A rotator cuff injury — whether it’s a strain, partial tear, or the stiffness of a frozen shoulder — can make everyday tasks like reaching overhead, sleeping on your side, or lifting groceries genuinely painful. Our registered physiotherapists build a hands-on, progressive rehabilitation plan to restore strength and movement, with surgery reserved for the cases that truly need it.

How We Assess Your Shoulder

Your physiotherapist will assess your range of motion, strength, and specific movement patterns to identify which structures are involved and how severe the injury is. Most rotator cuff injuries can be assessed clinically; if imaging (ultrasound or MRI) is needed to confirm a tear, we’ll guide you on next steps and coordinate with your family doctor.

Exercises Your Physiotherapist May Prescribe

Every program is individualized — these are common examples, not a substitute for an assessment.

• Pendulum swings for gentle mobility
• Resistance band external rotation
• Scapular retraction and postural strengthening
• Progressive overhead loading as strength improves

Sciatica and low back pain can come from a stiff joint, an irritated disc, or tight, guarding muscles — often a mix of all three. Our physiotherapists assess which structures are driving your symptoms, then build a plan that reduces nerve irritation and rebuilds the core and hip strength that keeps low back pain from coming back.

How We Assess Sciatica and Back Pain

Your physiotherapist will screen for nerve involvement, test your movement patterns, and assess the strength and flexibility of your hips and core. This helps distinguish whether your pain is coming from a disc, a joint, or muscular guarding — which changes what your treatment plan looks like.

Exercises Your Physiotherapist May Prescribe

Every program is individualized — these are common examples, not a substitute for an assessment.

• Nerve gliding exercises to reduce irritation
• Hip and core activation work
• Graded walking or movement programs
• Postural and lifting mechanics education

Vertigo, dizziness, and balance problems are often treatable with the right assessment — they don’t have to be something you just live with. Our physiotherapists use specific vestibular testing and guided exercises to identify what’s driving your symptoms and retrain your balance system.

How We Assess Vertigo and Balance

Your physiotherapist will use specific positional and balance testing to help determine whether your symptoms are coming from the inner ear, the neck, or a combination of both. This distinction matters — the right treatment approach depends on the source.

Exercises Your Physiotherapist May Prescribe

Every program is individualized — these are common examples, not a substitute for an assessment.

• Gaze stabilization exercises
• Habituation exercises for motion-triggered dizziness
• Balance and stability retraining
• Neck mobility work when cervical involvement is present

A workplace injury already disrupts your income and routine — the recovery process shouldn’t add more stress on top of it. Our physiotherapists treat WSIB claims regularly and handle the functional reporting your case manager needs, so your treatment and your claim move forward together.

How WSIB Physiotherapy Works at Our Clinic

Once your claim is registered with WSIB, we can begin treatment and provide the functional abilities reporting your case manager needs to track your recovery and support your return-to-work plan. We coordinate directly with WSIB and your employer where needed, so you can focus on your recovery.

After a car accident, injuries like whiplash and soft tissue trauma don’t always show up immediately — and the insurance side of recovery can be just as overwhelming as the injury itself. Our physiotherapists treat MVA injuries regularly and coordinate directly with your insurer, so your care and your claim move forward together.

How We Handle the Insurance Side

We coordinate directly with your auto insurer and, where relevant, with your chiropractor or massage therapist on the same file — so your whole care team is working from one recovery plan instead of you relaying information between providers yourself.

Shoulder pain can come from impingement, instability, tendon irritation, or joint stiffness — and treating the wrong one rarely gets lasting results. Our physiotherapists assess the full shoulder complex, including how it moves with your shoulder blade and posture, to build a plan that addresses the actual cause.

How We Assess Your Shoulder

We assess rotator cuff strength, shoulder blade mechanics, and joint stability to identify what’s actually driving your symptoms. Shoulder pain often involves more than one structure, so treatment is built around your specific findings rather than a generic shoulder protocol.

Exercises Your Physiotherapist May Prescribe

Every program is individualized — these are common examples, not a substitute for an assessment.

• Scapular stability drills
• Rotator cuff strengthening with resistance bands
• Progressive mobility work
• Postural correction for desk-related shoulder pain

Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis) progresses through distinct stages — freezing, frozen, and thawing — and the right treatment approach changes at each one. Our physiotherapists tailor your care to the stage you’re in, protecting a painful freezing shoulder while progressively restoring mobility as it thaws.

