Green Therapy: The Healing Power of Plants in Clinics
Imagine walking into a physiotherapy clinic and being greeted not only by the friendly faces of the staff but also by a vibrant display of greenery. It's a far cry from the sterile, clinical environments typically associated with medical facilities, and yet, it instills a greater sense of comfort and peace.
Massage Therapy For Mental Well-being
This blog post explores the benefits of massage therapy for mental health and how it can become an integral part of holistic self-care.
Sustainability and Rehabilitation
Earth Day presents a great opportunity to reflect on our impact on the environment. We at Pursuit strive to further reduce and hopefully reverse our environmental impact in Victoria and beyond.
Benefits of Cardiovascular Exercise: Guidelines and Evidence
This blog post explores the benefits of cardiovascular exercise, backed by recent scientific research. Additionally, we'll provide practical guidelines to help you incorporate cardiovascular exercise into your daily routine, ensuring a healthier and happier life.
Common Injuries for New Runners: Understanding, Preventing, and Recovering with Chiropractic Care
In this blog post, we’ll explore some of the typical injuries new runners may encounter, ways to prevent them, and strategies for recovering with the help of chiropractic care if they occur.
Understanding Plantar Fasciitis: Causes, Chiropractic Care, and Rehabilitation
In this blog post, we will delve into what plantar fasciitis is, its common causes, how chiropractic care can help alleviate symptoms, and rehabilitation techniques for effective management.
Environmental Sustainability at Pursuit Physiotherapy
At Pursuit, we’re not just committed to your health and recovery, we're committed to nurturing the planet too. Our environmental values drive us to take concrete actions every day, ensuring our clinic operates as sustainably as possible.
Understanding and Treating Tennis Elbow
In this article, we'll delve into what lateral elbow tendinopathy is, its common causes, how chiropractic care can assist in its management, and preventive measures and rehabilitation techniques.
Science behind Chiropractic Manipulations
In this post, we delve into these elements, shedding light on what occurs during chiropractic adjustments, their effects, and the safety considerations associated with them.
How Chiropractic Care Can Help Improve Your Posture
Chiropractic care is a non-invasive and drug-free approach to addressing posture-related issues.
Managing Osteoarthritis
In this blog post, we explore the various components that effectively address and manage osteoarthritis and overall joint health.
You Are More Than Your Image
Despite the detailed insights these imaging tools offer, there is a growing body of evidence revealing a poor correlation between imaging results and the actual presentation of symptoms in individuals with Lower Back Pain.
Massage for Jiu Jitsu Athletes
Jiu jitsu can cause a lot of nagging pains, and injuries are bound to happen eventually. Massage Therapy can help in a multitude of ways.
Water and Electrolyte Balance During Exercise
A simple guide to how you can replenish your fluids, carbohydrates and electrolyte balance before, during and after exercise.
Do I need to have ACL surgery?
So you’ve recently injured your ACL. What do you do now? What could this mean for your future lifestyle? Is surgery the only option? This article explores what an ACL injury is and the facts behind how to decipher which rehabilitation route is right for you.
How CrossFit has Influenced our Physiotherapy Approach
As our physiotherapist, Dana Tostenson likes to say “there are many languages of exercise, our goal is to find the one that best fits your situation”. Cross Fit has been popularized over the last 20 years due to its “game-ified” approach to traditional Olympic lifting, gymnastics, and cardio-intensive exercises. We think that this concept lends itself very well to rehabilitation.
To Ice or Not to ice?
Icing after an injury is a commonly prescribed treatment, but how effective is it really in promoting recovery?
A Physiotherapy Guide to acute back pain
Physiotherapist Dana Tostenson explains what to do when you have recently experienced a low back injury.
Massage for Lymphatic Drainage
We explain the benefits of Manual Lymph drainage as used by our registered massage therapists.
WorkSafe BC Physiotherapy
If you are suffering from a work-related injury, WorkSafe BC is here to support you in your rehabilitation so that you can get back to health and return to pre-injury work safely and in a timely manner. At Pursuit Physiotherapy, we offer seamless direct billing for our WorkSafe patients.