Physiotherapy:  Alliston shovels out!  Tips to avoid injury.

Physiotherapy: Alliston shovels out! Tips to avoid injury.

After a couple of days of solid snow, everyone around Alliston is remembering what winter is supposed to be like.  If you are like me, you spent a good deal of time shovelling the driveway and walkways yesterday and perhaps found some muscles that you forgot you had. ...
Video game rehabilitation?

Video game rehabilitation?

I often have conversations with parents who are concerned that their children are wasting their lives playing video games all day and night.  Certainly, the popularity of video games has increased over recent years and more kids appear to be spending extended periods...
Does your new years resolution require physiotherapy?

Does your new years resolution require physiotherapy?

It’s the time of year when people start making resolutions to get fit and to get healthy.  I’m not sure why it takes a new year for people to make these decisions, but if that’s what it takes, then who am I to judge?   When starting a new...
Is your physiotherapy being provided by a physiotherapist?

Is your physiotherapy being provided by a physiotherapist?

An ongoing problem in physiotherapy, is the lack of ability to protect the term “physiotherapy”.  In plain terms, in Canada, only a registered physiotherapist can claim to be a physiotherapist, but essentially anyone can claim to be providing “physiotherapy”.  ...
Is your physiotherapist listening?

Is your physiotherapist listening?

It is well documented that physiotherapy helps with pain and function, but what about depression?   A recent study in JOSPT found that people who received physiotherapy treatment after a work related injury not only had improved pain and functional abilities, but...