Services & Products

At the Sports Specialist Rehabilitation Centre we are dedicated to meeting the needs of our patients and are focused on treating the root cause of the injury, helping to decrease healing time and improve performance.
We provide treatment for:
Back Pain / Sciata Sports Injuries Shoulder / Arm / Wrist Pain Strains and Sprains Chronic Pain Arthritic Disorders   Headaches / Migraines Neck Pain Leg / Knee / Foot Pain
Our Services:		Our Products:
Acupuncture Active Release Techniques® Chiropractic Computerized Gait Analysis and Orthotic Therapy Graston Technique Soft Tissue Therapy Jet Vibe Low Level Laser Therapy Massage Therapy MBS, Magnetic Bio Stimulation Nutritionist Consultation Personal training Physiotherapy Rehabilitation consultation Shockwave Therapy Sports Specialty Vibromax Therapeutics (VMTX)		Backrest Supports / Obusforme Custom Made / Pre-made Braces for Knee, Ankle, Wrist, etc, Custom Made Orthotics, Shoes and Sandals Nutra Therapeutics Sports Braces Tranz4M Traumeel® Ultrasonic Gel Water Pillow

 

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is one of the main forms of treatment in traditional Chinese medicine. It involves the use of sharp, thin needles that are inserted in the body at very specific points. This process is believed to adjust and alter the body’s energy flow into healthier patterns, and is used to treat a wide variety of illnesses and health conditions. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends acupuncture as an effective treatment for over forty medical problems, including allergies, respiratory conditions, gastrointestinal disorders, gynecological problems, nervous conditions, and disorders of the eyes, nose and throat, and childhood illnesses, among others. Acupuncture has been used in the treatment of alcoholism and substance abuse. It is an effective and low-cost treatment for headaches and chronic pain, associated with problems like back injuries and arthritis. It has also been used to supplement invasive Western treatments like chemotherapy and surgery. Acupuncture is generally most effective when used as prevention or before a health condition becomes acute, but it has been used to help patients suffering from cancer and AIDS. Acupuncture is limited in treating conditions or traumas that require surgery or emergency care (such as for broken bones). Source: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Jan 1, 2001

 

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Active Release Techniques® ART is a patented, state of the art soft tissue system/movement based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee problems, and tennis elbow are just a few of the many conditions that can be resolved quickly and permanently with ART. These conditions all have one important thing in common: they are often a result of overused muscles. Source: www.activerelease.com

 

 

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Chiropractic

Chiropractic is from Greek words meaning done by hand. Doctors of Chiropractic are concerned with how the body's nerves, muscles and joints function as a whole. They focus on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the body. They are specialists in using manipulations of joints to improve range of motion, flexibilty, and to restore proper function. Chiropractic is one of the most popular alternative therapies currently available. Some would say it now qualifies as mainstream treatment as opposed to complementary medicine. Chiropractic treatment is covered by many insurance plans. It has become well-accepted treatment for acute pain and problems of the spine, including low back pain and whiplash. Source: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.

Our practioners are experienced in treating the causes of low back pain, neck pain, headache, shoulder pain, wrist pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, golfer's elbow and foot pain at our Toronto rehab centre.

 

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Computerized Gait Analysis and Orthotic Therapy

The treatment is used to analyze and determine specific foot problems that can also lead to ankle, knee, hip and low back pain. These individual, custom-fit inserts are worn in the shoes to correct structural and biomechanical problems arising in the feet.

 

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Graston Technique Soft Tissue Therapy The Graston Technique is an innovative, patented form of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization that enables clinicians to effectively break down scar tissue and fascial restrictions. The Technique utilizes specially designed stainless steel instruments to specifically detect and effectively treat areas exhibiting soft tissue fibrosis or chronic inflammation. For the patient this decreases overall time of treatment, fosters faster rehabilitation/recovery, reduces the need for anti-inflammatory medication and resolves chronic conditions thought to be permanent. Source: www.grastontechnique.com

 

 

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Jet Vibe Programs

 

The Jet Vibe (Whole Body Vibration) exercise programs are based on 30 years of research. Whole Body Vibration (WBV) was initially used in Europe in late 1800’s for exercise and therapeutic purposes. WBV has been used to treat bone and lean muscle mass loss in astronomers who spend considerable time in space.
The Jet Vibe trainer is an oscillating platform with a frequency on 5 to 50 Hz. The Jet Vibe trainer induces vibration that transmits through muscles bone and soft tissues. Each muscle in order to do its job of holding specific postures has to overcome the vibration first and then hold the position. Research shows to do this 95% of the muscle fibers have to fire. In addition, since the vibration transmits through the whole body there is no escape for all other muscles, bones and soft tissues of the body from the effect of vibration. Therefore, as a natural response they are all activated. This activation counts for overall increased metabolism and increase overall strength, power, endurance, decrease body fat, increase bone density, Growth Hormones (fountain of youth, elixir of life), testosterone (increase energy and reproduction), Serotonin and Dopamine (Happy Hormones), blood circulation (increase healing and metabolism), lymphatic drainage (removal of toxins and rejuvenating tissues) and neuromuscular enhancement (increase strength and power).

