by alphahealth | Jun 15, 2021 | ALPHA Health Services, Physiotherapy
You don’t have to be broken to start physiotherapy. Since when do you have to break something in order to grow, nourish, and strengthen it? Think about a plant. You go to a nursery to pick out the perfect plant. You bring it home, provide it with shelter, water,...
by alphahealth | Mar 19, 2021 | ALPHA Health Services, Physiotherapy
Self-Management for Chronic Illness With over 3/5 Canadian adults living with a chronic illness, it is important to be able to help my clients find ways to self-manage these illnesses. Self-management includes providing them with strategies and tools to monitor and...
by alphahealth | Dec 11, 2020 | ALPHA Health Services, Physiotherapy
The following is a general four week sample plan which focuses on general strengthening, posture, products and life style changes to help alleviate low back pain. If any of the exercises increase your pain, do not continue. For a more specific plan for your injury,...
by alphahealth | Dec 4, 2020 | ALPHA Health Services, Physiotherapy
Before we go any further, it is important to seek medical attention if your back pain has any of the following characteristics: – the pain is worse at night or severe pain wakes you up – the pain is so severe that it is disabling, and there is no relief...
by alphahealth | Nov 20, 2020 | ALPHA Health Services, Physiotherapy
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 2010. It is a common ailment, but the...
