MECH Physiotherapy

Don’t let injury get in your way of enjoying the rest of the summer! Come in to get your body checked and expertly stretched by our team at MechPhysio 👍

Here is why Mariana Paz loves working with Athletic Therapists.

Athletic Therapists: The Specialists in Musculoskeletal Care - Mech Physio Did you know that Athletic Therapists study for 4 years just on Musculoskeletal (MSK)?!You could say that they are more specialized in the field of MSK more than a Physiotherapist is. A physiotherapists studies for 2 years and studies a broader scope which includes Cardiorespiratory, Neurological, a...

When grandpa comes to the visit the clinic, it’s a very special day :)

At the age of 92, he is an exemplary model of how we should all aim to be standing tall and walking on our own, well into our 80’s and 90’s.

Every day, let’s promise ourselves to try our best to get more physical activity in our day and do what we can to improve and maintain an upright posture 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

Our farewell dinner for our Anastasia!!
We are all so thrilled for your new adventures to come! Wishing you all the best!! 🤗🌺💕

Puppies love coming to physio!
thanks for bringing little Zeke 🐶

We are getting close to wishing our esteemed Receptionist and ‘Do-it-all girl’ farewell.

Wondering where she’s going?

Our very own Anastasia will be moving to Alberta to pursue a Masters in Counselling Psychology at Lethbridge University. 📚 We are all so proud of her and know that she will be a fantastic student and bring so much insight to the program having worked with all of us at Mech 😜 just kidding!

Anastasia, we adore you so much and we are cheering for you!!! The patients and the team will miss you so incredibly much! Thank you for ALL your dedication and support over the last 2 years ☺️

Hugs 🤗🤗

Get to know our MECH team, starting with our amazing athletic therapist and Kinesiologist - Claudia!

With nearly 5 years of experience at MECH, Claudia is dedicated to helping patients stay in peak condition, both physically and mentally. Using her extensive knowledge on chronic pain management and rehabilitation, Claudia focuses on creating personalized treatment plans that allow each individual to reach their physical goals in stress-free, joyful ways.

Take a look at some of the strategies that she incorporates into her own lifestyle, to manage health and attain optimal, pain-free wellbeing!

In honour of Mental Health Awareness Month, let's talk about it.

May is a special time to prioritize understanding, support, and advocacy for mental well-being, as we are reminded of the importance of attending to yourself.

At MECH, we recognize the vital connection between mental and physical health. Just as we care for your body, we're committed to nurturing your mind.

This month, let's spark conversations, break down barriers, and spread awareness about the importance of attending to mental health. Seeking help is a sign of strength, not weakness.

It is okay to not be okay, we want you to know that you are not alone.

By spreading awareness and normalizing mental health conversations, Together, we can create a healthier, happier community!

Happy Birthday Stacey!!!🎉🎉🎉
We love you!!! 🥰🥰🥰

So honoured to be speaking on Career Day about Wellness Entrepreneurship & Physiotherapy 🚀🚀🚀
Thank you .com_

From Pain to Gain: how we unleash your potential!

When it comes to persistent pain, it can be difficult to know where and how to start the journey to optimal wellness. Especially With the wide range of treatment methods that exist (medication, exercise, supportive devices, etc. ), the process of trying different modalities can be discouraging and time consuming.

At MECH, we aim to offload this pressure - figuratively, and literally! Our job goes beyond teaching: we guide you on the right path towards achieving your goals in the most effective way possible. As educators, healers, and your best friends in health, we are committed to transforming your recovery into an adventure that can be sustained and enhanced!

With a blend of innovative exercises, targeted therapies, hands-on techniques, and your commitment, we can assure that your pain will turn into strength. Give us a call to embark on the journey!

"Is it my shoulder or my neck"?

Referred pain can, indeed, be a real pain to deal with.

A pinched nerve in your neck can cause pain that radiates toward your shoulder, making it feel like the aching stems from the shoulder when the actual culprit lies in the neck. This can be accompanied by numbness, headaches, and even referred chest/low back pain.

Fortunately, neck and shoulder pain can be effectively managed with physiotherapy treatment!

