What is Sports Physiotherapy | Comprehensive Guide

Sports physiotherapy is crucial to injury prevention, treatment, and recovery for athletes at every level. From handling knee injuries in sports to requiring bracing for tennis elbow, knowing what sports physiotherapy involves could affect your healing and...

Ready for Winter Sports? Some injury prevention tips from a physio!

Winter is a season filled with opportunities for outdoor fun, from skiing and snowboarding to ice skating and sledding. While these sports bring excitement, they also come with the risk of injury due to slippery surfaces, cold weather, and the physical demands of...

Shockwave Therapy for Knees: Effective Pain Relief

Pain in the knee due to an injury, too much use, or chronic problems such as arthritis. can truly hinder your capability to move. Shockwave therapy for knees is a treatment that is getting more and more popular for this type of pain. We offer shockwave therapy at our...

Post Boston and the Road to Chicago

Coming off a “bucket list” event such as the Boston Marathon, can leave one with a feeling of let-down unless you have something else scheduled.  Fortunately for me, I didn’t have a lot of time to experience a let-down as I was already scheduled to participate in what...

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Watch for the gap: rectus diastasis!

The term rectus diastasis refers to the separation of the abdominal muscles (the “6-pack muscle”) away from the midline of the body. Rectus diastasis is common during and after pregnancy, due to the body adapting to the growing baby. Sometimes the separation will...

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Prevent your next running injury!

As we head into the doldrums of winter, some of us are starting to ramp up our running in preparation for our next (virtual) event.  Here are some common mistakes that lead to the vast majority of running injuries that I see in the clinic: Increasing your...

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Mission Accomplished! Running blog #2…

Now I realize that my last formal blog was also about my running, so if you don’t want to hear about it again, I apologize! Running is something that I have become very passionate about, and is a way for me to focus my energy. What started as I way to try to reduce my...

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It’s all about the journey, not the destination

If you had asked me as recently as two-and-a-half years ago what I thought about running, my response would’ve likely been something to the effect of “I only run if I’m being chased”.  But for reasons largely unbeknownst to me, all of that changed about 2 years...

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Dry Needling at South Simcoe Physiotherapy

This blog was written by Divya Sebastian Registered Physiotherapist and Dry Needle provider! At our clinic, we are often asked questions about Dry Needling.  Some common questions that we encounter are: “Does it hurt? What does it really do? Is it the same as...

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Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy: IT CAN HELP!

Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy: IT CAN HELP! Pelvic floor dysfunction is a common problem that many people experience. In Canada, 1 in every 4 women, and 1 in every 9 men experience urinary incontinence. In Canada, up to 75% of women experience pelvic organ prolapse, with...

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