Body Feeling Off-Balance? Try Yoga Therapy

If you're feeling a bit off-balance, or are dealing with the grip of aches and pains due to some kind of sports related over-exertion, it can be difficult to find some release. Often people opt for invasive treatments that can put them out of commission for extended periods of time. Others choose to refrain from participating indefinitely – or at least until the pain recedes or disappears. But when you suffer from sports-related pain, why just accept defeat? Especially when there are viable, affordable and reputable options that you can help you find relief. One such renowned treatment is yoga therapy. 

Yoga therapy is a well-established treatment that not only helps to keep the body in good shape, it can also help to re-establish your equilibrium and bring much needed relief to both acute and chronic pain. 

How? The aim of yoga therapy is to create harmony between the mental and physical. Different positions promote balance, as well as restore symmetry. Breathing techniques help to center the mind as well as to oxygenate muscle tissue and can actually massage organs. Together these work to relax your system and help with concentration and energy.

Think yoga is just a fad? Think again. This ancient and proven exercise of the body and mind has many benefits that go beyond just staying in shape. There is good reason yoga has been celebrated for so long. When done properly, yoga therapy can be extremely valuable in returning the body to its natural, balanced state, and can help to address a number of different ailments. 

Here are just a few of the different issues that can be helped through yoga therapy: 

-        Asthma

-        Arthritis

-        Insomnia

-        Stress

-        Athletic injuries, such as those from asymmetrical sports, overuse injuries, or repetitive injuries

-        Fatigue

-        Depression

Whether you choose yoga in a group setting, or a have a unique routine designed to fit your schedule, goals and fitness level, investing in a professional assessment ensures you to get the most from this exercise. Yoga can be done pretty much anywhere you have a little space to stretch out. Once you learn how to properly maintain specific postures and regulate your breathing correctly, the option to do it on a mat at the gym - or even in your own living room -  holds great practical appeal.

Stop suffering from needless aches and pains – there is a way to help alleviate them. Embrace yoga therapy as great way to reestablish your body’s balance and energy. For more about yoga therapy, contact Athletic Edge Sports Medicine today at 1-416-800-0800.

Suffering from Sports-Related Pain? Visit a Sports Medicine Clinic

Basketball, hockey, soccer, running, and skiing may seem largely unrelated but they all have something in common! Each of these sports can lead to pains and strains – or serious injuries. So what options exist for treating pains and strains? You have several – but one of the more crucial options involves visiting a doctor at a sports medicine clinic.

How does a sports medicine clinic differ from a general family practitioner? Well, the most important difference is that sports clinic specialists are experienced in specifically treating sports injuries. This means that the majority of their patients seek treatment for a sports-related injury and sports-related pain. They know their stuff!

So what kind of treatment are we talking about? There are a number of different services that a sports injury clinic should offer:

-        Chiropractic treatment – Chiropractors use various different techniques, including things like Active Release or the Graston Technique to adjust and manipulate misaligned joints. This works to help reduce or eliminate pain, restoring normal function.

-        Osteopathy – Osteopathy is a form of treatment which focusses on the relationship between structure and function of the body and uses manual forms of manipulation to help the body heal itself naturally.

-        Physiotherapy – Physiotherapy often includes several varieties of treatment, including acupuncture and manual therapy. These techniques work to heal injuries, restore function, increase movement and help prevent future injuries.

-        Fitness training and nutritional counseling – Staying in shape is vital to avoiding sports-related injuries, so fitness training and nutritional counseling can go a long way to helping you achieve this.

-        Golf injury prevention program – Golfers: this type of program is geared at ironing out the mechanics of your swing; ensure that your equipment is best suited to you; and to help fix any issues with stance, which is a must for prevention.

And what about prevention? Isn’t that a big part of athletic therapy? Of course, it's paramount. In fact, having not sustained a sports-related injury in the past doesn’t mean you shouldn’t worry about preventing one in the future. A sports medicine clinic can help with this too. How? Programs such as fitness training can get you back in shape after an absence of any kind. Massage therapy can also help you relax and rejuvenate after particularly rigorous activity and help you avoid future strains. Prevention management should never be cast aside when you are active.

For more about the benefits of visiting a sports medicine clinic to help keep you in peak physical condition contact Athletic Edge Sports Medicine by calling 1 (416) 800-0800 or visit us online at www.aesm.ca.