At Therapedia Massage Therapy Centre, we focus on rehabilitive and preventative exercises to help our clients live a healthy painfree lifestyle and to prevent re-injury.

We supply our clients with a therapeutic exercise facility which includes exercise balls, Therabands, wobble boards and the "Fitter" to work with. Proper form and technique is shown to help stretch, strengthen and maintain the injured area.

Active therapy is typically necessary to rehabilitate the spine and help alleviate pain. Importantly, a regular exercise routine provides patients with the means to help avoid recurrences of low back pain, and helps reduce severity and duration of potential future episodes of low back pain.

Many common health issues are nothing more than a product of improper muscular function. Muscles control the position and movement of the bones with relation to each other. If your muscles are not balanced and/or functioning properly, then consequently, your bones are not in proper alignment with one another. When this is the case the connective tissues between the bones are put in a compromised position. Therefore many conditions such as tendonitis, joint sprains, disc herniation, stress fractures, arthritis and muscle spasms can all be linked to muscular dysfunction.

Generally, a patient's exercise program should encompass a combination of the following:

• Stretching
• Strengthening/pain relief exercises
• Low-impact aerobic conditioning

Even patients with a very busy schedule should be able to maintain a moderate exercise regimen that encompasses stretching, strengthening, and aerobic conditioning.

Stretching

Almost every individual who has suffered from low back pain should stretch their hamstring muscles once or twice daily. Simple hamstring stretching does not take much time, although it can be difficult to remember, especially if there is little or no pain. Therefore, hamstring stretching is best done at the same time every day so it becomes part of a person's daily routine.

Strengthening

To strengthen the back muscles, 15-20 minutes of dynamic lumbar stabilization or other prescribed exercises should be done every other day.

Low-impact aerobic conditioning

Low impact aerobics (such as walking, bicycling or swimming) should be done for 30-40 minutes three times weekly, on alternate days from the strengthening exercises. Kinesiology services offered at Therapedia include:

• Active Rehabilitation
• Therapeutic Exercises
• Work Related Injury
• Motor Vehicle Injury
• Sport Related Injury
• Return to Work Program
• Personalized Fitness Program
• Proper Weight Training
• Sport Specific Fitness Program
• Muscular Fitness Training
• Cardiovascular Training