by Gina Imbrogno | Jul 2, 2018 | Physiotherapy & Fitness
After what seems like a lifetime of school, with countless assessments, human anatomy labs, exams, projects, and hours of practice, my journey towards becoming a licensed physiotherapist is almost complete and I am nearing that finish line! I have had the privilege of...
by Gina Imbrogno | Jun 26, 2018 | Physiotherapy & Fitness
Summer is here and with it comes the joys of planting gardens and tending to your yard. Many people will find themselves dealing with back and hip, or neck and shoulder pain as they putter around their green space. This is usually due to an increase in activity that...
by Gina Imbrogno | May 29, 2018 | Physiotherapy & Fitness
Pain and muscle soreness is something that so affects many of us. From short-term pain due to a recent muscle strain, or chronic pain from an old muscle or joint injury that develops into myofascial trigger points. These trigger points are muscle knots that occur when...
by Gina Imbrogno | Nov 8, 2017 | Physiotherapy & Fitness
At Prairie Trail Physiotherapy, we pride ourselves on taking an active approach to physiotherapy. All of our physiotherapists are athletes of some kind themselves and therefore understand how to treat sports related injuries and deal with athletes suffering from pain....
by Gina Imbrogno | Oct 23, 2017 | Physiotherapy & Fitness
There has been recent discussion that sit ups are harmful to your back. This is based on how the sit up motion promotes a flexed posture through your lumbar spine (think poor posture through low back while sitting). When a full sit up is performed it engages our hip...