This overall activation of all tissues counts for the fact that 10 minutes of exercises on Jet Vibe trainer is equal to 30-40 minutes of weight training. This makes Jet Vibe
Exercise programs ideal for busy people who desire to keep active but do not have enough time.

WBV has been also used in athletic population extensively starting in Russia, Europe and now here in North America. Research indicates the same results have observed in Athletes as well as lay person. Competitive Athletes will gain the edge that they need to win in strength, power, endurance and overall performance participating in our Jet Vibe programs developed by our Sports Specialist.

Falls are one of the most common causes of injury and death in elderly. Falls in elderly are usually as a result of decrease strength, balance and bone density. Jet Vibe program with its soft nature exercise, enhancing balance, hormones and bone density, is the perfect exercise for elderly who desire to increase their strength, balance, bone density and overall wellness. WBV is the only exercise shown recently to increase bone density in post-menopausal women 60-70 years old.

Specific Jet Vibe programs are designed by our Sports Specialist to help you achieve your goals, from increasing your bone density, losing weight, strengthening your core to specifically focusing and strengthening your upper or lower limbs.

 

Features:

Muscles

Increasing muscular strength Enhancing muscle flexibility Improving muscle elasticity Expediting recovery of muscle fatigue Relieving muscle pain

Joint, tendons, connective tissue

• Increasing muscle flexibility • Decreasing adhesions

Blood Vessels

Improving blood circulation Enhancing metabolism Reducing edema with muscle pump increase

Hormones

Increasing growth hormones also known as youth hormones Increasing productivity of Testosterone hormones Reducing newly forming cortisol hormones also known as inflammatory hormones Increasing serotonin hormones and neurotophine so called happy hormones

Nervous System

Improving sensitivity of nervous system

Skin

Accelerating drainage to lymph and vessels with increased blood circulation Reducing cellulite Improving skin quality with increased muscle strength and collagen

Bone

Preventing and healing osteoporosis Helping recovery of cartilaginous tissue

Fat

Burning fat to reduce body fat Stimulating abdominal muscles and helping metabolism to reduce fat in abs area

 

 

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Low Level Laser Therapy

Scientifically suggested for pain relief and treatment of rheumatic arthritis, arthritis and osteo arthritis.

Also relieves many acute and chronic conditions, mirgraine headaches, back pain, sport injuries, and hard to heal wounds.

Non-invasive alternative to prescription or over the counter medication with no reported side effects.

How Does Low Level Laser Therapy Work?

Low level lasers supply energy to the body in the form of non-thermal photons of light. Light waves in the near infared ranges penetrate the skin deepest of all waves in the visible spectrum.

Low level laser light waves penetrate deeply into the skin with both anti- inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects.

• Physiological Effects or Benefits
• Bio-stimulation, improved metabolism, increase of cell metabolism
• Improved blood circulation
• Analgesic effect (Decrease Pain)
• Anti-inflammatory and anti edematous effect
• Stimulation of wound healing

 

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Massage Therapy

Massage Therapy is the manipulation of the soft tissues of the body including muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments and joints. Massage therapy helps alleviate the soft tissue discomfort associated with everyday and occupational stresses, muscular over-use and many chronic pain conditions. If employed early enough after accidents involving trauma and injury, massage therapy can greatly reduce the development of painful muscular patterning.

Our Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) is fully trained to help relieve:

• Inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and tendonitis
• Stress relief and associated conditions
• Headaches and migraines
• Muscle and related conditions such as spasms, strains and sprains
• Sports Injuries
• Back pain
• Repetitive strain injury
• Circulatory and respiratory problems
• Pregnancy and labour discomfort
• Post-injury and post surgical rehabilitation
• And many other conditions...

Source: Ontario Massage Therapists Association

The regulating body for the profession is the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario and the Ontario Massage Therapists Association represents therapists.

 

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Nutritionist Consultation

Our nutritionist is an accomplished practioner in the health and wellness sector as a lecturer, trainer and fitness professional who can work with you to tailor an optimal diet for your needs.

