Tips for healing well
#just be healthy…. It is easy for us to get tunnel vision and focus in on the injury but sometimes we need to look more broadly at our health and allow the body to take care of what is ailing us. Our body has an incredible ability to identify and heal injured or sensitized structures. Physiotherapy often focus on stimulating the tissue to optimizes its recovery. This is a great thing to do but if [...]
Sport injuries: Ankle sprains
An ankle sprain is still one of the most common youth sport injuries, in fact even in adults playing recreational sport it is one of the most common visits to the emergency room. A sport like squash sees its fair number! Although still common practice few ankle sprains actually require an x-ray (a visit to emergency) but rarely do people or clinicians know to use the Ottawa ankle rules (tender to touch around the ankle [...]
A reflection from my time at home during COVID-19
Like everyone on the planet COVID-19 affected our family. Not all the change however, was bad news. Yes I had to stop all in person physiotherapy (I moved some of my work virtually) but thankfully my wife could return to work and I could turn my energy to caring for our kids. I know many families were forced to juggle work and kids from home, in some ways the forced simplicity of stopping work was [...]
Reflections on Running
I started running a little more in late 2019 when my knee started hurting and I needed to back off from the squash court. It was fun to be learning something new again but by late winter I was playing more squash again. Things changed of course again in mid March, so my focus returned to running. The experience has given me a greater appreciation for how long it can take to get truly “comfortable” [...]
COVID-19 July Update
It has been an interesting few months for everyone and thankfully because our province has moved forward with re-opening I am able to offer more services. The modified re-opening of the VRC has happened and the process of re-opening my clinical space has begun. For the next 7 weeks I will be taking clients 1-2 days / week. All exercise sessions will be outdoors and only necessary rehab sessions will use the clinical office. I will [...]
COVID 19: Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Dave Carter Physio and Health
Location: Vancouver Racquets Club. Outdoor training sessions and indoor physio care within the clinic office (located within the gym area). In accordance with WorkSafe BC COVID-19 Safety Plan. Consultation between the staff of the Vancouver Racquets Club (physical location) and Dave Carter Physio and Health (therapist) was completed. Need to Know This document provides guidance for the prevention and control of COVID-19, including: environmental, operation, personal and clinical measures. It is based on the latest [...]
Physio Dave WorkSafe BC COVID-19 Safety Plan
The virus that causes COVID-19 spreads in several ways. It can spread in droplets when a person coughs or sneezes. It can also spread if you touch a contaminated surface and then touch your face. The risk of person-to-person transmission increases the closer you come to other people, the more time you spend near them, and the more people you come near. The risk of surface transmission increases when many people contact the same surface [...]
At home but open…for some business during Covid-19
Its hard to believe it has been almost been two months since I last worked at the VRC. With so many unknowns during this time our family feels very fortunate. My wife was able to go back to work for the hospitals and I was able to take over most of the weekly childcare. In many ways it has been a blessing, I never would have spent this much time with either of my young [...]