Kelowna Physiotherapy

Turning over a New Leaf 2016, part 1

These are the ways that New Leaf Physiotherapy gave back to our local community in 2016.

Wine Country Half Marathon 2016

On Sunday, September 4th, I lined up and ran the Wine Country Half Marathon, for the second time. This fantastic race is situated in my...

2016 New Advances in Hip Rehabilitation

The last weekend in April, I went to Salmon Arm, for the course, New Advances in Hip Rehabilitation. The course was held at Lakeshore...

This single post may change the way you practice!

This was an amazing article and I want to let everybody know about how I found out this paper and how you can get some great sports...

Achilles tendinopathy, what you need to know

I am reviewing a fairly recent article, 2011, on the conservative treatment of chronic Achilles tendinopathy. This article was published...

2016 Level 2 Upper course, 1st weekend

This past weekend, I was in Vancouver helping out with a Level 2 Upper Course. I had helped with this course last year as well. This...

Plantar Fasciitis

Heel Pain - Plantar Fasciitis: Revision 2014 Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning,...

The 3 D's

This is a little bit different than my usual blog posts. Normally, I will talk about physical ailments or sports. However, this blog...

Injury Free Life: Calf Stretches

Hi, it’s Rob from New Leaf Physiotherapy in beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Today I am going to go over calf stretching and...

Injury Free Life: Hip Flexion Exercise

This hip flexion exercise is one of the exercises I personally use to keep myself injury free. What you need is Thera-Band® Tubing or a...

Injury Free Life: Hip Abduction Exercise

I use this Hip Abduction exercise myself and it’s one of my favourite exercises to keep myself injury free. To begin, use a Thera-band...

Injury Free Life: How to Lunge Properly

Hi, it’s Rob from New Leaf Physiotherapy in beautiful Kelowna British Columbia Canada. Today I’m going to go over the proper lunging...

Injury Free Life: The Single Leg Deadlift

Hi, it’s Rob from New Leaf Physiotherapy in beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. I’m going to go over an exercise that I do when...

What is Manual Therapy, Part 4

This is the final chapter of the What is Manual Therapy series. Today we are going to talk about manipulation. What it is, why it is...

What is Manual Therapy, Part 3

Welcome to the third of four blog posts of What is Manual Therapy series. This blog post is going to look at techniques that are used...

What is manual therapy, Part 2

Welcome back! This week I am going to talk about a soft tissue techniques that I picked up and 'developed' myself with influences from...

What is manual therapy, Part 1

This is part 1 of a 4 part blog post series on manual therapy (using one's hands to treat their clients). I like to keep my blog posts a...

Born to Move

Another great video about physiotherapists! This one from the Alberta Physiotherapy College/Association. Our bodies crave movement. All...

K-taping course

K-tape is one of the tools that physiotherapists can use to help their clients with getting back to their sport.

In Focus spotlight on September 15, 2015

5 years ago, Rob was featured in the In Focus spotlight daily edition by Kelownanow.com