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There are more than 8,400 licenced chiropractors practising in Canada. As the national association representing more than 7,000 of Canada’s chiropractors, we want to connect Canadians with our MSK...
View ArticleWhat is chiropractic expertise? How can they help me?
In its opening series of blogs, the Canadian Chiropractic Association aims to inform the public about the efficacy of evidence-based chiropractic treatment that can bring relief to a number of...
View ArticleCanada’s Low Back Pain Epidemic
Involuntary spasms in your lower back? A dull throbbing ache? Shooting pain down your leg? You are most likely suffering from low back pain (LBP). If you’ve never had low back pain, chances are you...
View ArticleChiropractic Treatment for Pregnancy Pain
It’s discouraging when the excitement of preparing for the birth of your baby is overshadowed by pregnancy pain and discomfort. Don’t despair! There is help available for both you and your baby at the...
View ArticleHow Chiropractic Care Can Help Manage Chronic Pain
There are two major non-cancer types of chronic pain – musculoskeletal (MSK) pain related to bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, and muscles and neuropathic pain often felt as a burning sensation or...
View ArticleChiropractic Treatment for Aging Canadians
Aging can be difficult as one navigates new or existing health needs, or those of loved ones. Chiropractic treatment can help aging Canadians maintain a pain-free and healthy life by providing relief...
View ArticleGood Posture: Why Your Mother Was Right
What is MSK health? The musculoskeletal (MSK) system includes the bones, muscles, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, joints and connective tissues. It supports your weight, provides physical stability,...
View ArticleStraighten Up Canada! The Importance of Good Posture for Spine Health
Do you remember being nagged as a child to sit up straight at school or the dinner table? Do you still find yourself slouching at your computer or bending your head forward for long periods while...
View ArticleChiropractic Care to Treat & Prevent Sports Injuries
Often we hear of professional athletes suffering a traumatic, possibly career ending, injury. The public debate on whether or not they can resume play can go on for weeks. However, it isn’t only the...
View ArticleChiropractic Care for Work-Related Pain & Injury
Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders are a leading cause of work-related injury and disability in Canadian workplaces causing reduced productivity, absences from work, and disability. In Ontario alone,...
View ArticleAdvancing Family & Community Health: Chiropractic Integration in...
This series of blogs examines innovative healthcare models that include chiropractic expertise in treating musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions as part of team-based care. Evidence shows that team-based...
View ArticleThe Future of Canadian Healthcare: A Chiropractor on Your Healthcare Team
This series of blogs examines innovative healthcare models that include chiropractic expertise in treating musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions as part of team-based care. Evidence shows that team-based...
View ArticleChiropractic Training: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Academia
For the past couple of weeks, we’ve talked about some of the models of healthcare delivery that use collaborative approaches to patient care, where patients are referred to the most appropriate...
View ArticleWhen Healthcare Professionals Collaborate: A Look at MDs and DCs Working Side...
Healthcare has evolved greatly from being primarily an agglomeration of solo practitioners to now embracing the importance of collaboration and team-based care. Evidence suggests that interprofessional...
View ArticleChiropractic Collaboration at Mount Carmel Clinic: Interprofessional...
Mount Carmel Clinic, located in the Point Douglas community in Winnipeg’s North End, stands as a leading example of an effective interprofessional healthcare delivery model that serves a diverse,...
View ArticleThe Challenge of Patient-Led Chiropractic Care
In 2011, the Province of Manitoba and Mount Carmel Clinic established a chiropractic clinic to assess, diagnose and treat musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries and conditions among the residents of Point...
View ArticleHow Chiropractic Contributes to Healthcare Sustainability
Most Canadians would probably agree that if there was one thing we, as a nation, truly value, it is our universal healthcare system. We take pride in living in a country that ensures all residents have...
View ArticleHappy Holidays from Canada’s Chiropractors!
It’s the time of year for family and friends, food and good cheer. However, for a lot of people, the season can be hectic, stressful and exhausting. Your to-do list may be long, and you may feel...
View ArticleWelcome 2015!
Are you making a New Year’s Resolution this year? A holiday trend that seems to be gathering steam in recent years is the New Year’s Non-Resolution. The idea behind it is not to set out to change...
View ArticleWorkplace Injuries: How Chiropractors Can Help Workers
It seems like every day a new article is published highlighting the risks to our health associated with sitting. This can be problematic considering that a large number of Canadians’ work involves...
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