Lunar Promotion and New Equipment at ASP West Island

Looking to give someone an original gift this holiday season? Offer them a run on the Moon!

ASP West Island is thrilled to announce the arrival of the impressive AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill at the clinic in December.
 

For more details, please contact the clinic: http://www.actionsportphysio.com/en/clinics/west-island/

 

The Cryogenic Chamber

The clinic is also proud to be the very first in the province to own a cryo chamber, another cutting edge technology.

What is Whole Body Cryotherapy?

Whole Body Cryotherapy (WBC) is the process of exposing the body to a temperature below -110 degrees Celsius for under 3 minutes in order to facilitate healing and rejuvenation in the body. This is accomplished by mobilizing and activating the regulatory functions within the body.

A Cryo chamber session is safe, quick and more effective than an ice bath. Numerous studies have led to diverse, successful whole body cryotherapy applications in sports, health and beauty care.

WBC is endorsed by many professional athletes who use it as part of their regular training regimen. The technology has been featured on Dr. Oz (http://youtu.be/bW67zFufRio), The Dragon’s Den, and during the Tour De France.

ASP Once Again the First in Technology

Our West Island and Downtown Montreal clinics are proud to be the very first in Quebec to own, starting in December, an AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill, a piece of equipment of cutting edge technology.

The AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill

Whether you are a patient or an athlete dealing with lower body injuries, chronic pain or neurological conditions that inhibit mobility, you can benefit from the unweighting capabilities. The Anti-Gravity Treadmill helps a broad spectrum of people – top level athletes, orthopedic and neurologic patients, pediatric, geriatric and those looking to lose weight – to achieve their personal health, wellness or performance goals.

With its unique unweighting capabilities, the Anti-Gravity Treadmill allows you and your physiotherapist to move your training and rehabilitation forward by:

• Allowing you to walk or run with no pain while maintaining a normal gait
• Reducing stress on joints and injured areas of your lower body
• Giving you the confidence and ability to run or walk longer and recover faster with less pain

The Anti-Gravity Treadmill allows to:

• Reduce gravity’s impact by selecting any weight between 20% and 80% of your body weight by 1% increments
• Rehabilitate lower extremity injuries with less pain and less impact
• Improve mobility, strength and safety for those with neurological conditions
• Provide a safe way to lose weight and exercise more intensively while unweighted
• Train without pain and reduce the stress to joints and muscles
• Recover effectively and with less pain after training or competition

New services and a December Promotion at ASP St-Bruno

Pediatric Services
The St-Bruno Action Sport Physio clinic now offers services in pediatrics. Indeed, its multidisciplinary team works hard to unsure the welfare of its young patients. The team consists of a physiotherapist, an osteopath and a doula, a massage therapist and a physiotherapist specializing in perineal re-education.

Pilates Courses
Physiotherapist Isabelle BriseBois, who holds a Stott Pilates certification, offers individual and group Pilates courses to patients.

Perineal Re-education
Physiotherapist and perineal re-education specialist Douanka Gendreau specialises in working with women. Her treatments cover urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, pelvic prolapse, pessary use as needed and monitoring pregnant women (pregnancy, use of Epi-No, postpartum), to name a few.

December Special
From December 1st to 31st, enjoy our massage therapy special. We offer you a package of three one-hour massages for $205.83, including taxes. *Limit of one purchase per person.

For more details, please contact the clinic: http://www.actionsportphysio.com/en/clinics/st-bruno/

ASP Vaudreuil-Dorion: two awards and new services

Action Sport Physio Vaudreuil-Dorion is overjoyed to have won not one, but two awards at the Vaudreuil- Soulanges Ovations Gala. The clinic has won the service organization of the year award (SME) as well as the business of the year award (Ovation of the year).

This means we will have the honour of representing the region at the Mercuriades, which will take place at Palais des Congrès in April 2015.

