Have you been experiencing back pain from lifting your baby or toddler? This blog reviews factors that could contribute to your lower back pain as well as ways in which to modify your positioning and posture while lifting to help reduce the back pain.

Corey Kim, co-owner and physiotherapist at Break Free Physiotherapy, describes his experience with chronic lower back pain and tingling in his leg and foot and how he got relief from his pain. He tried many different treatments prior to finding out what worked for him and has been able to return to activity and is working towards reaching new goals. Even physiotherapists experience low back pain just like you. We can help you get relief and get back to doing what you love.

Hip pain can be due to many different reasons. Many people do not know that hip pain can come from the lower back. This blog reviews different diagnoses related to hip pain as well as potential symptoms that may indicate the lower back is the source of the hip pain.

The McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) is an awesome way to find the source of your problem through repeated movements and objective testing. An exciting part of this treatment is the potential to rapidly reverse your condition; this includes rapidly changing your range of motion, decreasing your pain and accelerating the return to activities you love.

Centralization and peripheralization are characteristics that help predict the outcome of a condition. Specifically, these characteristics provide us with more information about how treatment for your neck or back pain is progressing, and an estimated timeline for recovery.

Since the pandemic, we’ve had many clients come in with neck pain from sustained sitting positions while working from home. Break Free wants to share some ways to keep your neck mobile and stay healthy!