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The healing process doesn’t follow a linear path, no matter how much we want it to. It involves improvements, set-backs, plateaus, and curve balls that come out of nowhere. .
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Here’s a great quote regarding this concept that we should all take to heart:
“Healing isn’t linear. It’s going to be a lot of 2 steps forwards and 3 steps back. And you know what?...That’s still making progress!” .
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Here at Baseline we try to help you stay motivated through the process and celebrate the little wins along the way as we get you back to feeling your best.
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There has always been bit of confusion on when to use heat as a method of therapy. Heat packs and hot compresses are best used during the late-subacute or chronic stages of healing. It can be most beneficial for muscle soreness, aches and stiffness.
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🔥What does heat do?
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✔️It helps the nervous system by blocking pain receptors and interpreting heat as a sedating comforting sensation.
✔️Heat dilates our blood vessels which allows an abundance of blood flow to the area. This promotes increased circulation to the area, bringing nutrients to the damaged tissues and allowing toxins and debris to be flushed out.
✔️Heat increases tissue extensibility and elasticity, allowing muscles to relax and loosen up tension.
✔️Heat increases the metabolic rate of reactions, therefore promoting a quicker healing time with any injured areas.
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🚫When not to use heat.🚫
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✖️Do not use heat on any acute or fresh injuries as it may cause more harm than good.
✖️Avoid using heat on the injured area if it feels swollen, hot and looks red.
✖️If the area is infected, there is more likely inflammation in the area and heat is to be avoided.
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Do you have a stiff upper back that hurts more as you sit? Have you heard the buzzward of "thoracic mobility" or watched people use a foam roller at the gym? Here's a simple and easy exercise that you can do to ease some of that upper back tension! Try it out and let us know what you think!#massagetherapy #RMT #massage #registeredmassagetherapy #yvrfitness #fitness #workout #vancouver #activerehab #rehabilitation #chiropractor #chiropractic #kinesiology #kinesiologist #fit #fitfam #fitnessmotivation #fitspo #kin #physio #health #healthandwellness #thoracicmobility #healthy #vancity #vancitybuzz #van #physiotherapy#vancouverhealth #vancouverhealthcare

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Do you slouch? Feel tightness at the front of your shoulders/in your chest?
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The pectorals (chest muscle) are often ones that can get tight as a result of so many things we do everyday. From sitting at a desk👩🏼‍💻, driving 🚙, eating🍽, reading📚, texting🤳🏻, all of these activities encourage a more forward posture and draw our shoulders forward.
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Tightness in the pec muscles/slouched posture can contribute to many injuries/pains you may be experiencing in your neck, shoulders, and upper back.
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Here are 2 simple stretches, demonstrated by our physiotherapist Jamie, that can help relieve tightness in the chest.
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1️⃣Lie on a foam roller with your knees bent and feet flat on the ground. Your palms should be facing up and your arms rested by your side. Keeping your hands on the ground, you can raise them out to the side until you feel a stretch across the front of your chest. Try holding this stretch with your arms in a number of different positions!
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2️⃣Stand at the corner of a wall or doorframe. Raise your arm to 90 degrees and put your arm on the wall with your elbow bent.
Stretch the front of your shoulder by moving forward and turning your body the opposite way.
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HAPPY STRETCHING! 💪🏼

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🧗🏽‍♀️Exercising increases the number of endorphins that are released into your body, which can help improve your mood and increase productivity!
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TIP- If you’re stuck with work, are trying to come up with that new idea, or need to write that report or create that document, try moving! Take a few minutes from sitting to get up and move around, breathe, stretch, dance, do some squats or jumping jacks, and then get back to it! Why do you think children move non-stop and have the most creative brilliant minds?! Our minds and bodies need movement!
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Our kins released those endorphins with some climbing this weekend!
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Have you ever been climbing?
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Happy Valentine’s Day from the Baseline team! Be sure to save some love for yourself with these self-care tips.
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♥️Body care - Take care of those aches and pains so you can go about your day comfortably.
♥️Sleep – Adults tend to need between 7-9 hours of uninterrupted sleep per night for our bodies to rest and recover. Be sure to get enough quality sleep each night so that YOU feel rested.
♥️Food – quality over quantity, eat real food, and “Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food” – Michael Pollan. But also, treat yourself every once in a while!
♥️Spend some free time doing something you LOVE that makes you feel excited, happy, or relaxed.
♥️Exercise/stay active regularly to your appropriate level, and try and get outside at least once a day. Being outside in nature has been linked to physical and mental health benefits.Let us here at Baseline know how we can help you with your self-care routine!
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Last week, The Baseline Team was in Las Vegas attending the Parker 2020 Seminar. It was a jam packed three day event full of lots of learning, motivation and inspiration for the physical medicine field. We learned a lot of new concepts to elevate our treatment, communication, and rehabilitation skills to better serve our clients! In addition, we had some fun listening to some of these amazing speakers and inspiring people. Here's two of them that you might know!
Lori Greiner from the Shark Tank and Gary Sinise (better known as Lt. Dan from Forest Gump!) We learned so much from their stories which gives us a new found sense of inspiration and motivation to better serve our clients who we are so lucky to have the opportunity to work with!

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As a result of so many things we do on a daily basis, many people experience stiffness/tightness in their upper backs😣
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If you are experiencing any issues with your neck, shoulders, low back or upper back, addressing any mobility restrictions in the thoracic area can help!👍🏼
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Here is our physiotherapist Jamie demonstrating an exercise to help improve extension through your thoracic spine.
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💥Begin in a supine position on the floor with a foam roller just below the bottom of the shoulder blades.
💥Place your hands behind your head and elbows close together pointed towards the ceiling. 💥Your knees should be bent and your bottom should be firmly on the ground. 💥Gentle extend/arch your thoracic spine over the foam roller while keeping your bottom on the ground. 💥Perform 5-10 repetitions at each segment.
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Incorporating this exercise daily can help to improve posture, reduce shoulder injury risk, improve neck and shoulder range of motion, and decrease stress on the low back! 🥳
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