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Empowered Health Season 2 Episode 12 – Core Muscles and Balance
Strengthening your core could be one way to fight off chronic back pain. Dr. John Srbely DC, PhD is a researcher from the University of Guelph who is studying abdominal muscles and their relationship...
Empowered Health Season 2 Episode 9 – Measurement Movement
Researcher Dr. Steven Passmore from the University of Manitoba discusses how clinical trials are put together to help identify populations of people who will respond to one treatment or another and wh...
Empowered Health Season 2 Episode 21 – Upright MRI
When it comes to taking images of the spine, it makes sense to take them in the upright or "weight bearing" position. Drs. Brownlee and Ouimet discuss the benefits of weight bearing MRI for back pain...
Empowered Health Season 2 Episode 5 – Minimizing Whiplash Injury
Dr. Jean Sébastien Blouin and Dr. Gunter Siegmund from UBC are investigating car crash injuries, primarily whiplash. Through their research they are uncovering ways to make car seats more effective a...








