You start the day sitting tall, focused, and ready to go.But by 2 PM, you're hunched forward, your shoulders are tight, your neck aches — and you're counting down the minutes until you can stand up and stretch. If that sounds familiar, you're not alone. Desk jobs are a modern reality for many Paris residents. [...]
It’s back-to-school season — and for many kids, that means dragging around a backpack that looks (and feels) heavier than they are. If you’ve ever picked up your child’s school bag and thought, “How are they carrying this every day?” — you’re not alone. While backpacks are a necessary part of school life, an overloaded [...]
You stretch. You massage. You crack your neck a little. Maybe you’ve even popped a few painkillers.And for a while, it feels better. But then, just like clockwork — the pain comes back. If this sounds like your reality, you’re not alone. At Active Chiropractic in Paris, Ontario, we help patients every week who are [...]
Brian Mandelker had experienced low back pain before. “Mostly standing around coaching kids’ baseball and hockey teams,” says the 64-year-old entrepreneur from Thornhill, Ontario. But nothing like the constant, searing pressure that hit him in the autumn of 2017. Fortunately, a chiropractor’s manual therapy helped treat his lumbar spinal stenosis. “I couldn’t sit through dinner, [...]
After suffering a knee injury, chiropractic care helped Leroy Gallagher return to work as an electrician. Seven years ago, a knee injury started a domino effect in Leroy Gallagher’s body that would leave him off work for years. “It happened back in 2011,” recalls the 36-year-old electrician from Cambridge, Ontario. “I busted up my knee [...]
After a work-related back injury added to Brent’s ongoing low back pain, leaving him with severe pain, numbness in both legs and unable to work, he turned to chiropractic care for help. As a heavy-equipment operator, 45-year-old Brent Pataki needs to regularly lift heavy loads for his job at a paving company in Sudbury. After [...]
When Sharon Pike was involved in a car accident a few years ago, she needed a chiropractor — and discovered that reaching one was easier than she thought. “I started going to see Dr. Christopher Morgan at TAIBU Community Health Centre in 2016,” says Sharon, a Toronto medical technician who sustained whiplash and other injuries [...]
Coletta McGrath, an executive director of a community health centre in St. Catharines, is an avid tennis player who enjoys an active lifestyle. However, a serious car accident, which caused significant damage to her right arm and shoulder, put her tennis playing days in doubt. Coletta’s arm was successfully treated with the surgical insertion of [...]
Good posture is easy to neglect, it’s hard to keep focused on how to carry ourselves throughout the day. Much like eating right, exercising and getting a good night’s sleep, having great posture can have a positive impact on your life.Many injuries can develop from poor posture. If not corrected, the long term effects of [...]
