Qathet Physiotherapy

Qathet Physiotherapy Excellence in all aspects of clinical care and the provision of a broad range of high quality rehabi

12/01/2025
A nice reminder from the good folks at Tall Tree.
11/07/2025

A nice reminder from the good folks at Tall Tree.

09/30/2025

Decolonization is less about returning to a pre-colonial society, and more about recognizing that we live under a colonial system— that things are the way they are, not by accident, but because a particular ideology has systematically erased others, while normalizing itself. Once something is normalized, it’s hard to imagine anything else. We become confined within that particular ideology. And then the mindset of, ‘Mm, it’s always been this way,’ starts to creep in.

And then the origins of the colonizers, which in our case, was a very violent one, can be forgotten. We start sweeping things under the rug, like removing kids from their families, and -to put it bluntly- genocide.

And so, when we’re able to recognize these structures, through what will be a never-ending process of decolonization, it helps us move forward towards a society which doesn’t just draw inspiration from a diversity of spaces, but is also self-aware, which I think, is the most important part.”
Lee Maracle

SmartXPD offers a variety of free, short-form exercise videos for those living with Parkinson's as well as Parkinson’s r...
08/19/2025

SmartXPD offers a variety of free, short-form exercise videos for those living with Parkinson's as well as Parkinson’s related articles and resources.

SmartXPD® offers a variety of free, short-form exercise videos as well as Parkinson’s related articles and resources. You can also check our exercise programs and on demand videos here.

A nerve is like a wire. It carries electrical impulses.  When a nerve is injured, it conducts fewer electrical impulses....
06/05/2025

A nerve is like a wire. It carries electrical impulses. When a nerve is injured, it conducts fewer electrical impulses. Skin goes numb, muscles go weak. Just like a snipped wire makes a TV go dead.

But that doesn’t explain neuropathic pain. Unlike a snipped wire, an injured nerve also conducts more impulses. Pain, pins and needles…

That sounds like a paradox.

If you shift your perspective to think of the nerve as a living thing, it makes more sense.

Nerve cells are busy. They’re constantly building ion channels and shuttling them to the cell's membrane, where the ion channels can spark and carry electrical impulses.

Now imagine that nerve cell is injured.

The ion channels at the site of injury won’t be able to spark and carry those electrical impulses any more. Skin goes numb, muscles go weak - as expected.

And here’s what doesn’t happen in a wire: the injured nerve cell makes more ion channels. The whole cell becomes super-excitable. In fact, many of these ion channels bunch up at the site of the injury, creating an electrical ‘hot spot’, where rogue impulses can spark.

Why does this happen? Probably, it’s accidental: the nerve cell, when injured, can’t regulate how many ion channels it produces, so they just keep churning out. Or, it might be deliberate: the nerve cell senses danger and the extra ion channels help it to keep the lights on.

In any case, the paradox - that the nerve works less and works more - only looks like a paradox if you’re thinking like an electrician. Think like a biologist, and it makes sense.

Tom Jesson

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03/24/2025

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