At Mech, our thorough evaluations help determine the cause and origins of experienced pain, coupled with collaborative decision-making for implementing the best course of treatment specific to each patients' needs.

Have you met Stacey yet?!

Not only is she an amazing Athletic Therapist, she’s also an RMT!!

🚀We are beyond excited that she’s recently achieved her goal of becoming an RMT and can be even more helpful to her existing and new clientele.

🏆 Since starting to work with us, Stacey has garnered a loyal following and continues to help her patients overcome mobility challenges and achieve better wellness.

❤️‍🩹Stacey is supportive and a great listener to what her clients need help with. She enjoys kneading away the muscle tension and demonstrating helpful exercises to deal with specific problems such as mechanical low back pain and neck pain.

Basically she’s the best! 😃

The Role of Physiotherapy in everyday life may surprise you!

Most people think of physiotherapy as something you do after getting injured, to aid the recovery process. In reality, there are a myriad of ways physiotherapy can make a difference in your life - in the absence of injury.

Improved balance, enhanced range of motion, restored function and reduced pain represent just a couple of the numerous benefits linked with physical therapy! Our team strives to adapt their treatment approaches to the goals of each patient, whether this involves compiling comprehensive exercise programs for strengthening, soft tissue mobilization for muscle tension , or assisted stretching for joint mobility.

As Physiotherapy plays a vital role in promoting physical and mental health, by addressing individual needs and goals, our team aims to empower individuals to overcome challenges, maximize their potential, and enjoy a higher quality of life. Come experience the benefits of PHYSIO, at MECH!

We can’t say enough about how much we love our client community. Always keeping us on our toes with riddles, useful information, life lessons, great advice, jokes, and the occasional roast 😂😂😉😝

This little ball right here.
Love/Hate relationship.
Will feel SO painful but result in SO much relief. That’s if you know how to use it properly.

Next time you have your visit with us, pick one up here and we’ll give you a trigger point 101 lesson on how to use it.
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Happy Nowruz from all of us at MechPhysio! 🌿🌸

As the earth reawakens with the arrival of spring, we extend our warmest wishes to everyone celebrating Nowruz! May this New Year be filled with health, happiness, and prosperity for you and your loved ones.

Let's embrace the spirit of renewal and positivity that Nowruz brings. We're here to support your journey to wellness every step of the way.

🌼 Wishing you a vibrant and joyous Nowruz! 🌼

Precise and Powerful Mobilizations to the Spine
It’s amazing how much relief you get with spinal mobilizations done perfectly at the exact location.
✅ Going from a 9/10 pain to a 2/10
✅ Going from a constant nagging, burning pain to barely anything at all
✅ Going from not being able to move to moving and twisting just fine

If you know someone struggling with a painful neck and back, share this with them 💗

Meet the faces that make up our MECH team!

At MECH, we pride ourselves on providing exceptional care and support to our patients, and at the heart of our rehabilitation services lies our outstanding team!

With expertise ranging from athletic therapy and physiotherapy, to osteopathy and kinesiology, our dedicated team of skilled professionals take the time to listen, understand, and collaborate with each individual to develop personalized treatment plans that promote optimal wellness and enhance quality of life.

Each of our therapists specialties allow us to effectively address a wide range of different conditions and causes: sport injury, MSK conditions, motor vehicle injury, post-surgical rehabilitation, arthritis, sciatica, and more!

With a commitment to excellence and a passion for helping others, our team is dedicated to helping you achieve your goals and live life to the fullest.

Ready to embark on your journey to recovery? Your path to healing awaits at MECH!

Today is Women’a Day! Let’s celebrate the Strength, Resilience and passion that women bring to their work, families and communities every single day.

MechPhysio is a women-led organization that leads with positivity and heart to motivate patients’s health journeys and lifestyle goals.
We are honoured to work together and support each other, especially on a day like today 💪🏼💗

💥The thing is that car accident injuries, no matter how big or small, can lead to a life-time of pain and tension.

I’m not talking about permeant disability every time; I’m talking about a nagging 4/10 pain that just never seems to go away and it starts to put a damper on your lifestyle.

