The Well Life Centre
2275 Westoak Trails Blvd., Unit 9 L6M 3W6 Oakville, ON, Canada

Our spine likes and wants to move. Movement keeps the surrounding muscles engaged, which can prevent spinal compression and the development of arthritis. These exercises will help lengthen, move and stabilize the spine that promotes better back health. Well-life.ca

Arthritis can affect our upper body just as much as it can our lower body. These upper body exercises work our biggest muscles that will help support our joints as best as possible. Staying as active as possible is our best remedy to preventing and treating arthritis.

Strengthening exercises are one of the best ways to combat the effects of joint arthritis. By strengthening the muscles around the joint, we can decrease pain, improve stability and movement. Each exercise has a beginner version and a more advanced version. Start with the beginner exercises and progress to the advanced exercises once you can master the beginner version.... Well-life.ca

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Try this one exercise to master pelvic stability. This combo exercise challenges you to maintain a neutral pelvic position while performing leg extension and then go into a glute bridge with single leg extension, all while squeezing a ball. If you find that you are having difficulty maintaining a neural pelvic position throughout the whole exercise, break each component down and work on them separately. ... Well-life.ca

Improve your pelvic stability with these exercises. They are designed to challenge your ability to maintain a neutral pelvic position with different movements. Well-life.ca

Try these swimming related exercises to improve stroke efficiency and decrease the risks of injury. Dry land training is essential for a long, and healthy swimming career. Well-life.ca

If you have children starting school soon you may be interested in the webinar SunLife is hosting today. Mental health professionals will be sharing ways to help you and your kids feel good about going back to school. https://sunlife.zoom.us//401598/WN_Q0LgZx1VS4iHzifDZT8DKg

Try these exercises out to reduce pain and improve movement into you mid back. Movement in our mid back is essential for many activities such as gardening and golfing. Well-life.ca

These ankle strengthening exercises are all about controlling the movement. Think Slow and in control when performing them. Movements in different directions challenges the ankle to remain stable and respond accordingly. Well-life.ca

Try these hip strengthening exercises to reduce knee pain. Perform these exercise in a slow and controlled manner, paying attention to keeping the pelvis level to the ground. Well-life.ca

Shoulder pain is often the result of weak muscles in our back. Strong back muscles help support the shoulder joint, allowing it to move better and with less pain. These back strengthening exercises will help stabilize the shoulder blade and improve shoulder function. Well-life.ca

Creating core stability is a full-body exercise, not just trying to engage our abdominals. These exercises challenge you to create and maintain stability in the hips, trunk and shoulder blades. For more information, please email or message me. ... Well-life.ca

Try these dynamic warm-up exercise prior to your next workout. Well-life.ca

We all know that warming-up prior to exercise is important. But there is much debate about what type of warm-up is best. It turns out that the type of exercise is not as important as we may have thought. Any warm-up will prepare the body for exercise. ... Dynamic stretching has been shown to provide slightly better results with regards to maximal power and strength, but these results are not significantly better than aerobic activity or short static stretching.

This stretching routine only takes 5 minutes to complete, making it easy to incorporate into your daily schedule. Perform each stretch for 20 - 40 seconds and then move on to the next one. These stretches a great any time of the day - first thing in the morning to wake the body up; mid day to help ease any tension that has built up or in the evening to promote active recovery. ... For more information or if you would like to book an appointment, please email or message me. Well-life.ca

These 5 fundamental exercises are essential for improving functional strength and movement. Every time you stand up from a chair or lift furniture you are performing a squat or deadlift. Need to pick something off the ground, a lunge should be the movement of choice. Putting dishes away is similar to an overhead press. Sports such as golf, tennis and hockey require a tremendous amount of trunk rotation. Need to get up off the floor? A push-up is the starting point. Fundamen...tal exercises need to be functional. If they aren’t, what’s the point in doing them? Well-life.ca

Hitting the links this weekend for Father’s Day? Make sure you do these stretches afterwards. Spending a few minutes on stretching after a round of golf can help reduce muscle soreness and stiffness in the following days. Well-life.ca

Gardening is a great way to stay active while we are spending more time at home. Unfortunately, like all other physical activities, injuries can occur. Proper body positioning and mobility are essential for minimizing the risks of injury when gardening. Check out the video for exercises to prepare yourself for gardening. https://youtu.be/AWU0nDSr1og Well-life.ca

Elbow pain is common among golfers, especially at the beginning of the season when the muscles used for golfing have not been used in a long time. These exercises can be used to prevent or treat an elbow injury. Email/message me to book an appointment or call 905-465-2929... Virtual physiotherapy appointments can be booked directly at https://phzio.com/book/6f48/kyle-macdonald Well-life.ca

A proper warm-up is essential to preventing injury and to maximize performance, especially with golfing. Does it normally take you a couple of holes to find your swing? If yes, you probably need to incorporate a warm-up into your golf routine.

Today is Global Running Day and we are sharing exercises that can help improve running technique and efficiency and prevent injury. Hip stability and core activation are key to these exercises and when running. Book a Physiotherapy session today to learn how you can become a better runner. ... Virtual physiotherapy appointments can be booked directly at https://phzio.com/book/6f48/kyle-macdonald Well-life.ca

The WellLife Centre is officially open. All COVID-19 precautions are being taken at the clinic. Services being offered are: - Physiotherapy - Chiropractics - Massage Therapy... - Acupuncture - Psychology To book an appointment please call 905-465-2929 Virtual physiotherapy appointments can be booked directly at https://phzio.com/book/6f48/kyle-macdonald

Sitting for long periods of time can cause our hip flexors to tighten, which can then cause low back pain. Stretching your hip flexors can be a great exercise to help alleviate low back pain. To book an appointment or for more information please email or message me. ... Virtual physiotherapy is available directly at https://phzio.com/book/6f48/kyle-macdonald