How We Stage and Assess Frozen Shoulder

Your physiotherapist will assess which stage you’re in — freezing, frozen, or thawing — and measure your current range of motion. This staging matters: aggressive stretching during the painful freezing stage can aggravate symptoms, while the thawing stage responds well to progressive mobility work.

Exercises Your Physiotherapist May Prescribe

Every program is individualized — these are common examples, not a substitute for an assessment.

• Gentle pendulum and passive range-of-motion work in early stages
• Progressive stretching as the shoulder moves into thawing
• Strengthening once mobility has meaningfully improved

Knee pain can come from a recent injury, ongoing wear and tear, or muscle imbalances that put extra strain on the joint. Our physiotherapists assess your strength, alignment, and movement patterns to build a plan that targets the actual source of your pain, not just the knee itself.

How We Assess Your Knee

Your physiotherapist will screen for ligament and meniscus involvement, assess strength and alignment through the hip and knee, and identify movement patterns contributing to your pain — building a plan around the actual cause rather than just the location of the pain.

Exercises Your Physiotherapist May Prescribe

Every program is individualized — these are common examples, not a substitute for an assessment.

• Quadriceps and hip strengthening
• Balance and proprioception training
• Gradual return-to-activity loading programs

Hip pain can show up as deep groin discomfort, outer hip pain, or stiffness that limits your stride — often from arthritis, bursitis, or muscular imbalances around the joint. Our physiotherapists identify what’s driving your specific pain and build a plan to restore comfortable movement.

How We Assess Your Hip

Your physiotherapist will test hip mobility and strength, assess your movement patterns, and help distinguish whether your pain is coming from the joint itself, surrounding tendons, or muscular imbalance — each of which is treated differently.

Exercises Your Physiotherapist May Prescribe

Every program is individualized — these are common examples, not a substitute for an assessment.

• Hip mobility drills
• Glute and hip stabilizer strengthening
• Gait retraining where needed

Neck pain often builds gradually from posture and desk work, or shows up suddenly after sleeping awkwardly or an injury. Our physiotherapists assess your neck mobility, strength, and posture to relieve current symptoms and address the habits that let neck pain keep coming back.

How We Assess Your Neck

Your physiotherapist will assess cervical mobility and strength, screen your posture, and check for nerve involvement if you have radiating symptoms — building a plan that addresses both the pain and the contributing habits.

Exercises Your Physiotherapist May Prescribe

Every program is individualized — these are common examples, not a substitute for an assessment.

• Deep neck flexor strengthening
• Postural correction exercises
• Neck and upper back mobility drills

Recovering well from orthopedic surgery — a joint replacement, ligament repair, rotator cuff repair, or spinal procedure — depends on a structured, staged rehabilitation plan. Our physiotherapists coordinate with your surgeon’s protocol where one exists, guiding you safely through each phase of healing.

Our Approach to Post-Surgical Rehab

We follow your surgeon’s protocol where one is provided, and build your plan around the specific phase of healing you’re in — protecting the surgical site early, then progressively restoring range of motion, strength, and function as you clear each milestone.

TMJ (temporomandibular joint) disorders can cause jaw pain, clicking, limited mouth opening, and headaches — and often connect back to neck posture and muscle tension. Attila Kozma has additional training in TMJ disorders and treats jaw pain as part of his physiotherapy practice.

How We Assess TMJ Disorders

Your physiotherapist will assess jaw mobility and muscle tension, and screen your neck and posture, since TMJ symptoms are frequently connected to how your neck and jaw muscles work together.

Exercises Your Physiotherapist May Prescribe

Every program is individualized — these are common examples, not a substitute for an assessment.

• Jaw mobility exercises
• Postural correction for neck and jaw alignment
• Manual therapy to jaw and neck muscles

Tennis elbow (outer elbow pain) and golfer’s elbow (inner elbow pain) both come from overloaded forearm tendons — from sport, work, or repetitive movement. Our physiotherapists build a progressive loading program that reduces pain while rebuilding the tendon’s capacity, rather than just resting and hoping it settles.