If this sounds familiar, and your car accident was 3 weeks ago or 3 months ago or even 3 years ago, it means that your problem was never diagnosed properly 😮

➡Enter: MechPhysio.
We diagnose mechanical neck and back and shoulder problems that are always a result of MVA’s. If you’re looking to get some therapy after your car accident, get in touch with out team. We all know Car Accident are so common. Especially these days with people being so distracted on the road. You know what we’re talking about: Texting and Driving.

But not just that!
This season – February and March, during times of 10am-2pm when the sun is up and there’s still a bit of snow on the ground and cars, the glare is really strong!

So take it easy out there, keep your phone out of reach and enjoy the ride

MECH Physiotherapy At MECH Physiotherapy we specialize in diagnostic evaluation of painful spine and extremity conditio

Make time to physically recover from Remote Work.
It's as simple as laying on your stomach.

Wondering how it will help?

Laying your stomach helps with:
-Gently forces your spine into a Neutral position
-Offloads pressure from your Intervertebral Discs
-Improves Circulation to your legs
-Gently Stretches your Hip Flexors

For Best Results lay on a harder surface like the floor. This will exaggerate the offloading of your spine.

Don't worry y'all!

Misalignment is a fact of life. Trust the professionals to help you feel better.

The worry is real.

Our spines are vital to everyday living. Yet, spinal health is often entirely overlooked, up until symptoms become severe.

If you often spend time being sedentary, sitting for countless hours, it is likely that you've experienced a pain stemming from the lower back or legs at some point in time. This common condition, Sciatica, impacts roughly 40% of individuals.

When the sciatic nerve is compressed or irritated, it can cause numbness and weakness in the lower back, buttocks, and legs.

When left untreated, the pain associated with sciatica can dramatically impact an individuals' daily routine, and can lead to permanent disability

Why do spinal health and physiotherapy go hand in hand?

By focusing on restoring movement and improving function, our manual therapy treatments are essential for enhancing spinal health. At MECH, our goal is to provide you with the tools and skills to prevent back pain flare-ups, and manage recurring symptoms.

Set your goals the right way.

Here are our recommended tips for achieving your goals:

-Communication: Sharing progress with close friends serves as a powerful motivator and helps accountability.

- Matching Goals to Lifestyle: Be realistic to your lifestyle - be aware of your environment.

-Building on Goals: Allow one goal to lead to another, even if the goals are on the smaller size

-Be Positive about your Goals: Think of your goals as achieving something positive instead of preventing something negative

-Celebrate each Goal: Positive reinforcement works much better than punishment


Tell us what Goal you've achieved since the New Year has started!

Change - are you ready for it?

Have you ever desired to change something in your life, but it did not work out the way originally intended? Whether this involves eating healthier, or working out more frequently, the adoption of novel health-related behaviours does not always follow a direct trajectory. Not to worry, however! The stress of converting new behaviours into long-term habits can be minimized with the power of behavioural science!

As we move through a series of stages when implementing novel behaviours, the Transtheoretical Model helps us identify the ways in which we successfully cultivate healthy habits, and inherent struggles associated with failing to do so.

Let's learn about these stages to help you succeed in making positive changes!

1) Contemplation: "I should seek physiotherapy for my back pain". This stage involves making intentions towards changing behaviour and weighing pros/cons.

2) Preparation: "I am attending an initial assessment physiotherapy appointment to address this issue". This stage involves taking steps towards modifying behaviour: booking sessions, establishing goals with therapists, and identifying pitfalls.

3) Action: "I am working out consistently to alleviate my back pain". This stage requires taking objective and concrete modifications to ones lifestyle, ultimately allowing the patient to develop self-care skills.

4) Maintenance: "I continue to utilize self-management strategies to avoid recurrence". This stage involves using the information learned previously to continue performing the goal behaviour.

Facilitating behavioural change is key to our practice. By adopting a client-centered approach, we aim to enhance your self-efficacy towards reaching each milestone, and guide you along the journey to optimal wellness.

Experience the joy of reaching your physical wellness goals by booking a session with our team at MECH!

How effective is your fitness routine?

