DRY NEEDLING❗️Here's a little snippet of how my 4 day course went 🤓💉 Asides from finding trigger points (hyperirritable spots in muscle) in my fellow colleagues, I got to review anatomy, pain classifications and different needling techniques! 🙌🏼 Please consult a certified health care professional for further guidance on dry needling as a treatment approach! -- #physio #physiotherapy #physiolife #physicaltherapy #injuryrehab #rehabtips #sportsinjury #sportsinjuries #dryneedling #intramuscular #acupuncture #needling #education #weekendcourse #injuryprevention #exercise #motorcontrol #neckpain #neckpainrelief #backpain #backpainrelief #hippain #shoulderpain

Dry needling course ✅ I got to spend two fun weekends with some of my Western physio classmates over in Victoria, BC and learn a whole ton from Scott with @biodryneedle 🙌🏼 Excited to offer dry needling services in clinic soon! -- #dryneedling #ims #triggerpoint #acupuncture #physio #physicaltherapy #physiotherapy #sportsinjuries #rehab #injuryrecovery #injuryprevention

SIDE LYING CORRECTION ✅ Here’s one of the key Schroth corrective postures we go through with our clients with scoliosis! Depending on one’s scoliosis curve type, we may use a traction belt, props of different shapes and sizes, and the assistance of gravity to help facilitate a postural correction 🔎

Our goal is to create ELONGATION in this supported position! Think about growing taller as you maintain this correction. Begin with a few breaths to expand curve concavities 🌿 ⚠️ Caution this exercise is NOT for everyone, please consult a scoliosis-trained therapist for appropriate guidance
 Check out @thescoliclinic for more tips! --
#scoliosis #scoliosisawareness #physio #corestrength #scoliosisexercise #schrothmethod #exercise #physiotherapy #corestrength #backpain #lowbackpain #hippain #lowbackpainrelief #shoulderpain #hipstrengthening #posturecorrection #posture #shoulderstrengthening #rehabtips

That's a wrap! 🥳 Season #2 of our Athletic Health Liasion program ended off with a bang this week at the 2023 @canadianultimatechampionships supporting all of our junior athletes representing @primeultimateclub and @misfitultimate 🔥 Congrats to our junior champs @dynoopen2023 and @dynowomens2023 !! 🏆 It's been a blast getting to mentor our student trainers in sports injury management and prevention. Good luck to all of our students! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

Happy Canada Day! 🍁 Hope you're enjoying a bit of sunshine and the sweet outdoors 🙌🏼

TRAIN FOR POWER!! 💪🏼 Whether it's building top speed for a golf swing or maximizing your baseball pitch, a medicine ball is a great piece of equipment to use for some plyometric exercises 🔥 Utilizing your whole body to generate and transfer energy from your lower to upper body can be helpful in sports and activities that require coordination or a change in direction. This can help to prevent overuse injuries! ✅ As you begin this phase of your training, remember to warm up properly and ensure you are performing your drills with proper technique. As you become more familiar with the movements, then increase the speed: 1️⃣ Trunk Rotation Warmup: keep most of your weight in the front foot and try rotating only from your upper body, feel your core muscles working 2️⃣ Front Ball Slam: raise up onto the balls of your feet as you reach the ball overhead, keep tension in your core muscles to maintain a relatively neutral spine 3️⃣ Overhead Rainbow Slam: pivot through your entire leg from feet to hips and come into a lunge position as you bring the ball down with force 4️⃣ Rotational Wall Slam: quick release from hands as you direct your force towards the wall

160 lbs for ✌🏼‼️ Taking it easy with my training this year 🙏🏼 I took this for a 3rd attempt at my 1st powerlifting competition last year, happy to see this weight moving :) Coach: @anton_lin_2 . . . . . #benchpress #powerlifting #weightlifting #powerlifter #physio #physicaltherapy #injuryrehab #workout #powerliftingwomen #shouldermobility #rotatorcuff #thoracicmobility #backpainrelief #corestrength

A GLIMPSE OF WHAT REHAB LOOKS LIKE! 💪🏼 This is my amazing client Jane who has been crushing her rehab after her total knee replacement surgery! It's been absolutely rewarding getting to work with Jane. In physio school and in most rehab protocols used to date, we strive for a minimum knee bend of 90 degrees immediately post-surgery and greater than 115 degrees at 6 weeks and beyond 🔎 Jane diligently came in for physio twice per week for 2 months after her surgery and achieved an astounding 130 degrees of knee bend by WEEK 3 and improved her hamstring strength from 50% to 95% of normal and quad strength from 20% to 63% of normal in 6 weeks!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼 The rehab process after a joint replacement is not easy and straightforward but Jane put in a LOT of work to get to where she is. She went on her FIRST outdoor bike ride since surgery and crushed 12.5 km and 4 hills! 🚴🏼‍♀️ You're a superstar Jane! 🥳 If possible, try to connect with a health care professional to get the best care and guidance for your injury so you can get back to what you love doing!

2ND YEAR of our Athletic Health Liasion Program for @misfitultimate @primeultimateclub 🥏🙌🏼 Shauna and I got to lead 20+ Kinesiology students through our 1st day of workshops for Lower Body Injury Assessment, Taping and Warmups. Shoutout to our students for braving the cold and crushing a full day of content 👊🏻👊🏻

Let's do some Schroth! 💪🏼 What is the Schroth Method? It's a non-surgical, physical therapy approach to scoliosis treatment that uses specific exercises to address an individual's unique spinal curvature 🌿 Goals of Schroth: 1️⃣ De-rotate 2️⃣ Elongate 3️⃣ Stabilize The cool thing about some of these exercises is that they're safe and fun to do for those without scoliosis too! Try these movements using an exercise ball to challenge your core strength and alignment 🔥 -- #scoliosis #scoliosisawareness #physio #scoliosisexercise #schrothmethod #exercise #physiotherapy #corestrength #backpain #lowbackpain #hippain #lowbackpainrelief #shoulderpain #posture#shoulderstrengthening #rehabtips

Cheers to these lovely ladies for completing another year of their Kin degree! 🥳 It's been a blast getting to mentor Tyra, Lauren and Lilian on field as student trainers and in clinic to develop their injury assessment and treatment skills! Going to miss you all so much, but I have full confidence you all will crush it ❤️

CORE CHALLENGE! 🔥 Start by laying over a large exercise ball. Think of staying light on the ball by pulling your belly button up towards your spine so you aren't sinking down into the ball. Work your deep neck flexors, scapular and core muscles as you maintain alignment from head to toe! Try these 4 exercises starting with 30 seconds each and then gradually work your way 🆙 when this becomes easier to do 💪🏼 #movewithconfidence #scoliosisfriendly 🌿