspinatus tendon and in the crescent, and these are easily managed without surgery and does not mean a life of pain or disability. I will be doing this ‘my doctor say I have...’ series over the next week or so, to give some more antidotes to common medical misunderstandings and misinformation. Stay tuned for more! #TornRotatorCuff #TornCuff #RotatorCuff #physio #physiotherapist #physiotherapy #physicaltherapy #sportsphysio #thesportsphysio #sportsphysiotherapy #trainer #personaltrainer #coach #strengthcoach #osteo #osteopath #osteopathy #chiro #chiropractic #chiropractor #sportstherapy #rehab #rehabtherapy #myotherapy #kinesiotherapy #exercisephysiology #exercisephysiologist #dptstudent #shouldercomplex #cantgowronggettingstrong

Want to understand fascia a little better? Check this out!!!!

In case you’re ever wondering what it actually looks like in there when you peel it all back!