Dr. Jim Gilliard
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Chiropractor in Burlington, ON utilizing a variety of evidence-based treatment approaches, including manual therapy, acupuncture, modalities, and exercise. Dr. Gilliard graduated with his Doctor of Chiropractic from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 2015, receiving Clinic Honours recognizing proficiency during his clinical internships. He also completed his acupuncture certification with McMaster University in 2015 by completing the Contemporary Medical Acupuncture Program. Prior to all of this, he completed a Bachelor of Kinesiology, graduating with first-class honours at Brock University in 2011.
Dr. Gilliard strongly believes in the ability to stay active as a key element to functional well-being. Finding and treating the source of a patient’s complaint, rather than a single painful spot, allows him to help patients stay active in whatever capacity they desire. Dr. Gilliard believes in working with patients to achieve their goals, and combines a variety of treatment approaches including manual therapy, acupuncture, modalities, and rehabilitative exercises to impart evidence-based treatments.
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facebook.com3 Ways Walking Away From Your Desk Makes You Smarter
"Exercise boosts creativity because it reduces stress, fear and anxiety, all of which interfere with our ability to imagine new possibilities [...] Basically, moving more makes you smarter, mentally faster and more creative." Making movement and exercise part of your day doesn't always offer immediate rewards, but building it into a habit results in a long list of undeniably beneficial outcomes. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/281967
Runners Have Much Healthier Knees Than Scientists Thought
Does running lead to future knee arthritis? Probably not, if you follow this conclusion: "[...] a history of leisure running is not associated with increased odds of prevalent knee pain, ROA, and SOA. In fact, for knee pain, there was a dose-dependent inverse association with running where runners had less knee pain." ROA stands for evidence of osteoarthritis on radiograph (xray). SOA stands for symptoms of osteoarthritis. Easy read here: https://goo.gl/qMOyyF Research article here: https://goo.gl/4pxtzB
Ontario Chiropractic Association
Will a High-Protein Diet Harm Your Health? The real story on the risks/rewards of eating more protein.
Looking for a big, nutrition-driven read on a Tuesday? Here it is: all you need to know about protein and more, from Precision Nutrition. http://www.precisionnutrition.com/will-a-high-protein-diet-harm-your-health
Dr. Jim Gilliard, D.C.
I hope this is the last website re-launch for a little while! Check out the new look and feel, and let me know what you think! http://www.drjimgilliard.com
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Ontario Chiropractic Association
Sometimes conventional wisdom is just that -- what we think must be right because it's what we always do. But in absolute terms, that doesn't make it "right" for everyone. There are almost always unique ways to achieve your goals, tailored to your needs, wants, and preferences. Like the study cited below, that is the path you should seek - the one tailored to you - rather than always choosing the path paved by conventional wisdom.
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I had a great time at the Burlington Curling Club Golf Tournament today representing my clinic. So much fun to see friendly faces from the winter, and meet many more all afternoon. A big thank you to the BCC for letting me participate! Looking forward to the start of a new curling season this fall! Endorphins Health and Wellness Centre
Low Back Pain
A really well done video to help patients better understand low back pain. It hits on a lot of key points I emphasize frequently, including: > Most cases of low back pain are less of a singular event, and more the result of long-term outcomes from many factors. > Understanding that for most low back pain you will not do any additional ‘damage’ by continuing to live an active lifestyle. > Focusing on active therapies — like combining spinal manipulation, massage, and/or acupuncture with exercises and an active lifestyle — will resolve complaints much quicker than choosing one type of treatment and resting until you feel better. > Advanced imaging studies (like MRIs and X-rays) are only needed in specific cases — as this video describes, possibly as few as 5% of cases. http://tinyurl.com/p2q8yry
Understanding how acupuncture needles can produce a therapeutic change is a challenging topic for patients to understand, which means a lot of theories end up being thrown around as possible explanations. Energy flow, muscle relaxation, endorphin release, controlled inflammation… with so many possible paths to benefit, it becomes a lot of information to take in. But what about improved neuromuscular control? This is another possible route to benefit for acupuncture. For example, we’ve known for several years now that patients with chronic low back pain tend to show decreases in the size of the multifidi muscles (deep spinal muscles) — both at rest and during voluntary contraction. But as Dar and Hicks demonstrate in the Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation (vol.29, no.2, pp.273-278, 2016), 10 minutes of needle insertion to low back tender points produces moderate, but consistent, increases in multifidi thickness in the low back. That’s a bigger, stronger contraction produced by muscles that often get lost during long bouts of low back pain. That’s improved neuromuscular control. And that’s all pushed forward with acupuncture. #acupuncture #lowbackpain #dryneedling #chiropractic #moderntherapy
TPI Golf Seminar -- Applying the Body-Swing Connection
Ever wondered how your body influences your golf swing? Me too — that’s why I got Titleist Performance Institute Certified a couple weeks ago in Toronto. That old hockey injury that gives you low back pain, the desk job that leaves you with an aching neck and shoulders, or the ankle you turned (just a little!) wearing flip-flops at the beach last summer — they can all have an impact on how you swing the golf club. So follow the jump and learn a little about your body and the golf swing, or just skip to the bottom and use my swing as an example to see how the swing changes when physical limitations are present. http://drjimgilliard.com/tpi-body-swing/ #Golf #GolfMore #GolfBetter #GolfSwing #BodySwingConnection #TPIYYZ
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