Services
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapists are regulated healthcare professionals who help people of all ages and lifestyles gain and maintain their desired level of active living and physical mobility.
Chiropractic
Chiropractic today is one of the largest primary-contact health care professions in Canada with over 6,000 practicing Chiropractors. Approximately four and a half million Canadians use the services of a Chiropractor each year...
Registered Massage Therapy
Massage therapy involves the assessment and manipulation of soft tissues for a therapeutic effect. This advanced hands-on treatment can be preventative or restorative through promoting the healing process, improving body alignment and helping to relieve pain. Massage can help alleviate the soft tissue discomfort associated with everyday stress, muscular overuse and many chronic pain syndromes. (adapted from the OMTA)
Acupuncture
Acupuncture analgesia refers to a technique used to relieve pain by the insertion and manipulation of threadlike needles at specific areas of the body along peripheral nerves. Acupuncture has been practiced in China for over 2000 years but Western medicine was only introduced to this practice about 300 years ago...
Athletic Therapy
The scope of practice of a Certified Athletic Therapist includes the assessment, prevention, immediate care and reconditioning of musculoskeletal injuries. Prevention includes musculoskeletal and postural evaluation, equipment selection, fitting and repair, warm-up, conditioning programs, prophylactic or supportive taping, and adapting to the activity environment and facilities...
Kinesiology
The practice of Kinesiology is the assessment of movement, performance and function. It includes the rehabilitation, prevention and management of disorders to maintain, rehabilitate or enhance movement, performance and function. Kinesiologists focus in the areas of sport, recreation, work, exercise, and activities of daily living...
Active Body Clinic Home Care
We, at Active Body Clinic, have a singular goal of being the most comprehensive and highest quality service provider in the Hamilton-Wentworth region. In addition to our excellent facilities, we also offer high quality home care for individuals who have difficulty getting...
Active Program
Our physiotherapy-based therapeutic exercise program may be utilized during both your early and long-term recovery. Every client is unique and therefore has unique needs. All of our programs are custom made and are modified to our client’s changing needs...
Orthopaedic Supports, Custom Foot Orthotics & Footwear
Active Body Clinic stocks orthopaedic supports for the most common conditions, including ankle sprains, knee instability, low back pain, tennis elbow, carpel tunnel syndrome, and more. We are very experienced in assessing the feet and in providing any required custom correction...
Diet & Nutritional Counselling
Active Body Clinic applies nutritional therapy to help clients with high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol, constipation, diabetes, and food intolerances. As well, we work with athletes to improve sport performance and increase lean body mass...
Work Hardening & Work Conditioning
Musculoskeletal injuries are the number one cause of all work-related injuries in the United States work force with back injuries alone comprising approximately one third of the total compensable injuries...