by alphahealth | Dec 27, 2017 | ALPHA Health Services, Personal Training, Physiotherapy
Welcome winter! Welcome snow! Welcome shovelling! Welcome lower back pain! Shovelling greatly increases the risk of low back pain and injury due to the ergonomics, weight of the snow, and the repetitive nature of shoveling. Here are a few tips to avoid lower back...
by alphahealth | Nov 10, 2017 | ALPHA Health Services
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...
by alphahealth | Nov 5, 2017 | ALPHA Health Services
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,...
by alphahealth | Sep 2, 2017 | ALPHA Health Services, Personal Training, Physiotherapy
Fall is in the air, and it is back to school time! We see, too often, the negative effects heavy backpacks have on the postures of those who carry them. Rounded shoulders, protruding neck, arched back, knock knees… all leading to headaches, neck pain, leg pain,...
by alphahealth | Aug 31, 2017 | ALPHA Health Services, Massage Therapy
Manual Lymphatic Massage Post Surgery When you think of someone who’s just had surgery, what do you think are the symptoms they typically experience? Maybe you have first hand experience of what it feels like to come out of surgery. I know I do. You have pain, and...
