Medical Articles & News
A 17-year-old student and lifeguard came to our program after having backstroked into a wall in April. He first presented with neck pain and stiffness, headache, difficulty falling asleep and difficulty with problem solving, attention, school work and memory but never complained of any eye difficulty. He initially tried some therapy at a clinic that […]
A 42 year-old female gym teacher came to our program with a heavy burden of post-concussion syndrome symptoms: headache, dizziness, imbalance, poor sleep, irritability, difficulty controlling her emotions, visual blurriness and pain when trying to do near work, discomfort in crowded places, fatigue, neck pain, etc. She had tried to manage her injury on her […]
Skipping steps can sometimes take you longer as seen in this case of a 17-year-old competitive basketball player who sustained a concussion while jet-skiing in August 2017. She had many symptoms after her head injury, most notably: Headache, balance problems, dizziness, light sensitivity, noise sensitivity, irritability, sadness, nervousness, feeling “slow”, and difficulty remembering. She had […]
The case of a 66 year-old female patient sustained a concussion after having tripped over an object and struck her head against the concrete. She was left with many symptoms, the worst ones being depressed and anxious mood, neck pain, headache and insomnia. She had initially sought help from a sports physiotherapy clinic in Vaughan […]
A 75 year-old female patient came to our program with persistent post-concussion symptoms of 1 year duration after she had had a slip on ice resulting on a fall backwards onto the back of her head. She struggled with her symptoms and was eventually seen by a behavioural optometrist and a visual therapist at another […]
