Sports Injury Care: 6 Ways Physiotherapy Can Help

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Sports Injury Physiotherapy Sports can be a fantastic means to keep fit, develop confidence, and get to know new friends. Whether you’re an elite professional athlete or a casual weekend warrior, chances are at some point in time you’ve suffered an injury. In fact, approximately seventy percent of recreational players will experience some kind of […]

Physiotherapy for Cerebral Palsy: A Complete Guide to Treatment

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When you hear the phrase ‘physiotherapy’, you most likely picture athletes with a variety of conditions or other accident victims. However, did you know there is a physiotherapy treatment plan for those with unique neurological conditions? Cerebral palsy physiotherapy is one of them. During pregnancy and after birth, the brain does not grow as it […]

Lower Back Pain: The Best Physiotherapy Treatment Options

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Physiotherapy For Lower Back Pain Lower back pain is common, even if you don’t work at a desk all day. An injury to the lower back can be caused by a sports injury, lifting heavy objects, carrying them for a long time, stretching or repeating the same posture excessively, underlying issues, sciatic nerve damage, degenerative […]

The Effects Of Physiotherapy On Lumbar Disc Herniation

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Low back pain is a common medical condition that affects 60-80% of the adult population at some point in their lives, and the lumbar disc is likely the most common origin of low back pain. A herniated disc occurs when the nucleus pulposus, the soft gelatinous central portion of the intervertebral disc, pushes through a […]

Physiotherapy Clinic in Edmonton

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There are many great private physiotherapy clinics in Edmonton, Alberta representing a wide variety of approaches and experiences. While the quality of care provided at private physiotherapy clinics in Edmonton has dramatically improved over the last 10 years, I still run into people who are a little bit unsure that the time, energy and money […]

Benefits of Myofascial Release Massage

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Myofascial Release – Myofascial Pain Therapy? Myofascial pain syndrome is a chronic pain disorder in which pressure on sensitive points in your muscles (trigger points) cause pain in the muscle as well as referred pain. The syndrome typically occurs after a muscle has been contracted repetitively or associated with stress-related muscle tension.

Sports Physiotherapy in Edmonton

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What is Sports Physiotherapy? Sports Physiotherapy is an area in rehabilitation that is specifically concerned with the prevention of injury and the rehabilitation of the patient back to optimum levels of functional, occupational and sports specific fitness, regardless of age and ability. Many professional sports teams have sport specific physiotherapists on their payroll. But when […]

Physiotherapy for Tennis Elbow Treatment

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What is Tennis Elbow Physiotherapy? Tennis elbow, or lateral elbow pain, is a common overuse injury that can occur for many reasons. It occurs in athletes, manual workers, desk workers, and other people whose activities of daily living involve a lot of wrist, hand and elbow movements. It occurs more commonly in people from age […]