Physiotherapy is a rehabilitative medicine. A treatment you seek post injury, an intervention you have post surgery, an option to alleviate chronic pain. A physiotherapy degree is housed within the faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences (within the Faculty of Medicine)....
Physiotherapy
Living with chronic illness
Chronic illness leaves you feeling like you’re letting everyone down—especially yourself. It’s a constant game of adjusting expectations, rethinking assumptions, and regulating hopes. That deadline you’re trying to meet, that show you really wanted to go to, the pile...
Golfers Elbow – Physiotherapy can help!
It is almost here… golf season! Avid golfers, recreational golfers, and social golfers are gearing up to hit the lynx… and with the start of golf season comes the start of golf injuries... golfers elbow being one of the most common ailments to sideline a golfer. So-...
Illiotibial Band Friction syndrome (ITB Syndrome): Runner’s Knee – Physiotherapy can help!
Knee pain? Hip pain? You might be suffering from Illiotibial Band (ITB) syndrome. Let me unpack what this means, and more importantly, what to do about it. In order to understand the problem of ITB syndrome, we first need to understand the anatomy involved with the...
Rotator Cuff Injury? Rehabilitation and Prevention – Ask a Kinesiologist!
There are approximately 680 muscles in the human body. Muscles function to produce movement and force. Muscles are what drive our voluntary movements, such as walking or standing but also involuntary movements such as moving food through our digestive tract or the...
The 411 on Back Pain- excerpt from e-book “How to Deal with Back Pain in 30 days”
Research has shown that 80% of adults living in North America suffer from lower back pain at some point in their life. In fact, low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to Global Burden of Disease 2010. It is a common ailment, but the...
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About the author
At ALPHA Health Services, we strive to offer the best care, advice, and treatment to enable you to be as physical as you want to be, to get you living an active life, to allow you to reach your peak performance in sports, hobbies or regular life, and to encourage healthy aging. We believe in a holistic approach to rehabilitation and strive to get you back safely and as quickly as possible.