When it comes to working out and staying active, we typically want to save time and quickly finish what needs to be accomplished. As a result, it can be very easy to overlook certain steps that are essential to any fitness routine. Ultimately, as we want to gain the maximum advantages associated with physical activity, effectiveness takes precedence over time-efficiency.

Experiencing the benefits of exercise requires preparing the body for hard work. But, what happens when we forget to warm up and cool down? Skipping dynamic and static stretching drastically increases the risk of injury, making the body more susceptible to strained muscles, cramps, and torn ligaments, consequently lowering the effectiveness of workouts.

By incorporating warm-up and cool downs, we:

-Raise our body temperature and improve blood flow, contributing to enhanced exercise performance.

-Loosen tight muscles and joints, improving flexibility and range of motion.

-Decrease our risk for injury.

-Allow our bodies to return to a natural, resting state.

Honour your workout with a proper warm-up and cool-down, you owe it to your body!

How is the winter season affecting your well-being?

In a world that often seems to move at lightning speed, finding moments of peace and tranquility is essential for maintaining physical and mental well-being. However, particularly during the winter season, when days are shorter and darker, the combination of cold weather, reduced daylight and decreased energy takes a significant toll on our mood and physical health. However, with mindful practices and self-care strategies, it's possible to navigate the winter months with resilience and even find moments of joy amidst the chill. Here are our recommendations for combating general fatigue and optimizing health!

-Prioritize Light Exposure: It is essential to maximize exposure to natural light whenever possible, whether this involves opening curtains during the day to let sunlight into your home, or spending time outdoors. Another viable option, in the case of limited sunlight, can involve using a light therapy box, which can help regulate the body's internal clock and improve mood through regulating dopamine and serotonin levels.

-Stay Active: Regular exercise is a powerful tool for managing stress and improving mood! Find activities that you enjoy and can do indoors or outdoors, such as yoga, dancing, or walking. Exercise releases endorphins, which are natural mood lifters, and can help combat feelings of lethargy and depression that often accompany winter.

-Seeking manual practitioner: Manual therapy techniques have been shown to reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol in the body, and stimulate the release of endorphins and serotonin, the "feel-good" chemicals. By releasing tension held in muscles and promoting relaxation, manual therapy helps to alleviate the physical symptoms of stress while also calming the mind.

Remember, prioritizing your mental health is not a luxury but a necessity. So why not give yourself the gift of manual therapy and experience the transformative effects firsthand? Our team at MECH promises, that your mind and body will thank you for it.

Delving into the importance of neck mobility!

In the hustle and bustle of daily life, it is very easy to overlook the significance of our neck's range of motion! Yet, its importance often goes unnoticed, until discomfort and stiffness cast shadows on our well-being. Factors such as sedentary lifestyle, poor posture, and repetitive movements all directly implicate neck flexibility, impacting ones ability to perform daily tasks with ease. As such, in the realm of physiotherapy, the importance of addressing neck mobility cannot be overstated.

Let's delve into why neck mobility should be a focal point in our pursuit of a healthier lifestyle:

-Blood Flow: Adequate blood flow is essential for nourishing the nerves and maintaining their health. As such, improved circulation through implementing active neck mobility exercises ensures that nerves receive the necessary oxygen and nutrients, contributing to optimal nerve function!

-Stress Reduction: As the neck is a common area where stress and tension manifest physically, incorporating neck mobility exercises into your routine can be a powerful stress-reduction strategy! By loosening tight muscles and improving blood flow to the neck, these exercises not only provide physical relief but also contribute to a sense of relaxation and mental well-being.

-Muscle Balance: a well-mobilized neck translates to an enhanced range of motion, contributing to better spatial awareness and agility, and engagement in various activities with greater ease!

-Flexibility & Posture: Enhancing flexibility of the neck contributes to improved posture, reduced strain on surrounding muscles, and a decreased likelihood of developing musculoskeletal issues.

Neck mobility is a fundamental for attaining optimal physical health, contributing to the prevention of injuries, reduction of pain, enhancement of athletic performance, and promotion of overall functionality. If you find yourself experiencing neck- or upper back related issues, consider consulting our specialized team at MECH who provide tailored plans to improve neck mobility and support your journey towards optimal well-being. Remember, a mobile neck is a happy neck!