by alphahealth | May 22, 2017 | ALPHA Health Services, Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy is a rehabilitative medicine. A treatment you seek post injury, an intervention you have post surgery, an option to alleviate chronic pain. A physiotherapy degree is housed within the faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences (within the Faculty of Medicine)....
by alphahealth | May 12, 2017 | ALPHA Health Services, Physiotherapy
Chronic illness leaves you feeling like you’re letting everyone down—especially yourself. It’s a constant game of adjusting expectations, rethinking assumptions, and regulating hopes. That deadline you’re trying to meet, that show you really wanted to go to, the pile...
by alphahealth | Apr 9, 2017 | ALPHA Health Services, Concussion Rehabilitation
Paediatric Concussion: The basics every parent should know! ‘Concussion’ is a word and a condition that is generating considerable concern and worry amongst parents, and justifiably so. It refers to a condition that can have severe, long term consequences, is...
by alphahealth | Aug 26, 2015 | ALPHA Health Services, Announcements, 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...
by alphahealth | Mar 22, 2015 | ALPHA Health Services, Personal Training, Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy after an ankle injury has been proven to greatly improve the speed of recovery and optimize healing. Research shows that physiotherapy and exercise may reduce the occurrence of recurrent ankle sprains and may be effective in managing chronic ankle...
