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Comfortable Trick or Treat-ing for Kids!

Halloween Trick or Treat

With October 31st right around the corner, we’ll bet your kids already have an idea of who they want to dress up as for Halloween, if they don’t have their costume already! The team at Sports Specialist Rehab Centre thought to share our top three tips for a safe trick-or-treating, avoiding the potential for injury on the big night:

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Put Your Best Food Forward for Fall/Winter Sports

With the hottest days behind us, the Jays in post-season playoffs and hockey ramping up once again, it’s time to get ready for fall/winter sports! If you’re ready for a fun, competitive season in a rec league and hoping to wrap it without injury, we’ve got some expert tips to help make this sports season your best!

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Running Tips from Sports Specialists

There is a lot of information out there about running between the internet, bloggers, running and fitness magazines. While a lot of that content is from a general perspective, our team of doctors and specialists thought we’d level up and share the tips from the healthcare provider point of view.

From a biomechanical perspective, here are five things you need to do on your next run:

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SKS: Save Kids’ Shoulders – Buy a Better Backpack This Fall

In just a few days the kids will be back in the classroom – have you already grabbed your little (or not-so-little) ones a new backpack for the school year yet? While it’s tempting to buy a backpack with a great aesthetic design or the one at the most cost-effective price point, there are more important factors to keep in mind when choosing this kind of gear that will influence your child’s spinal and shoulder health well into adulthood.

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Top 3 Myths About Acupuncture

Today’s post is specifically for those of you with some apprehension around giving acupuncture a try. This effective treatment may seem intimidating but we’re sure that once you get past the first session, you will become hooked!

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Give Your Body the Relief its Aching For!

Hands up if you’ve felt any aches and pains in your body this week! We’re willing to bet that that’s most of you reading this. The good news is that hurt and discomfort doesn’t have to be the new normal. We were excited to be asked back to one of Canada’s biggest daytime television shows, The Social, to chat about how gadgets that help aches and pains.

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SSRC Blog | Overtraining - Are You Guilty?

Overtraining – Are You Guilty?

Summer time means sports season and most of the avid exercisers and athletes we work with here at the clinic can’t get enough! From regular workouts at the gym to adding on baseball, golf, tennis or whatever your sport of choice is, hopefully we’re all upping our activity level for the next few months while the sun is out.

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