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MIGRAINES AMONG WOMEN AND HOW TO PREVENT THEM
Understanding what causes migraines, what can be done to prevent them, and why women are at greater risk for migraines may help you or someone you love to avoid or minimize migraine pain.
read moreALL EXERCISE IS NOT EQUAL
I’ve been MIA from FB for awhile. Claudia and I have been working around the clock (almost!) to get the new clinic out together and open on schedule.
read morePOSTURE AND EXERCISE: A LOOK IN THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR
Sit up straight! Who didn’t hear that once or twice during their childhood? I know I did. Did you honestly think your mother was the first person on earth to be concerned about posture?
read morePROLOTHERAPY: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
Prolotherapy is a somewhat controversial option for the treatment of chronic pain. Prolotherapy involves injections that are designed to create scar tissue.
read moreA TALE OF TWO BODIES
It would be easy to be depressed today. It’s almost the end of April and it’s snowing outside! Nevertheless, I’m excited to get to the clinic and see what the day has in store for me.
read moreSCARY SCOLIOSIS
“Scoliosis” is a scary word for a lot of people. Scoliosis refers to lateral curvature of the spine. This is what I found on www.mayoclinic.org regarding scoliosis:
read moreSTRETCHING, THE TRUTH
Stretching is like an egg. One minute the research says it is healthy and the next minute it isn’t. Decades ago it seemed like athletes didn’t stretch.
read moreUNIQUE AS SNOWFLAKES
People are as unique as snowflakes and as I’m fond of saying, some of us are more “special” than others. I love my job. There’s never any danger of being bored.
read moreFROM TEETH TO TOES
I recently wrote a short article about how the way your teeth bite together has a big impact on your posture. Although most people can easily understand that “the hip bone’s connected to the knee bone”…
read moreTHE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION
A patient and I were exchanging emails regarding his newest exercise prescription this morning when he dropped this bomb on me; “Is getting me all straightened up going to do something for me?
read moreTAKING A BITE OUT OF POSTURE
It wasn’t that long ago that I had little appreciation for how important our bite is to our posture. A little over a year and a half ago I helped a patient of a local dentist and the relationship that developed…
read moreA PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
Although I have been helping people solve their chronic back pain issues for over 27 years, I have learned a lot over the past two months.
read moreBEFORE AND AFTER
I love using the Diers 4D Formetric Scanner to compare “before and after” scans. Nothing is more powerful to visually communicate the postural changes we bring about with the Alignment First Protocol©.
read moreADIOS 2016, HOLA 2017!
Given the complexities of life we can rest assured that any given year will come with a collection of highs, lows and at least a few unexpected twists along the way. I will remember 2016 as being full of career-significant developments.
read moreWHAT A HEADACHE!
The single biggest problem we are faced with when dealing with headache pain is differential diagnosis. There are more possible causes of headache than you can imagine.
read moreMY BACK HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME
I can’t count the number of times I have been told “my back has never been the same since my last pregnancy”. Well, sometimes it isn’t “the last”, sometimes it’s “the first”, or some other number.
read moreA PAIN IN THE FOOT
Today I had an old friend contact me about a foot pain problem. What can a massage therapist do for someone who lives 800 miles away? If I can help her understand why she has foot pain to begin with, maybe we can figure out what she can do to help herself.
read moreWHAT ISN’T CAUSING YOUR BACK PAIN
There are lots of possible reasons you might have back pain, but some causes are far more important than others. Here are six things that are often blamed but are rarely the key cause of lower back pain.
read moreDARK THOUGHTS
I had a new patient today who has been in three motor vehicle accidents in the past year and a half. In each of the accidents her vehicle was struck from behind. I have no way of knowing whether she has simply been ridiculously unlucky or if there is more to this story.
read moreCONTACT
Registered Massage Therapist
GEOFF DAKIN BPE, RMT
Geoff Dakin
Cel: (403) 399–5716
Email: geoff@dakinrehab.com
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Dakin Rehab
#603, 550–11 Ave SW
Calgary, Alberta
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