Ottawa Collaborative Care Centre welcomes you to join us for a Christmas open house on Thursday, November 29, 2012. We will have food and refreshments available, as well as an opportunity to: – meet and greet with our chiropractor, Dr. Chad Wilson; registered physiotherapist, Shelagh Haynes; registered massage therapists and administrative staff – get an overview of our services and answers to any of your questions – have a clinic tour – mini-massages – door […]

Tight hip flexor (iliopsoas) muscles may contribute to low back pain as it is associated with an increased curve (lordosis) in the lumbar spine. We often develop tight hip flexor muscles from activities such as running or cycling, as well as from sitting all day at a sedentary office job. A research study* has shown that lumbar spine and hip extension range of motion can be significantly improved by dry needle trigger point injections (aka. […]

There is no cure for osteoarthritis other than replacing the joint altogether.  Osteoarthtis is essentially a wear-and-tear breakdown of the joint surface.  When the condition arrises, it is here to stay unforunately.  There is however a way to slow down the degenerative changes associated with the condition.  Normally when patients have pain in a joint from osteoarthritis, they stay off the injured limb altogether.  We now know that this isn’t such a good idea, especially […]

Heel pain is strongly correlated with tightness in the calf, hamstrings and the foot.  The connective tissue between these muscles at the back of the leg and foot meet at the heel and create the pain called plantar fasciitis.  Many doctors and therapists will tell you it is plantar fascia inflammation or a fat pad irritation, but often it can be treated with specific hands on therapy and added modalities.  Our integrative treatment approach effectively tackles this very problem.  We use a […]

A recent research study published within the European Spine Journal produced some interesting results.  The researchers found that the presence or absence of centralization (pain and discomfort moving back to the level of origin at the spine) had little to do with overall prognosis in the given sample.  More research is clearly needed on this topic, but this provides your treating therapist (chiropractor, physio therapist, or massage therapist) with more research backed knowledge for making clinical […]