This blog reviews anatomy of the foot and conditions related to heel pain. It describes what the source of your heel pain may be as well as possible treatment options. With heel pain, the lower back can sometimes be the source of the pain and so at Break Free, we often screen the lower back to make sure that the problem is actually at the heel and not coming from the lower back. Booking an assessment with one of our physiotherapists can direct you towards the best treatment options.

Have you been stretching your tight muscles over and over again with no relief? This blog reviews reasons why your muscles may be so tight and potential treatment options. Your muscles may feel really tight due to weakness, nerve issues, or joint restrictions in the area. Our physiotherapists can help determine why they are so tight and the best treatment to help you get relief from the tightness.

Experiencing pain in your wrist? This blog reviews potential sources of your pain, common diagnoses related to wrist pain, treatment techniques to reduce wrist pain, clicking and clunking in the wrist, as well as ways to help determine whether your wrist is fractured and what to do.

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.

This blog reviews potential reasons for why you have pain on the inside of your elbow, as well as common symptoms that present with golfer’s elbow, and management strategies. Our physiotherapists can assess your elbow and determine the source of your pain as well as the appropriate treatment to help you get back to pain-free activity.

Do you have a compression fracture or suspect you might? Do you have pain in your back that increases with standing or sitting but is relieved with laying down? There are many other symptoms that you may experience. This blog goes into detail on those symptoms you may experience as well as why you might have a compression fracture. The physiotherapists at Break Free Physiotherapy and Wellness can help you with pain management and returning to the activities you enjoy!

Do you have a nagging pain in your jaw that won't go away? Or a click every time you chew or bite on something? There are many reasons why this may happen. We can help you find the source of your jaw pain and get you back to being pain-free. This blog reviews potential sources and how physiotherapy can help you with your jaw pain.

There are many reasons why you may be experiencing knee pain while running. This blog reviews several reasons including muscle weakness/imbalances, footwear, and spinal sources of pain. Our physiotherapists can effectively assess your knee and provide appropriate treatment specific to you in order to get you back into running pain-free.

Experiencing shoulder and arm pain from holding your newborn baby? This can be very common, especially in the first few months. The physiotherapists at Break Free Physiotherapy can assess your shoulder/arm and figure out the source of the issue. We can provide an appropriate treatment plan so this is one less thing for you to worry about!

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.

It’s really frustrating when you can’t figure out where your pain is coming from. You may be looking for someone to help relieve your shoulder and arm pain. It’s important to find the source of your pain, and your physiotherapist at Break Free Physiotherapy in London, Ontario can help you find it.

I’ve had a lot of people in the Break Free Community ask me about tingling in their feet. Where does it come from? Why does it happen? Why in some people does it happen in one foot versus both?

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.

We’ve all heard of the biceps, a.k.a. our ‘guns’, but what is a tendinopathy? First, we need to know what the role of a tendon is. A tendon is the portion of the muscle that attaches the muscle belly to the bone. They take on a lot of the tensile and loading forces that happen when the muscles are contracted.

Many people think that knee pain is a sign of aging or ‘getting old’, but it’s actually quite common in adolescents and adults younger than 60 years old. In fact, patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is one of the most common causes of frontal knee pain in these age groups. Another name for PFPS is runner’s knee, as it is common in runners.

An ankle sprain is one of the most common injuries to happen while playing sports. If you’ve experienced this, you may have noticed a higher likelihood of spraining the same ankle. That’s because a lateral ankle sprain has a very high rate of reinjury and can lead to long term ankle instability.

My experience at Break Free has been incredibly eye-opening. Seeing the advances that the clients in this clinic have made as they go through their rehabilitation journey has only reassured me that I am entering a field I am passionate about.

I feel dizzy, it must be vertigo!

This is a common myth that many of my clients share during their visits, but there is actually a difference between dizziness and vertigo.

You may have heard about this novel technique that been increasing in popularity. London Ontario Physiotherapist, Corey Kim, will give answers to many of the common questions that our patients ask before they receive IMS Gunn Dry Needling.

Did you know that approximately 1 in 4 women, and 1 in 9 men in Canada experience urinary incontinence? This includes individuals from young adulthood all the way through to older adults.

There are several myths surrounding pelvic floor dysfunction…