by alphahealth | Dec 16, 2018 | ALPHA Health Services
Meet Olivia! Olivia Martins is a registered physiotherapist with the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario. She graduated with a Masters of Physical Therapy from the University of Toronto and has an Honours Bachelor of Science degree from York University. Olivia’s...
by alphahealth | Dec 3, 2018 | ALPHA Health Services, Physiotherapy
Lower back pain… what does it mean? Research has shown that 80% of adults living in North America suffer from lower back pain at some point in their life. In fact, low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to Global Burden of Disease...
by alphahealth | Nov 19, 2018 | ALPHA Health Services
Getting you on track… and back to the track! Have you ever felt pain at the front of your knee? Does your knee hurt when walking down the stairs, when running or jumping, or after sitting for a long time? Does your knee ever make grating or popping noises when moving...
by alphahealth | Nov 7, 2018 | ALPHA Health Services
Concussion 101 Common Concussion Misconceptions According to the Centre for Disease Control, an estimated 2.7 million children (0-19 years of age) were treated annually in emergency departments for sports and recreation-related injuries. Approximately 6.5%, or...
by alphahealth | Oct 22, 2018 | ALPHA Health Services
As a massage therapist who treats many breast cancer patients and is also a breast cancer survivor, I was struggling to figure out what I wanted to blog about for the month of October. I didn’t want to contribute to the “pink” noise that’s out there during Breast...
