Carly Davis RMT

09/01/2021

Movement is medicine 🙌

03/11/2020

Up to date information to help you stay calm, informed, and healthy as we move forward with the new coronavirus (COVID-19). There are a few simple, effective ways to help protect yourself and your community. Avoid travel to high risk areas, wash your hands frequently, avoid touching your face, and stay home if you are symptomatic ❤

A new coronavirus is the cause of an outbreak of respiratory infections, now known as COVID-19. The number of cases worldwide is changing quickly. B.C. has confirmed cases of coronavirus; however the risk to Canadians continues to be low.

01/03/2020

Back Facts 👏

Every manual therapy and personal training practice should have this updated poster about back pain.

Highlight: Back to basics: 10 facts every person should know about back pain

Fact 1: LBP is not a serious life-threatening medical condition.

Fact 2: Most episodes of LBP improve and LBP does not get worse as we age.

Fact 3: A negative mindset, fear-avoidance behaviour, negative recovery expectations, and poor pain coping behaviours are more strongly associated with persistent pain than is tissue damage.

Fact 4: Scans do not determine prognosis of the current episode of LBP, the likelihood of future LBP disability, and do not improve LBP clinical outcomes.

Fact 5: Graduated exercise and movement in all directions is safe and healthy for the spine.

Fact 6: Spine posture during sitting, standing and lifting does not predict LBP or its persistence.

Fact 7: A weak core does not cause LBP, and some people with LBP tend to overtense their ‘core’ muscles. While it is good to keep the trunk muscles strong, it is also helpful to relax them when they aren’t needed.

Fact 8: Spine movement and loading is safe and builds structural resilience when it is graded.

Fact 9: Pain flare-ups are more related to changes in activity, stress and mood rather than structural damage.

Fact 10: Effective care for LBP is relatively cheap and safe. This includes: education that is patient-centred and fosters a positive mindset, and coaching people to optimise their physical and mental health (such as engaging in physical activity and exercise, social activities, healthy sleep habits and body weight, and remaining in employment)

Thank you Dr. Peter O'Sullivan, Dr. Mary O'Keeffe, Dr. Kieran O'Sullivan, and the entire team.

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2019/12/31/bjsports-2019-101611

12/19/2019

This is so great! Thank you everyone for your generous donations 🥰🙏

12/04/2019

Very grateful for all of the generosity this time of year! If you are coming in for a treatment we are collecting food and essentials to help out families in need, and you can enter to win a great prize! Pure Body Balance Health and Fitness

09/04/2019

So excited to have another amazing practitioner joining our team!

We are excited to welcome another Chiropractor to our team!

Pure Body Balance Health and Fitness is excited to have Dr. Wincikaby joining us beginning September 9th. Dr. Wincikaby is looking forward to helping you with your health goals. She will be available early mornings, evenings and Saturdays! Direct billing to ICBC and most insurance providers is available.

To find out more about Dr. Wincikaby and the treatments she provides visit:
http://www.purebodybalance.ca/about-us/dr-ashley-wincikaby/

07/23/2019

https://simplifaster.com/articles/why-most-people-are-wrong-about-injuries-and-pain/

“Pain has more to do with your brain and nervous system than with your muscles, tendons, and joints.”

Although we grow up believing that injuries and pain are closely linked, this is not always the case. Various studies between tissue damage and pain show that we can have one without the other. Pain, it turns out, is a relatively complex problem, relying on environmental context and a host of other....

07/22/2019

Need some help around dispelling some of the myths associated with chronic pain. Here's a great infographic from World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) to help you.

06/10/2019

I’ve got an opening tomorrow morning from 10:30- 11:30am, call 250-591-1945 to book in!

06/02/2019

Happy Sunday! I hope you are making some time today for an activity that lights your heart up ❤