The Benefits of Physiotherapy After Surgery

Recovering after an operation can be challenging, but including physiotherapy following your surgery in your recovery plan can make a big difference in how you get well. A planned-out program of physiotherapy not only helps with reducing and managing pain, speeds up...
Understanding Your Movement With a Gait Analysis

Understanding Your Movement With a Gait Analysis

Understanding your movement through a gait assessment can provide valuable insights into how your body moves, helping to pinpoint inefficiencies or imbalances that may be contributing to pain or discomfort. By assessing your walking or running patterns, a gait...

Get that D, the Sunshine Vitamin!

Vitamin D, “the Sunshine vitamin”  is an important part of our health & function. Increasingly so this time of year, as sun & UV exposure is at an annual low. If you suffer from “winter blues” there is a good chance you need more vitamin D in your life....

South Simcoe Physiotherapy: A Student’s Perspective

South Simcoe Physiotherapy is always happy to have high school and university students shadow our physiotherapists, whenever we are able!  Alex had a university student volunteer with him recently, and this is a post she wrote: During my time volunteering at South...

Tedinopathies: From Symptoms to Treatment

In this month of South Simcoe Physiotherapy’s blog post, we are going to explore the world of tendinopathies – from what a tendon is, how a tendinopathy can occur, to how physiotherapy can help with rehabilitation. What is a tendon? Tendons are strong, fibrous...