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Remaining active during a pregnancy may help reduce some discomforts and help prepare the body for delivery. Acute exercise generally increases oxygen uptake, heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output, and lung volume during pregnancy. Remember to complete the “PARmed-X for Pregnancy” health screening prior to participation in a prenatal fitness class or other exercise. Medical…

Ankle Injuries & Ankle Sprains: Gluteus Muscle Retraining
This exercise is great for retraining your Gluteus Medius after an ankle injury. After you sprain your ankle, the muscles all the way up into the hip on the affected side can be affected. Begin by lying on your left side to strengthen your left Gluteus Medius “Butt” muscles. Keep your right hip stacked on…

Ankle Sprains: 2-Legged Squats
The two legged squat is a basic strengthening exercise that’s very effective in strengthening your ankle immediately after an acute ankle sprain for the first couple of weeks as long as you can fully weight bear on that ankle and foot and that there is no fracture from your sprain. Sometimes the ligaments can be…
How to Strengthen the Sciatic Nerve
When you have sciatica, you experience pain radiating from the sciatic nerve. Symptoms of sciatica include pain starting at the buttocks and extending down the back of the legs. To treat sciatica, a doctor may recommend exercises to strengthen the sciatic nerve. If you are pregnant, speak to your doctor about any modifications you need…

Anterior Hip Pain: Femoral Nerve Glides Sidelye
If you have a dull ache, tingling, loss of sensation in the front of your hip area or weakness into your knee, this exercise may help. Lie on your side with the affected hip on top. Have your low back in some extension at the start in the rest position. Then, flatten the lower back…
Ultimate Frisbee Injuries: How to fully rehabilitate your power and strength?
Just Finished playing a week-end tournament? So you just finished playing a tournament this week-end and you have some extra soreness that’s more than normal in your lower quadrant – namely your thighs, hips, knees, legs or ankles. What do you do after you have done physiotherapy and rested for several days, and am now…