We are extremely touched by this recognition and want to share the credit with all the artisans of this clinic. We sincerely thank all our employees and consultants, who provide unparalleled service and who have at heart the development of our services and the clinic. Thank you to our loyal customers, who have believed in us for over 15 years and followed us after we moved. Also thank you to all our partners, schools, sports teams as well as Momentum Chiropractique, with whom we have the chance to collaborate daily.

Thank you for this recognition and congratulations to the whole team,

Éric, Patricia and Maxime

 

 

New services

Valleyfield: osteopathy, occupational therapy, pediatric physiotherapy and pediatric occupational therapy

Vaudreuil: pediatric physiotherapy and pediatric occupational therapy

Annual Health Fair on November 18th & 19th in St-Leonard

Come visit us on November 18th & 19th, at our 2nd Annual Health Fair, at the Leonardo da Vinci Centre in St-Leonard, to uncover the myriad of services available to you and your family.

Keynote speakers: Dr. Joe Schwarcz and Dr. Serge Gauthier

Free flu vaccination, workshops & blood drive.

Admission is free

For more information, visit www.cldv.ca.

Support campaign

New service at Action Sport Physio Repentigny

Do you know the Padovan Method® of neurofunctional reorganisation? This method is now available at Action Sport Physio Repentigny.

The Padovan Method® of neurofunctional reorganisation (NFR) is a comprehensive approach to sensorineural development that was developed in Brazil in the 70s by teacher and speech therapist Beatriz Padovan, after 20 years of research and testing. It takes into account the individual as a whole by reviewing the steps of neuropsychomotor development and human evolution.

This method is particularly suitable for problems with a neurological component and can be applied to all ages with different goals:

• prevention
• recovery of functions that were lost in an accident
• acquisition of functions that were never acquired due to a developmental delay
• optimisation of sensorimotor integration in people with sensory hypersensitivities or hyposensitivities
• readiness of the organism to acquire new functions

Learn more:

http://www.metodopadovan.com.br/en-us
http://www.padovan.ca
http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/regional/troisrivieres/archives/2014/10/20141029-194142.html

Action Sport Physio on TVA Sports

During the hockey season, physiotherapist and huge hockey fan Maxime Besner (from the Vaudreuil-Dorion and Valleyfield clinics) will discuss a player’s injury on Le Premier Trio show, sometime between 6 pm and 7 pm during the week.

Montreal Marathon and Conferences on Running

Once again, this year, we will take part in the Oasis Rock 'n' Roll Montreal Marathon and Half-Marathon and greet the runners at the finish line. We will provide treatments and massages to the participants in our tent.

On the days preceding the event, we will be at the Marathon Expo on September 26th and 27th at Place Bonaventure. At our booth:

• Physiotherapists and running specialists Éric Boucher and Rémi Bergeron will give free conferences on running injury prevention at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 26th and at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27th.
• We will also offer free taping, injury screening and answer your questions.

Marathon Expo opening hours:

Friday: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

We wish all participants a great race!

 

Network-wide Open House on October 1st, 2014

Come visit our clinics and meet our therapists as well as our spokesperson Jimmy Sévigny.

Looking for an Orthopedic Surgeon?

Action Sport Physio St-Leonard welcomes Dr. Jean Cournoyer, MD, FRCS(c), who has extensive experience in arthroplasty of the hip, knee and shoulder, arthroscopy of the knee and shoulder, and can treat most common problems related to the hand and foot.​

Dr. Cournoyer is available on Thursdays, starting September 25th.

To see a list of other doctors working with Action Sport Physio: http://www.actionsportphysio.com/en/experts/profession/medicine/

New Partnership with Red Bull

The Action Sport Physio Downtown Montreal and Montreal-West clinics are proud to be partners of Red Bull Canada (Quebec). They will be in charge of giving physiotherapy treatments to the athletes taking part in the "Red Bull Flying Bach" show -- which brings together classical music and breakdancing -- in Montreal from Oct. 23rd to 26th.

