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  • Reconditioning

Data collection: How do we determine what to test?

Regularly collecting and analyzing data is an important component in the development of athletes, rehabilitative, and/or general populations. While there are specifics regarding how we use this data, please see a previous blog HERE, the purpose of this post is to explain how we decide what tests to run, and

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Physiotherapist assessing a patient’s arm movement during a minor injury evaluation
  • Reconditioning

Minor Injury Clinic

Has a weekend trip to the mountains, a bike ride in the river valley, a sporting event, or perhaps even a bad fall left you injured? Injuries are never convenient and almost always unexpected. They are often associated with pain, loss of motion, and associated with high levels of stress

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  • Knee, Private Surgery

Acupuncture at Acumen

Acupuncture is fast becoming one of the most popular methods of treatment in the manual therapy world. Acupuncturists, chiropractors, and physiotherapists are the most common practitioners to have this tool in their arsenal. Treatments involve the use of very thin sterile and disposable needles (slightly thicker than a human hair)

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  • Reconditioning

Motor vehicle accidents

Were you involved in a Motor vehicle accident or know someone who was and need help getting back to their previous lifestyle? Acumen Reconditioning can help you.   Motor vehicle accidents (MVA’s) are an unfortunate part of modern life, with many physical, mental, and emotional repercussions. MVA’s cause injuries that

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  • Knee, Private Surgery

Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) and exercise

Why Exercise can Improve Knee Osteoarthritis? Acumen Reconditioning offers group training for those affected by knee osteoarthritis. We understand this can be a debilitating diagnosis but with our experience and expertise we know we can help those affected by this disease. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease and one

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  • Performance

Hockey In-Season Training

What is it? In-season training marks the start of the long, gruelling, and rewarding season ahead. Ask yourself, do you expect to maintain the same frequency and intensity of your workouts from the off-season, on top of practices, games, and travel? The answer should be, “no”. With on-ice demands growing

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  • Reconditioning

Data collection: What’s it good for?

At Acumen, we regularly collect data or information on clients in different variables. For example, we may periodically assess body fat mass in someone whose primary goal is weight loss or body composition. Similarly, we might measure types of jumping performance in an athlete where jumping is critical to their

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  • Knee, Private Surgery, Shoulder

The Journey after Surgery and the Missing Gap 

Working with an Orthopedic Surgeon and in post-operative care, it is often found that there is a disconnect between healing timeline readiness and functional readiness. It is common for a patient/athlete to push through the early phases of rehabilitation as that is where the most progress is seen. Once the

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  • Performance

Hockey Off-Season Training

What is it? Off-season training is where hockey players switch gears from in-season play to post-season work, translating to future improvements on and off the ice. During the spring and summer months, athletes work to develop their skills and potential as an athlete. Off-season training is dedicated time to improve

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  • Performance

What is a Kinesiologist?

A Bachelor of Kinesiology is a degree that encompasses the study of human body movement. Once the degree is completed a person is known as a “Kinesiologist”. A Kinesiologist applies physiological, biomechanical, and psychological principles to movement when working with a variety of clients. To put it in other terms,

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