May 17, 2012 / 5:00 am
Following up my previous article about dealing with foot pain, this column will take a closer look at plantar fasciitis, which is a very painful and frustrating condition, but can be effectively treated with smart strategies.
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Plantar fasciitis is an...
May 6, 2012 / 5:00 am
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It may surprise readers that one of the most common injuries I see at KLO Chiropractic Centre is foot pain. Most of the foot related problems that I see are muscle, tendon or nerve based pain. Many people get foot pain with an increase in...
Apr 19, 2012 / 5:00 am
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This is a question I hear almost daily in my office from existing and new patients. Most current clinical guidelines recommend (and this is my clinical opinion) that the majority of back and neck pain patients do not...
Apr 5, 2012 / 5:00 am
Humans have been around for thousands and thousands of years and there is some definite evidence both medically and historically that we are literally built to move. Sedentary office positions for the majority of humans have only been in existence for the last 50-60 years. Recent research has...
Mar 8, 2012 / 5:00 am
With running season starting up around the Okanagan Valley many athletes and weekend warriors are ramping up their activities and getting themselves ready for races. The increase in activity is naturally followed by an increase in running related injuries with horrible sounding maladies...
Feb 23, 2012 / 5:00 am
Many people have the urge to undertake a cleanse or detoxification program as a means to kick-start a weight loss goal. The diet recommendations that accompany many of the detoxification programs virtually assure the participant will be consuming fewer calories than normal through fasting, meal...
Feb 9, 2012 / 5:00 am
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Okay, first things first. I LOVE the taste of chocolate milk, it is delicious. That being said I have never confused it with being a particularly healthy or low calorie beverage option. Often times, the inspiration for...
Jan 26, 2012 / 5:00 am
Although doctors of chiropractic treat acute injuries every day in practice with patients who hurt themselves in falls, car accidents and in sports, they are not typically considered on the front lines of injury rehabilitation. This is a notion however that could not be further from...
Jan 12, 2012 / 5:00 am
Recently a friend returned from a trip and brought me one of those energy/healing wrist bands as a gift, more so as a gag, since I had been questioning the fantastic claims that the producers make. This was a product that is similar to what you may have seen in the infomercials on...
Dec 29, 2011 / 5:00 am
This little lull between Christmas and New Years is often a time when people think about their goals for next year re: New Year’s resolutions. Whether your goal is health related, financially motivated or relationship driven, there are some principles that can be followed which I believe...
Dec 15, 2011 / 5:00 am
Several weeks ago I introduced the topic of whiplash type injuries as one of the more common type of chief complaints that I see new patients for in my practice. With this column, I will look at some the physiological changes that occur with whiplash and also the benefits of...
Nov 17, 2011 / 5:00 am
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Years before becoming a chiropractor I worked as a kinesiologist (or Exercise Therapist as we were called at the time) at a large rehabilitation centre in Alberta. During that time I was charged with developing a specific core...
Nov 3, 2011 / 5:00 am
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If you happen to be a social media enthusiast (some might say addict) and a physical rehabilitation or health care practitioner, an interesting story may have wandered across your news feed in the last week. It was a story from the...
Oct 20, 2011 / 5:00 am
With this entry into my slowly growing column database we will start to dive into an area that I see on a daily basis in my practice. It does not mean however that I or anyone has truly mastered the diagnosis, treatment and recovery of this common, yet complicated injury. Most manual...
Oct 3, 2011 / 5:00 am
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This coming weekend marks a significant holiday with Thanksgiving and for thousands upon thousands of runners and walkers in British Columbia, it means race day on Sunday! Two of the biggest races on the...
Sep 22, 2011 / 5:00 am
With the recent events surrounding Sidney Crosby’s lengthy recovery from his concussion injury, this very touchy subject is again in the headlines. Amateur and professional sports associations (most notably football and hockey) have been struggling to find ways to protect their...
Sep 5, 2011 / 5:00 am
Ironically, as you are reading this column, I am contributing to the condition that is the topic of this column. In fairness however, the amount of time you spend on this page likely pales in comparison to the overall amount of time you spend in front of a computer or in a very...
Aug 22, 2011 / 5:00 am
Hi there and welcome to Back to Basics. I am very excited to be able to contribute a regular column for Castanet.net. This space will be dedicated to health related topics with a particular emphasis on physical health, function and fitness. We will also dabble some into nutrition, especially as...
Jun 15, 2011 / 5:00 am
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Dr. Marc Nimchuk
As a chiropractor in Kelowna, there is a tendency to see certain ailments or injuries more at a given time of year. For me personally, since I tend to treat a lot of runners and triathletes as part of my practice, I notice a...
About the Author
Dr. Nimchuk is one of a few full body certified Active Release Technique practitioners in the Okanagan Valley. It has become known as the gold standard treatment for soft tissue injuries in athletics with almost every professional sports team in North America retaining the services of an ART certified Chiropractor. Dr. Nimchuk has had the opportunity to work with many professional, Olympic and Ironman athletes. ART is a patented, state of the art soft tissue system/movement based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee problems, and tennis elbow are just a few of the many conditions that can be resolved quickly and permanently with ART. Dr. Nimchuk employs many different chiropractic techniques including manual and instrument adjusting along with ART.
In addition to private practice, Dr. Nimchuk is a frequent speaker and consultant to business organizations on topics such as ergonomics and workplace health. Dr. Nimchuk is also registered as a Certified Exercise Physiologist with the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology and has worked in many high performance and rehabilitation settings.
As part of his ongoing commitment to health and fitness, Dr. Nimchuk is a clinic instructor for marathon and 1/2 marathon clinics at the Kelowna Running Room and is also the Okanagan evaluator for the RCMP Physical Abilities Requirement Evaluation (PARE test).
To learn more about Dr. Nimchuk's treatments or to schedule a consultation, visit his website at www.klochiropractic.ca or call 250-860-2212.
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