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Check out our second location downtown Grande Prairie at Unit 105 10126 97Ave! Physiotherapy Clinic which opened in the Spring of 2017 offering physiotherapy, services with a special interest in pelvic health and sport injury management.

06/10/2026

Elbow pain is often an overuse issue — not just a “sports injury”

Elbow pain commonly develops from repetitive gripping, lifting, typing, gym work, or sport. Whether it’s on the outside (tennis elbow) or inside (golfer’s elbow), the tissues around the elbow can become overloaded when demand exceeds recovery. Current evidence supports physiotherapy as the first-line treatment, especially with progressive loading and movement correction.

⚠️ What You Might Notice
Pain on the outside or inside of the elbow ⚡
Discomfort when gripping, lifting, or twisting
Pain during gym exercises, racquet sports, or work tasks 🏋️
Reduced grip strength ✋
Symptoms that worsen with repetitive use 🔄

🤝 Our Whole-Body Clinical View
We don’t only focus on the elbow joint itself. Elbow pain is often influenced by how the wrist, forearm, shoulder blade, neck, and upper back are managing load together. Repetitive gripping, poor wrist positioning, shoulder weakness, prolonged desk posture, and inadequate recovery can all increase stress on the tendons around the elbow. From this perspective, pain often reflects a load-management and movement-chain issue, not simply local inflammation. Current evidence strongly supports progressive strengthening, grip retraining, manual therapy, and proximal shoulder/scapular strengthening.

If elbow pain is affecting work, gym, or daily activities, there are effective strategies that can help.

✨ Come see us — we’ll help you understand what’s overloading your arm.

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06/08/2026

Pain when reaching overhead or sleeping on your shoulder may be shoulder impingement

Shoulder impingement syndrome, often called subacromial pain syndrome, happens when the tissues around the rotator cuff and bursa become irritated with repeated overhead movement, poor load distribution, or prolonged posture habits. It’s one of the most common causes of shoulder pain, and physiotherapy is considered the first-line treatment.

⚠️ What You Might Notice

Pain when lifting the arm overhead 🙋

Discomfort when reaching behind your back

Pain when sleeping on the affected shoulder 🌙

Weakness or heaviness during gym, work, or sport

Pain that worsens with repetitive overhead activity 🔄

🤝 Our Whole-Body Clinical View

We don’t only focus on the shoulder joint itself. The shoulder works as part of a full upper-body movement chain involving the shoulder blade, upper back, neck, rib cage, and breathing system. When the shoulder blade doesn’t move well, posture becomes rounded, or the rotator cuff and upper back muscles lose strength, the tissues under the acromion may become overloaded. From this perspective, pain often reflects how the shoulder blade, rotator cuff, posture, and thoracic spine are managing load together — not just a single “pinched” structure.

Current evidence strongly supports progressive strengthening, scapular control, posture correction, and manual therapy combined with exercise as the most effective physiotherapy approach.

If shoulder pain is limiting your daily life, gym, or sport, there are very effective strategies that can help.

✨ Come see us — we’ll help you understand what’s overloading your shoulder.
Follow our page for trusted physiotherapy education, and feel free to send us a DM if this is something you’re dealing with.

06/04/2026

Edgar can't wait for the World Cup!

06/03/2026

Pain around the low back, buttock, or pelvis may be coming from the SI joint
SIJ dysfunction (sacroiliac joint dysfunction) is a common source of pain that is often mistaken for “just low back pain.” The sacroiliac joints connect the spine to the pelvis and help transfer load during walking, lifting, sitting, and standing. When movement becomes either too stiff or too mobile, symptoms can develop. Physiotherapy interventions such as exercise and manual therapy have good evidence for reducing pain and disability.

⚠️ What You Might Notice
Pain around one side of the low back or buttock 🍑
Pain when going from sitting to standing 🪑
Discomfort with prolonged standing or walking
A feeling of pelvic instability or asymmetry
Pain sometimes referring into the groin or upper thigh

🤝 Our Whole-Body Clinical View
We don’t only focus on the joint itself. The SI joint works as part of a full load-transfer system involving the lumbar spine, pelvis, hips, abdominal wall, diaphragm, pelvic floor, and surrounding fascia. When breathing patterns are restricted, one hip becomes stiffer, or the pelvis is overloaded during repetitive lifting, walking, pregnancy, or sport, the SI region may begin to compensate. From this perspective, SIJ dysfunction often reflects impaired force transfer between the trunk and lower limbs, rather than a single isolated joint problem. Current evidence supports a combined approach of manual therapy, stabilization exercises, movement retraining, and load management.

If low back or pelvic pain keeps returning and feels difficult to localize, the SI joint may be an important part of the picture.

✨ Come see us — we’ll help you understand how your pelvis and spine are sharing load.