ASP at Mont-Tremblant Ironman and Montreal Marathon

Action Sport Physio is proud to be the official sports medicine clinic for these two great events.



Jacinthe Lemieux

For the third year in a row, we will be in Mont-Tremblant on September 7 as part of the Ironman World Championship 70.3 to provide medical care and massages to athletes. Jacinthe Lemieux, athletic therapist and co-owner of the Action Sport Physio Mont-Tremblant clinic, is in charge of coordinating the medical efforts and the many ASP volunteers.

ASP was also at the other three Ironman events that took place in Mont-Tremblant this year: Ironman 5150 Triathlon Mont-Tremblant (June 8), the Subaru Ironman 70.3 Mont-Tremblant (June 22) and the Subaru Ironman North American Championship (17 August).

On Sunday, September 28th, we will be at the Oasis Rock 'n' Roll Montreal Marathon and Half Marathon to greet the runners at the finish line. Treatments and massages will be available to participants at our tent.

On the days before the marathon – on September 26 and 27 – we will be at the Expo-Marathon at Place Bonaventure. Running specialists and physiotherapists Éric Boucher and Rémi Bergeron will give lectures on running on Friday, September 26 at 5 pm and on Saturday, September 27 at 1 pm. Our spokesperson Jimmy Sévigny will also drop by. We hope to see you there!

Some ice with your treatment?

The Action Sport Physio Montreal West clinic took up the "ice bucket challenge" to get the ball rolling on raising funds for ALS research.

Enjoy the video and please consider donating to the cause: http://sla-quebec.ca/donate.php

Three new health videos

We are happy to announce the release of 3 new web videos on health-related topics. Created by Claudine Farah and April Edwards, two physiotherapists at Action Sport Physio Laval, the videos are on:

The Iliotibial Band Syndrome

The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)

How to Properly Lift Heavy Objects (in French)

If you have questions on running, tendonitis, knee arthritis, tennis elbow or ankle sprain – just to name a few – we invite you to visit our YouTube channel on which you will find tips on health topics and the practice of your favorite sports. You can even ask questions and an expert will answer you.

Comments are welcome too. It's a pleasure to hear from you.

 

Click on the image to go to our Youtube channel

 

Hot or Cold?

Proper application of hot or cold can, depending on the case, greatly assist the healing process of an injured muscle or joint. But how do you know when to apply them?

Applying cold (with a gel freezer pack, bag of frozen vegetables, or ice) reduces edema and inflammation. It also reduces pain with its analgesic effects while diminishing blood flow and muscle spasms. Whereas the hot, think of the famous “Magic Bag” and hot bottle, improves tissue repair while making the tissue suppler. It also reduces pain, acting like a muscle relaxant, and improving blood flow.

Cold applied to an acute injury (the initial 48 hours, during the first healing phase) relieves pain caused by muscle spasms, sprains and strains. It plays a vital roll in preventing excessive swelling in the area.

If your injury feels warm, or you feel pain in the area, your injury is red and swollen, and mobility is restricted: these are signs of inflammation, therefore the use of ice is prescribed. In certain cases, ice application is contraindicated. For example, if you suffer from advanced diabetes, Raynaud’s Disease, or diminished circulation, do not apply ice. If you are uncertain, please consult your physiotherapist.

After icing your injury, wait an hour before returning to action. Ice decreases sensation (and pain) in the injured area, so returning to play too quickly can aggravate your injury.

Once the edema has been reabsorbed, you can apply heat to stimulate blood flow. The use of heat is recommended in the sub-acute stage of healing (2 weeks into the healing process), or for chronic injuries (an injury lasting 3 months or more). You can apply heat for 20-30 minutes at a time. Accelerating the healing process of persistent bruises can be done with heat application as well.

Word of advice: don’t bring the heating pad to bed with you! If you fall asleep with it on, you can burn yourself. Also, do not sit or lie on the heating pad. Your body weight decreases blood flow to the area, which increases your risk of getting burned.