 

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Personal training

Our personal training facilitator will work with you to help achieve your own personal training goals through a program that stresses nutrition and exercise. Whatever your fitness needs are we can help you whether you want to lose weight, tone-up, build muscles, prepare for a race or increase stamina we have a personal training program for you.

 

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Physiotherapy

We can provide physiotherapy treatment which is defined as: the treatment of disorders with physical agents and methods, such as massage, manipulation, therapeutic exercises, cold, heat (including shortwave and microwave diathermy and ultrasonic heat), hydrotherapy, electrical stimulation, and light to assist in habilitating or rehabilitating patients and in restoring function after an illness or injury. Our physiotherapy rehab specialist brings many years of experience to our practice including a focus in sports physiotherapy. Source: Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary, Edition 5, 1998 p6C28.

 

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Rehabilitation consultation

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Shockwave Therapy Shockwave Therapy is a revolutionary rehab technique that uses acoustic waves to effectively treat chronic pain such as tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, calcific tendinosis of the shoulder, pain under strain at the knee cap (Patellar tendinosis, Jumper’s knee, quadriceps tendinosis) and painful inflammation under the heal (plantar fasciitis, heel spur, Achilles tendinosis and calcification), non responsive trigger points, delayed healing and non-union fractures. Radial shockwaves are high-energy acoustic waves that are transmitted through the surface of the spread radially (spherically) into the body. With Shockwave Therapy the body responds with increased metabolic activity around the site of the pain. This stimulates and accelerates the healing process. The literature suggests total resolution of symptoms in most patients with three sessions of 5-10 minutes. Marked pain relief is observed in most patients in just 8 to 10 days after the first treatment.   For more information visit www.ismst.com and read Dr. Kazemi’s article on Shockwave Therapy Rehab.

 

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Sports Specialty

Our Toronto team of sports medicine professionals is trained in the unique injuries that result from acute trauma or repetitive stress associated with athletic activities. Sports injuries can affect bones or soft tissue (ligaments, muscles, tendons). Children tend to be more affected than adults due to immature reflexes, an inability to recognize and evaluate risks and underdeveloped coordination. Injury rates are highest for athletes that participate in contact sports but individual activities account for the most serious injuries. In the case of childhood sports injuries between one half to two thirds of childhood sports injuries occur during practice or in the course of unorganized athletic activity.

 

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VMTX Vibromax Therapeutics™ VMTX Vibromax TherapeuticsTM is an innovative soft tissue therapy technique utilizing the effect of vibration via the art of compression and tension along and over the soft tissues along the known kinetic chains to break down adhesions and scar tissues, decreasing pain, restoring function and enhancing performance with minimal discomfort to the patients and the providers. Dr. Kazemi is the original inventor of this technique; however, VMTX has been further developed by Dr. DiStefano, Dr. Brad Muir and Dr. Sandy Sajko.

 

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

• To educate health care providers all around the world with necessary knowledge and skills to apply VMTX
• To decrease pain, enhance healing, function, performance and quality of life
• To provide current and evidence-based knowledge
• To provide a soft tissue therapy technique with minimal side effects and discomforts to the patients and providers
• To update knowledge base and skills on an ongoing basis via research
• To investigate the effectiveness of VMTX via continuous research

 

BENEFITS

• The followings are the evidence-based benefit of applying vibration
• Mobilization of soft tissues and joints
• Breaking down adhesions and scar tissues with minimal discomfort to the patient and the provider due to analgesic effects of vibration
• Enhancing power and strength
• Reducing the results of the ageing process in musculoskeletal structures
• Effective countermeasure to microgravity and disuse
• Reducing the viscosity of the blood and increasing its speed through the arteries, therefore, acting as a mild form of cardiovascular exercise
• Increasing concentration of testosterone and growth hormone and decrease cortisole concentration in recreationally active people
• The following are the additional benefit of VMTX Vibromax TherapeuticsTM:
• Ability to apply greater compression and tensional forces to the tissues with minimal discomfort to the patient as well as the provider due to analgesic effect of the vibration, therefore, breaking down adhesions and scar tissues in deeper tissues than any other manual techniques
• Easy handling of the instrument without undo stresses on the provider’s hand, fingers or thumb
• Ability to treat patient without removal of the clothing and hence ability to provide care anywhere and anytime
• Current and evidence-based technique
• Affordable
• Revolutionary e-book
• First soft tissue therapy technique to address and treat Kinetic Functional Chains
• Ability to treat each Kinetic Functional Chain in one stroke efficiently and entirely
• Specific stretches for each chain that can be reproduced and handed to the patients
• Systematic and complete passive and active therapeutic technique

 

For more information please visit www.vmtx.com

 

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Backrest Supports / Obusforme Features the added benefits and comfort of extended neck and head support. Ideal for those who spend long hours driving. The Obus Forme Highback Backrest Support is specially designed to accommodate vehicles with bench seating and can provide improved head and neck support for vehicles with headrests that sit too low.

