In-Stride Chiropractic & Rehab

06/21/2025

06/17/2025

Worth the read 💯
A topic I think every horse owner should at least be familiar with and this covers all the bases!

05/10/2025

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Bodyworkers, you have to stop telling clients their horse has vertebrae “out”.

Out where? Out of joint? (Very unlikely to be the case and if so - call your vet because dislocations are no joke) Out to lunch? Out of this world? Where did this vertebrate go?

A chiropractor restores motion to joints that have lost some of their normal range of motion. Nothing is “put back in place”. Motion is induced to the area of interest based on the motion it has lost and the anatomy involved.

Owners, there’s a very strong chance that if you haven’t had your animal treated in several months (let alone years) there will be multiple areas restricted that would benefit from being addressed. No need to be surprised or feel it is an emergency when it’s being brought up to you. You can book maintenance chiropractic appointments just like you do with other forms of bodywork.

04/16/2025

One of my favourite takeaways from chiro school (and it doesn’t even relate to just chiropractic care!)

Communication is key! 🔑
I find I have the best success with patients, human or animal (owners) if we are able to discuss I.C.E.

10/31/2024

Here we go… part 2 in this mini series is 🩻X-Rays/‘Routine Imaging’

👨🏽‍⚕️Unfortunately, although it appears on the outside as a thorough and caring examination to get to the ‘root of the cause’, more often than not, X-Rays just further complicate many situations for people.

Even horses who undertake rigorous pre-purchase exams to investigate any blip on the images, often don’t have careers that are dictated by these images... 🐎

People on the other hand can be told what is on their image, and therefore influences how they perceive those things.👀 Language can be unnecessarily spooky. ie) telling someone they have 👹degenerative disc disease👹 when the truth is that basically everyone will have it to some degree, and it doesn’t correlate with pain in isolation.🤔

🤷🏼‍♀️Don’t get me wrong, there are certainly times when imaging is useful and necessary, but unless you’re concerned about T**s (Trauma/Infection/Tumours) 😏 chances are, looking at something via x-ray won’t be super helpful.

I often have patients who are experiencing pain in their shoulder for example who have been told by doctors that their joint is destroyed beyond repair💥/ is bone on bone… (🙄) not helpful. When we talk further and go over the factors that can influence said pain in that joint, I often inform them that in many cases only the painful side is investigated. In studies that have looked at both, it’s been demonstrated that the other side looks very similar… but isn’t painful🤔🤨

💀X-rays also get used to show people how ‘messed up’ their curves are, or how ‘out of whack’ their pelvis etc. is 🫣 If people aren’t aware of the ranges of ‘normal’ our bodies are capable of without pain, then these lines and marks on imaging can make us feel like we need to be fixed.

🍭The treat? Imaging is useful in some circumstances but that it should be reserved for those situations where T**s are in question.👻 It often will not change the TREATMENT plan! 🧐Be skeptical and ask questions when someone points to something on an image, and blames it exclusively for your symptoms!!

10/29/2024

🦴The Bone out of Place theory has looong been debunked and yet patients are still told things like “your hip is out” “your pelvis is twisted” “you have too much of a curve here” “you don’t have a ‘normal’ curve here” “we need to ‘balance’ you out now”…. And unfortunately the list goes on. 🩻

It gets me when I hear of patients (who in many cases) don’t know any different and trust what a professional is telling them. I also understand that in some cases, this language is used because it seems like the easiest way to communicate to someone… but often, it does more harm than good when it comes down to how their pain is understood.🤔

Not always, but often this message is used to keep patients coming back… even after their pain or complaint has subsided… “we need to balance you now” “we need to stay ahead so it doesn’t happen again” both of which are nonsense.🤨

🎃1- Your bones and the joints that connect them have developed to be as strong and resilient as possible and it would take incredible force for them to move! (provided you’re a relatively healthy person, we’re talking literally hundreds and hundreds of pounds of force)

🎃2- If someone could move your bones in and out of place with their bare hands, you’d likely be un-alived☠️ after a subtle bump during sport or a mild fall (and yet that’s happened and here you are)

🎃3-No one is born perfect and trying to achieve ‘balance’ is cool if that’s what you’re into, but certainly not necessary to live a comfortable life. Scoliosis unfortunately still exists and that’s because it takes a whole lot more than an adjustment to change the way your body is ‘aligned’🙃

🍭🍫The Treat at the end… if you made it here, is that how you are shaped, aligned, balanced etc often has very little if not NO connection to your pain. So if you’ve had someone tell you that one leg is longer, you need more/less curve or twist in x,y,z… tell them to make like a tree and leaf👻🍂

10/28/2024

Let’s do a quick countdown to Halloween! (or the time of the year when you buy sweets for the “children” and later eat too many yourself)

This mini series will look at some very common myths surrounding chiro/physio/manual care in general and hopefully show you the real treat… which is that pain doesn’t always have to be that scary. If you know more about a few of the myths that get told and sold around pain, then hopefully you’ll be able to recognize when it happens to you.

