Hockey season has started and with that comes an every increasing number of articles, events and conversations about the danger of the sport. Ken Dryden, author of the new book Game Change, says the time for talking about making the sport safer is over. It’s time to make a change. What…
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Who doesn’t love a new pair of shoes and a backpack!!?? This year, we have two holiday campaigns in the works. A shoe drive and the Christmas Backpack Program. Firstly, everyone needs shoes! In conjunction with our friends at Lady Sport, all shoes are donated to the health clinics of the…
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Often in the world of sports and athletics, the summer season brings about ample opportunity to injure oneself. The sun is out, the weather is hot and our inner adventurer wants to get outside and explore. Everything from increased outdoor time, to the copious amount of summer specific sports, such…
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Meet Rachel, another talented physiotherapist in the City Sports & Physiotherapy team. A graduate of the UBC Masters of Physiotherapy, she enjoys working with clientele of all fitness levels and has experience working with a wide variety of injuries. Although many people see an undergraduate degree in biology and a…
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Most summer time sports such as tennis, soccer, ultimate, and softball require quick movements that pass through many planes of motion and use numerous joints and muscles at the same time. Quick sprints, runs side-to-side, cuts, twists, slides, quick stops and starts are common athletic skills that can be the cause…
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If you’ve checked out Joanne’s bio page, then you know that Joanne intended to be a physiotherapist since she was in grade school. Having been involved in athletics since she was young, Joanne grew up with an understanding – and firsthand experience! – of the benefits offered by physiotherapy, which…
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Never run before? We’ve got you covered with these 5 key tips! It’s that time of year again. As the sunshine begins to make regular appearances and the air gets warmer, more and more people are taking their workouts to the great outdoors and going for a run. The streets,…
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It’s that time of year again when our clinic is inundated with runners of all distances – the 100km trail runners, 42.2km BMO marathoners, and the 10km Vancouver Sun Runners. We thought we’d share with you a recent blog post of a sun runner, Tara Carman, and how she’s been…
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Comrades Marathon: ‘Hard is what makes it great.’ That’s what you’ll read when you look up the Comrades Marathon website. For those who aren’t familiar with this race, it is the largest and longest running ultramarathon in the world which takes place every year in South Africa. The race is…
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One of the highlights of being a physiotherapist in the sport physiotherapy community is the opportunity to travel around the world with athletes and teams. Many of our therapists have traveled far and wide with a variety of sports including rugby, skiing, tennis, field hockey, and soccer. Lots of people…
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