 

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Custom Made/Pre-made Braces for Knee, Ankle, Wrist, etc,

We carry a wide range of braces in our Toronto rehab centre from such well-known manufacturers as Donjoy, BioSkin, Mueller, Champion, Trainers Choice, Tempur and ThermoSkin. Many of these can be custom fitted to address your unique physical needs.

 

Custom Made Orthotics, Shoes and Sandals Since the structure of your foot supports your entire weight the slightest misalignment of muscles and bones can cause many different problems. The symptoms of faulty foot mechanics may begin with any of the following: a) localized foot pain b) bunions, hammer toes, 3) arch, heel pain 4) leg, knee pain 5) hip or back pain, even neck pain. Our health care professionals can provide custom orthotics to help correct your specific body imbalance right in our Toronto rehab centre. For more information please visit www.theorthoticgroup.com

 

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Nutra Therapeutics We carry a comprehensive line of vitimans, minerals and theraputic products including Cholest-Arrest, Woman's Hormonal Support Formula, Body Burn, Prostate 40 Plus and Multi-Vitamin & Minerals. For more information please visit www.nutratherapeutics.com

 

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Sports Braces We carry a wide selection of sports braces by Bioskin, Mueller and Champion as well as other Sports Medical products including custom Othotics, Othotic shoes and custom DonJoy kneebraces. For more information please visit www.donjoy.com

 

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Tranz4m Total Body Training (TBT) System Welcome to a new world of health, fitness and nutrition. Olympic medalists Mark McKoy and Donovan Bailey have developed this program to help athletes achieve peak performance. Dr. Kazemi acted as the sports chiropractor consultant on this project. Incorporating methods of top coaches, sport doctors, nutritionalists and exercise physiologists this program is designed to create immediate and dramatic improvement in people of all abilities. For more information please visit www.tranz4m.com

 

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Traumeel® Therapeutic use: Injuries of all kinds (sports, accidents) such as sprains, dislocations, contusions, effusions of blood and effusions into a joint, fractures, etc; post-operative and post-traumatic oedema and swelling of the soft tissues; inflammatory processes and degenerative processes associated with inflammation on the various organs and tissues (e.g. periodontitis, suppuration of the gingival pockets, periodontosis), including, in particular, on the support and mobility apparatus (tendovaginitis, bursitis, scapulohumeral periarthritis) arthrosis of the hip, knee and small joints; commotio cerebri acuta.

For more information please visit www.traumeel.com

 

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Ultrasonic Gel 250ml Ultrasonic Gel designed for use with an ultrasonic device or on its own. Prowave has the dual function of being a conductive medium as well as having medically active ingredients that enhance (and are enhanced by) ultrasonic activity.

 

Gel Ingredients:

EUCALYPTUS AND PEPPERMINT
Have been shown to be helpful in the alleviation of pain, headaches and musculoskeletal conditions. Helps increase blood flow.

MENTHOL
Has been widely used as a topical analgesic for relief of pain and inflammation associated with various musculoskeletal conditions.

ARNICA
Has been widely used for the alleviation of osteoarthritis and other, inflammatory conditions.

OIL OF WINTERGREEN (METHYL SALICYLATE)
Has been shown to greatly reduce stiffness, pain and swelling.

LAVENDER
May effectively reduce pain and inflammation in conditions such

 

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Water Pillow The Mediflow Waterbase® pillow has a soft, hypoallergenic fiber filling supported by an easy-to-fill water pouch, providing you with the most luxurious, rejuvenating sleep of your life. Adjust the support level that is perfect for you simply by adding water. Whether you prefer soft, medium or firm comfort, the Mediflow Waterbase® can be customized to fit your needs. A higher quality of sleep helps you look and feel better. In a published clinical study conducted at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, doctors found that the Mediflow Waterbase® pillow ranked best in all aspects of quality of sleep tested, including how fast subjects fell asleep, how few times they woke up and overall quality of sleep. Restore your energy: Improved quality of sleep reverses the negative effects of fatigue. Freshen your appearance: Enhanced sleep rejuvenates the skin to ease wrinkles. Soothe daily stresses: Uninterrupted sleep is associated with improved coping skills. Higher quality of sleep helps you look and feel better. More than two million people already trust their sleep to Mediflow, and you can too.

 

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