For Your Information Guidelines on Management of Hip, Knee, and Hand Osteoarthritis 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Strong Recommendations Regular, ongoing exercise program. Most effective when patient preferences are considered and when they are supervised and delivered by physiotherapists coupled with instruction in self-efficacy, self-management,  thermal therapies, and instruction in use of and fitting […]

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Mindfulness is a very simple form of meditation. By focusing your full attention on the breath as it flows in and out of your body you are more able to observe your thoughts as they arise in your mind. What Can Practicing Mindfulness do for you … Thousands of peer-reviewed scientific papers prove that mindfulness…… […]

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WHERE: Dakota Community Centre – New Fieldhouse 1188 Dakota Street WHEN: Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00am – 12:00 noon COST: Register at Vista Place Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Centre, K 1631 St Mary’s Road,  204-253-2165 INSTRUCTORS: Physiotherapists from Vista Place Physiotherapy and Sports injury Centre WHAT TO BRING: Shorts or loose pants FREE parking Packages of classes […]

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Does this sound like you? Clicking, popping, jaw pain, difficulty eating or opening your mouth, headaches, ear aches, unrelenting toothache,  ringing in the ears…

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The good news….Shoveling is considered moderate to vigorous exercise.  Shovelling for 1 hour burns 408 calories. The bad news….People who rarely exercise are more than 30x more likely to have a heart attack. Ten minutes of shoveling heavy wet snow made 30 year old mens heart rates the same as running till exhaustion on a treadmill […]

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Vista Place Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Centre celebrated its 25th Anniversary March 31, 2016. It has been a privilege serving the community of St Vital for the past 25 years. It is a community that I have raised my family in and am so proud to call home! We take pride in supporting our community… […]

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Most concussions heal in 7-14 days however children/adolescents are known to have longer recovery periods up to 30 days. There are those that persist past this point with ongoing symptoms. This can be for various reasons, a concussion injury not only affects the brain but can also injure the joints in the neck, the muscles […]

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Pre-screening of athletes is common place with the goal to identify those at risk of injury or to identify areas that can be improved in order to enhance performance. Traditional pre-screening is based on performance tests of speed, strength, flexibility and is often sport specific. The concern with this approach is that it does not […]

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What are Trigger Points? Trigger points are located in taut bands of muscle that can cause local and referred pain. They  are a constant source of painful input into the brain increasing the sensitivity of the whole nervous system to painful stimuli. As well trigger points can cause weakness in the muscles they are located […]

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A presentation on soccer warm-up and injury prevention. Why warm-up? You need to prepare your body for exercise and prevent injury. Click Here For The Full Soccer Warm-Up Presentation in PDF Format.

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