How We Assess Your Elbow

Your physiotherapist will test tendon loading tolerance and review the work, sport, or repetitive activities contributing to your symptoms, building a plan that fits your specific demands.

Exercises Your Physiotherapist May Prescribe

Every program is individualized — these are common examples, not a substitute for an assessment.

• Eccentric wrist strengthening
• Progressive grip loading
• Activity- or sport-specific modification strategies

Whether you’re preparing for ACL surgery or recovering after it, a structured, staged rehabilitation program is what gets you back to sport safely — and reduces the risk of re-injury. Our physiotherapists guide you through every phase, from early strength work to sport-specific return-to-play testing.

Our Approach to ACL Rehabilitation

Your physiotherapist will assess strength, stability, and movement patterns at each stage of your recovery, progressing your program as you meet specific strength and control milestones — not just based on how much time has passed.

Running injuries — shin splints, IT band pain, runner’s knee, Achilles pain — often come down to training load, strength imbalances, or running mechanics. Our physiotherapists assess what’s driving your specific injury and build a return-to-running plan instead of just telling you to stop.

How We Assess Running Injuries

Your physiotherapist will assess your strength, mobility, and where relevant your running mechanics, along with a review of your recent training load — since sudden increases in mileage or intensity are a common contributor to running injuries.

Exercises Your Physiotherapist May Prescribe

Every program is individualized — these are common examples, not a substitute for an assessment.

• Hip and calf strengthening
• Gradual run-walk progressions
• Load management and training plan education

Arthritis pain — most commonly in the knees, hips, and hands — often responds well to targeted exercise and movement strategies. While physiotherapy can’t reverse arthritis, it can meaningfully reduce pain and improve day-to-day function.

Our Approach to Arthritis

Your physiotherapist will assess the affected joint and your overall movement patterns, then build a program of appropriate strengthening, range-of-motion work, and activity pacing strategies to reduce pain and support long-term joint function.

Exercises Your Physiotherapist May Prescribe

Every program is individualized — these are common examples, not a substitute for an assessment.

• Low-impact strengthening around the affected joint
• Range-of-motion maintenance work
• Activity pacing and joint protection strategies

Balance problems don’t always come with the spinning sensation of vertigo — sometimes it’s a general unsteadiness, a few near-falls, or a growing hesitation on stairs or uneven ground. Our physiotherapists assess your balance and strength to build a plan that reduces fall risk and rebuilds confidence.

How We Assess Balance and Fall Risk

Your physiotherapist will assess your balance, strength, and functional mobility to identify specific risk factors. If dizziness or a spinning sensation is part of your symptoms, that’s assessed separately as a vestibular concern — see our vertigo physiotherapy page for that specific presentation.

Exercises Your Physiotherapist May Prescribe

Every program is individualized — these are common examples, not a substitute for an assessment.

• Balance and stability retraining
• Leg and core strengthening
• Functional practice on stairs and uneven surfaces

Whether you play recreationally or competitively, a sports injury needs a plan built around your sport’s specific demands — not a generic rehab protocol. Our physiotherapists assess your injury and build a staged program that gets you back to play safely.

How We Assess Sports Injuries

Your physiotherapist will assess movement patterns, strength imbalances, and mechanics specific to your sport, then build a rehabilitation program that progresses from pain management through strength and conditioning to a safe return to play.

Exercises Your Physiotherapist May Prescribe

Every program is individualized — these are common examples, not a substitute for an assessment.

• Sport-specific strengthening
• Agility and plyometric progressions
• Return-to-play testing before full clearance

Plantar fasciitis — pain along the bottom of the heel or arch — often builds gradually and can become frustratingly persistent without the right treatment. Our physiotherapists combine manual therapy, a progressive loading program, and footwear guidance, with custom orthotics available on-site if needed.

How We Assess Plantar Fasciitis

Your physiotherapist will review your gait, footwear, and foot and ankle mobility and strength — plantar fasciitis often has more than one contributing factor, so treatment addresses the full picture, not just the painful spot.

Exercises Your Physiotherapist May Prescribe

Every program is individualized — these are common examples, not a substitute for an assessment.

• Calf and plantar fascia stretching
• Foot intrinsic muscle strengthening
• Gradual loading program for standing and walking tolerance