Joe DhaliwalI

I joined kickboxing a month ago.  It’s been awesome.  Today I did that class for 1.5 hours and then went to the gym to do one hour of cardio.  Driving back home, it struck me that a year ago I couldn’t even walk.  From the bottom of my heart thank you for giving me my life back.”

Joe Dhaliwal

Rick Gulyas Olympian
1972 Sapporo, Japan
Ski Jumping

Dear B.C. Back Institute, Just a little background on myself: I spent eight years heavy training to make the Olympic team and another four years on the pro freestyle circuit, that was in it's infancy at the time. As you can well imagine, I broke a few bones along the way, you see we are all invincible at that age, and were not worrying about what this would do to us a little later on in life.

I discovered early in life that I didn't like the residual feeling I was getting from the meds that I was told to take by the doctors and trainers, so I often looked for alternative healing methods. I have scored a few good practitioners and a whole lot of bad ones, unfortunately most of the good ones have retired. During this long process I found out what practices worked best for me and which ones didn't.

I was in my 49th year of playing ball, thinking I was still twenty five I dove for a softball I thought I could catch, (not going to happen at fifty eight), I separated my shoulder (grade 2 separation, I was told) and was forced to go see a specialist in Richmond. He promptly told me in three minute interview that this big lump on my left shoulder would settle down and I would have no problems. A year later I was still waking my wife up from the screams at night when I turned onto my left side.

My wife stopped in to the institute and decided to make an appointment for me. I obeyed her direction and showed at the allotted time and day. I had been to a lot of specialists and only a few passed the standards I had set throughout my career. Dr. Kalanj asked a lot of questions pertaining to the problem I was having. After about twenty minutes he had a good idea of what was wrong, but still asked me to get the report from my GP and the specialist in Richmond before he did any work on me. The next time we met, he explained what I was going to have to go through to fix the problem. After five weeks of rehab my shoulder is 95% better and I don't have to take Ibuprofen before I play golf. The state of the art equipment they use for their rehab is most unique equipment I have ever seen; you don't even realize until later that you've had a workout, and then you know you have to pull the ice out. Thanks BC back institute you've got a believer, I may even be able to play ball again next year. You've made my wife so happy, wink, and wink.

Oh ya, the wife made me ask this, she said: If they're so good maybe they could do something about your snoring? I said: Hun he's a doctor not a magician.

Thanks again, sincerely yours Rick Gulyas

Bryan Zabolotniuk
 

My previous experience with with chiropractors was having my symptoms (pain) being treated (back cracked) and the underlying problems unaddressed. Additionally my experiences with physiotherapy led me to expect hot towels, waiting, electronic muscle stimulation, waiting and an exercise sheet to instruct me on how to use the rubber band they sold me.

Thankfully a friend referred me to BCBI where their approach was to address my back problems in a more practical/proactive manner with a physical therapy that addressed the weakness that were causing my pains. I highly recommend BCBI to my friends, family, or anybody suffering from back issues.

Bryan Zabolotniuk

Jane Hansen
 

“Before I started going to the BC Back Institute, everything was a painful challenge, from housework to personal grooming. Now, after 6 weeks of going, at first twice a week, and now once a week I function much better. I suffer from severe scoliosis. The BC Back Institute staff is very qualified, always positive in nature and easy to talk to. I would recommend the BC Back Institute to anyone who wants a good quality of life.”

Jane Hansen