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06/02/2026

Deep buttock pain that travels down the leg may be piriformis syndrome 🍑🦵
Piriformis syndrome (often also called deep gluteal syndrome) can create pain, tingling, or numbness that feels similar to sciatica. Many people notice symptoms with prolonged sitting, driving, walking uphill, or after heavy glute-focused activity. Conservative physiotherapy treatment with stretching, manual therapy, and movement retraining is commonly recommended.

⚠️ What You Might Notice
Deep ache or sharp pain in the buttock
Pain or tingling traveling down the back of the leg ⚡
Symptoms worse with sitting for long periods 🪑
Discomfort with stairs, walking uphill, or running
Tightness through the hip and outer glute region

🤝 Our Whole-Body Clinical View
We don’t only focus on one deep hip muscle. This condition is often influenced by how the low back, pelvis, hip rotation, breathing, and surrounding soft tissues are managing load together. When the deep gluteal region stays tense or overloaded, it may irritate the sciatic nerve pathway and create symptoms down the leg. Limited hip mobility, prolonged sitting, poor pressure management, or compensations from the low back can all contribute. From this perspective, physiotherapy aims to improve hip mobility, pelvic control, neural mobility, and load sharing across the whole lumbopelvic system, rather than only “stretching one muscle.” Evidence supports manual therapy, stretching, and targeted exercise as first-line care.

If buttock pain or sciatica-like symptoms are limiting your daily life, there are supportive strategies that can help 🤍

✨ Come see us — we’ll help you understand what may be irritating the nerve pathway.

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06/01/2026

This is a great taping technique to use for an athlete with an irritable Achilles tendon who just needs to get through the next sporting event. However, this is not recommended to use as a long term strategy.





05/29/2026

Pain on the outside of the knee may be IT band syndrome 🏃‍♀️🦵
Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS) is one of the most common causes of outer knee pain, especially in runners, cyclists, and athletes who do repetitive leg movements. The pain is usually felt on the outside of the knee and often worsens with running, stairs, or downhill walking. Recent evidence suggests it is more related to compression and load sensitivity than simple “friction.”

⚠️ What You Might Notice

Sharp or burning pain on the outside of the knee 🔥

Pain during running, stairs, or downhill walking

Symptoms that begin after a certain distance or time ⏱️

Tightness along the outside of the thigh

Discomfort with cycling or repetitive knee bending 🚴

🤝 Our Whole-Body Clinical View

We don’t only focus on the painful knee. The IT band is part of a full movement chain connecting the pelvis, hip, thigh, and knee. How the hip muscles control the leg, how the pelvis stays stable, and how the foot absorbs force all influence the stress placed on the outside of the knee. Research strongly supports that hip strength, movement control, and load progression are key parts of recovery. Current evidence also suggests that trying to “stretch the IT band” itself is less helpful than improving how the whole lower limb manages force.

If outer knee pain is limiting your running, training, or walking, there are very effective physiotherapy strategies that can help
✨ Come see us — we’ll help you understand what is overloading the outside of your knee.
Follow our page for trusted physiotherapy education, and feel free to send us a DM if this is something you’re dealing with.

05/28/2026

Pain just below the kneecap when jumping or landing may be jumper’s knee 🦵
Jumper’s knee, also called patellar tendinopathy, is common in sports that involve repetitive jumping, sprinting, and sudden direction changes — like volleyball, basketball, soccer, and track. It often develops gradually from repeated load on the tendon rather than a single injury.

⚠️ What You Might Notice

Pain just below the kneecap during jumping or landing 🏀

Discomfort with stairs, squats, or running

Morning stiffness around the front of the knee

Pain that warms up during activity but returns later 🔄

Tenderness when pressing on the tendon

🤝 Our Whole-Body Clinical View

We don’t only focus on the painful tendon. The patellar tendon is part of a full force-transfer chain involving the foot, ankle, calf, quadriceps, hips, pelvis, and trunk control. When jumping volume, landing mechanics, or training load increase faster than the body can adapt, the tendon may become overloaded. From this perspective, a jumper's knee is often a load-capacity mismatch, not simply “inflammation.” Evidence strongly supports progressive tendon loading, isometric pain-relief exercises, and gradual return-to-sport progression as the main physiotherapy approach.

If knee pain is limiting your sport or training, the good news is tendons respond well to the right loading strategy
✨ Come see us — we’ll help you rebuild tendon strength and return to sport safely.
Follow our page for trusted physiotherapy education, and feel free to send us a DM if this is something you’re dealing with.

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#107 10126 117 Avenue
Grande Prairie, AB
T8V7S4

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Monday 6:30am - 7pm
Tuesday 6:30am - 4pm
Wednesday 6:30am - 4pm
Thursday 6:30am - 7pm
Friday 6:30am - 4am

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