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 9, 2017 | Announcements
Every month, ALPHA Health Services will feature one of our AWESOME staff on the blog! For May, we feature… HILARY MACLAUGHLIN, Registered Massage Therapist. Hilary has always been interested and intrigued by the human body. After graduating from Brock...
by alphahealth | Apr 27, 2017 | ALPHA Health Services, Physiotherapy
Knee pain? Hip pain? You might be suffering from Illiotibial Band (ITB) syndrome. Let me unpack what this means, and more importantly, what to do about it. In order to understand the problem of ITB syndrome, we first need to understand the anatomy involved with the...
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 | Mar 10, 2017 | ALPHA Health Services, Announcements
I am a Registered Massage Therapist (RMT). I massage people, for a living. And, I love my job. Becoming a Registered Massage Therapist Before becoming a RMT, I did not really understand the full concept of Massage Therapy, or even what it completely entailed. I...