09/04/2024

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08/30/2024

Proud to be on this list and had a wonderful time at the Ontario Quarter Horse Assoc Summer Finale! It takes a village to keep these events going. 🩵

02/17/2024

A great clinic ahead! For those interested in learning more… or maybe interested in the NRR shows this summer, this would be an amazing clinic to audit!!

We are ecstatic to announce that we have World renowned judge and trainer, Clint Fullerton scheduled for March 9th and 10th, 2024 clinic!

Clint is known for judging some of the most elite horse shows in the industry, and has 100's of World Championship titles in AQHA, APHA, and ApHC.

If you ever wondered what the judge is thinking, now’s your chance! We will work on Halter, Showmanship, Equitation, Hunter Under Saddle, Trail, Pleasure, Horsemanship, Western Riding, and Ranch Riding.

The cost per participant will be $200 a day. Auditors are also welcome at $25 a day.

If you are interested in the opportunity to participate or audit we do have limited spots available.

02/13/2024

Sometimes we get sucked into the latest and greatest thing (🤡) that will finally, maybe, be the thing that will “FIX” us. When in reality, it’s just another thing we throw our money at and end up in basically the same position months down the road. 🌀😔

This cycle can become extremely disheartening; you feel like you’ve tried EVERYTHING. Must just be you, doomed to always feel like crap. Let’s challenge that!

Unless you’re 100% sure that your ‘foundation’ is solid, extra treatments, gadgets, and gizmos may not be the way to start. As a chiropractor, yes, I do implement strategies that target symptom reduction, but I also help patients build their foundation, and find a method that works for them to help themselves progress along the way.

I think it is extremely important to discuss these topics, as it is an opportunity to uncover something that has been holding someone back through all the trials and tribulations of their wellness journey.

For example, I try to do as much good for myself as I can, but one of my many flaws is I SUCK at staying hydrated🤦🏼‍♀️

Coffee✅
enough water ❌

HOWEVER….knowing this is a limiting factor to how I feel allows me to work on it, and also take note when I do feel like crap, that one of the possibilities could be that I haven’t had enough water🤦🏼‍♀️

Here to help you figure out how you can start feeling better, and find easy ways to battle your wellness flaws together!

02/11/2024

Support an awesome 🇨🇦 business and support Non-Pro initiatives at the same time… all while stocking your pantry with amazing healthy comfort food!
Through this partnership, Mitchell’s soup is sharing a healthy % of revenue generated which will all go straight to 2024 Provincial Championship Awards. NOTE: You must use the order form linked in the post below for sales to be attributed to OAQHA. All soups will be delivered to the May shows.
The Provincial Championship supports not only Amateurs, but also Youth exhibitors and participation at weekend Area Club shows (by way of qualification). The bigger and better we can continue to make the Provincial Championship, the more we can contribute to the industry right here in Ontario! 💪

🚨 FUNDRAISER ALERT 🚨

OAQHA has partnered with Mitchell's Soup Company for a winter fundraiser - Mitchell’s is made in Canada, they are DELICIOUS, and make great horse show crockpot food - tried and tested by our own Board 😉

Here’s how it works! OAQHA will get a portion of the sales from now until April 30th - with all proceeds going towards provincial championship awards!

The soups are $10.99 each - maybe you think, “oh that's expensive for soup” wait until you see these portions! 8-10 servings (at 2 cups a serving) its less than $2 a serving! Dinner, lunch and leftovers, meal planning at its finest.

And the best part? Delivery! We will bring the soup’s to you! Our own Mallory Melville will bring them to the Area 2 Spring Kick Off or Area 3 Spring Classic. Not going to be at either of those shows? Message us and we will coordinate with you!

Use the link below to order!

https://bit.ly/OAQHA-OnlineOrders