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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Thank you Vancouver!
Many thanks to all those who placed West 4th Physio into the Stars of Vancouver as recently hosted by the Vancouver Courier, February 2014. It is not our goal to to receive awards but it is pleasing to be given recognition for the hard work and extra effort constantly given by the West 4th team, from the administrative staff at the front end and to the therapy staff as a whole. We are always striving for improvement and to make sure our clients receive the best in physiotherapy care. This … Read the rest of this post
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Functional Sports Screen – a muscle balancing act
At the beginning of the season it is worthwhile doing a Functional Sports Screen before starting to ramp up your training. It involves testing critical sports motion patterns, required joint flexibility and necessary muscle strengths and lengths. Any deficiencies found put you at risk of injury as you increase your training. Using the results of your assessment, which is done by a physiotherapist, you can learn the specific areas you need to target to have the best chance of avoiding injury. Athletes who are engaged in high repetition sports tend … Read the rest of this post