Riverside Sports Therapy Blog
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7 Best Exercises for Rotator Cuff Injury
When looking for the best exercises for rotator cuff injury, the research is pretty clear: loaded, progressive exercise is the single most effective intervention for rotator cuff-related shoulder pain. The rotator cuff is one of those structures most people don’t think about until it stops working. Four small muscles, the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and…
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Best Chiropractor in Calgary for Tennis Injuries
Tennis is one of those sports that rewards you for showing up, and punishes you for showing up too often without the right preparation. The repetitive nature of the serve, forehand, and backhand puts cumulative stress on your shoulder, elbow, wrist, and lower back. And because the demands are so repetitive, the injuries tend to…
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Best Physiotherapy Calgary Guide: Stay Active All Summer Without Setbacks
Calgary summers are short, busy, and absurdly packed. Between June and September, locals try to squeeze in everything – patio season, cabin trips, hiking in Kananaskis, mountain biking, golf, slo-pitch, road races, lake days, and at least one ill-advised attempt at a new sport someone’s neighbour swears by. It’s part of what makes summer here…
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Calgary Massage NW: How to Choose the Right Clinic for Active Lifestyles
If you’ve searched “Calgary massage NW” lately, you’ve probably noticed one thing right away: there are a lot of options. Spa massages. Mall kiosks. Mobile therapists. Clinic-based care. They’re not all the same, and more importantly, they’re not all designed for the same outcome. If your body is an active body – running, lifting, hiking,…
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Sore Shoulder After Pickleball? How a Calgary Sports Injury Clinic Can Help
Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in Calgary with no signs of slowing down. Pickleball courts are packed, leagues are filling up, and a lot of people who haven’t picked up a racket in years are suddenly playing multiple times a week. The downside of that explosion? A whole new category of patients walking into our…
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Hiking Preparation Exercises Before You Hit the Trail
If you live in Calgary, it doesn’t take much convincing to get out into the mountains. The Rockies are less than an hour away, the trails are world-class, and once the snow clears, weekends tend to fill up fast with plans to get outside. However, many hikers don’t consider hiking preparation exercises to prevent injury….
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Looking for a Chiro in Calgary? Here’s What Active People Actually Need
Keyword: chiro in Calgary When most people picture a chiropractor, they think of a quick adjustment and a loud pop. That’s part of the picture, but if you’re an active person looking for a chiro in Calgary, you’re probably after something more comprehensive than a five-minute visit and temporary relief. Whether you run, lift, play…
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A Calgary Sports Therapy Guide to Getting Golf-Ready
Calgary’s golf season is criminally short. Most of us get five solid months on the course, which means every round counts, and the last thing you want is to spend the first three weeks of the season at a Calgary sports therapy clinic nursing a back you tweaked on opening day. What a lot of…
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7 Common Running Injuries (And How to Treat Them)
Whether you’re training for your first 5K or logging marathon miles every week, running puts serious demands on your body. And while it’s one of the best ways to build cardiovascular health and mental resilience, it also comes with a real risk of injury, especially when training load increases faster than your body can adapt….
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Does Chiropractic Adjustment Really Work? Here’s What the Evidence Says
If you’ve ever had a stiff neck, a nagging low back, or chronic headaches, there’s a good chance someone has recommended chiropractic care. But with so much conflicting information out there – anecdotal success stories on one end, skepticism on the other – it’s fair to ask: does chiropractic adjustment really work? The honest answer…
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Youth Sports: Understanding Overuse Injuries, Overtraining, and Burnout in Young Athletes
Youth sports have never been more competitive, or more demanding. Across Canada and beyond, kids and teens are playing year-round, specializing in single sports earlier than ever, and training with an intensity that was once reserved for professionals. While sports offer incredible physical and mental benefits, this surge in youth athletics has brought with it…
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How to Prevent ACL Tears
Few sports injuries are as feared, or as consequential, as an ACL tear. As experts in the field, ‘how to prevent ACL tears’ is one of the common inquiries we get – and understandably so. An ACL tear is painful and can come with significant rehab and recovery time. The ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) is…
