Fascial Stretch Therapy Is Now Offered At ALPHA! Fascial stretch therapy Fascial stretch therapy improves mobility of your nerves & flexibility of your muscles and fascia. By focusing on the fascial lines that connect through and wrap around muscle, nerves organs,...
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Acupuncture
What is Acupuncture? Acupuncture, as defined by the World Health Organization, is the method of treatment based on influencing the body by inserting needles in to specific points on the human body, called acupoints. Forms of acupuncture has been used as a treatment...
Registered Massage Therapy for Pelvic Health
ALPHA Health Services is excited to announce that we now offer Pelvic Health Massage Therapy! What is pelvic health massage therapy? Massage therapy for pelvic floor muscles is extremely beneficial and compliments Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy. The pelvic floor contains...
Shockwave Therapy
What is Shockwave Therapy? Shockwave therapy is a multidisciplinary device used in orthopaedics, physiotherapy, sports medicine, urology and veterinary medicine. Shockwave is an acoustic wave, which carries high energy to damaged tissues in the body with subacute,...
Breast Cancer and Lymphedema: Reducing your Risk of Developing Lymphedema
October is breast cancer awareness month so I thought I would focus this post on helpful tips to reduce your risk of lymphedema post breast cancer treatment. If you are a breast cancer survivor, like I am, you most likely had some form of treatment that damaged your...
Osteoarthritis Management- Physiotherapy can help!
5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP MANAGE YOUR OSTEOARTHRITIS! Osteoarthritis (OA) Arthritis affects approximately 4.6 million Canadians and 1 in 10 Canadians report having Osteoarthritis. This is a condition that affects the joints of the body. Within a joint, there is...
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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.