Prepare for Ski Season With Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis

Don’t let osteoarthritis (OA) prevent you from participating in your favorite outdoor activities this winter! Many winter activities may seem daunting for a person with...

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Data collection: How do we determine what to test?

Regularly collecting and analyzing data is an important component in the development of athletes, rehabilitative, and/or general populations. While there are specifics regarding how we...

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Curling

Two-minute Guide to the Sport of Curling: This video may help understand the sport and this article! Curling is a competitive game played on ice....

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Minor Injury Clinic

Has a weekend trip to the mountains, a bike ride in the river valley, a sporting event, or perhaps even a bad fall left you...

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Acupuncture at Acumen

Acupuncture is fast becoming one of the most popular methods of treatment in the manual therapy world.  Acupuncturists, chiropractors, and physiotherapists are the most common...

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Power and Precision: How to Support what Happens Under the Water in Artistic Swimming

Imagine completing your hardest workout and maintaining a smile throughout its entire duration. Synchronized swimming is a sport that is all smiles and precision above the...

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The Key to Managing Hip Pain – Hip Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis (OA) is often referred to as the “wear and tear” type of arthritis. It is the degeneration that occurs in the joint. Specifically, in...

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Chiropractor at Acumen!

I first heard of Acumen as a clinic and entity through the Canadian Pro Rodeo Sport Medicine Team (CPRSMT) of which I am the chiropractic...

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Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) and exercise

Why Exercise can Improve Knee Osteoarthritis? Acumen Reconditioning offers group training for those affected by knee osteoarthritis. We understand this can be a debilitating diagnosis but...

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Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: Why its more than just knee pain

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome or PFPS as it is commonly known, is a fancy way of saying that there is pain in and around the patella...

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Patient-Centred Practice

There is a broad trust in society that medical professionals are committed to patient care.  For physicians, it is part of the Hippocratic Oath that...

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Second opinions can be good for all concerned

“I want a second opinion” is a line many of us have heard on TV when a character receives bad news from a doctor. From...

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