Services 
Active Body Clinic utilizes the services of other skilled health professionals.

 Massage Therapy
 Kinesiology
 Personal Training
 Diet Counseling
 Nutritional Counseling
 Work Hardening & Work Conditioning

 
 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.

(As adapted from the OMTA)


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 Kinesiology 
Kinesiology is the science of human movement. It focuses on how the body functions and moves. A kinesiological approach applies the latest evidence based medicine principles to preserve and enhance human movement in all settings and populations.

(As adapted from the OKA)



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 Personal Training
To increase strength, flexibility and tone or to lose weight, many clients turn to the use of personal training to attain their goals. Active Body Clinic will work closely with you to offer tailored in-house personal training and fitness consulting and programs.


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 Diet Counseling
Active Body Clinic applies modern principles of weight loss to help you lose weight and keep it off. Our one-to-one Doctor supervised program is custom tailored to your needs. We do not participate in fad diets; rather we use proven and established scientific principles that result in healthy weight loss. Our unique three pronged approach includes:

• Diet – We will teach you all you need to know to eat an enjoyable and healthy diet. Positive side effects of diet adjustment in our weight loss program include some or all of increased cardiovascular function, decreased risk of most diseases including cancer and diabetes, decreased constipation, and more.

• Exercise – Participation in a gentle and easy exercise program is all that is needed to begin the road to weight loss. We will work with you to custom tailor a program that is enjoyable and relaxing. Positive side effects of incorporating exercise into our weight loss program include improved cardiovascular function, decreased risk of diabetes, osteoporosis and other diseases, and improved strength, flexibility and endurance. Our clients have more energy and feel better about themselves. Gentle exercise helps to tone skin and muscle transforming your body from the inside out.

• Lifestyle modification – Perhaps the most difficult yet necessary component of our program, lifestyle adaptations are key to keeping weight off. Active Body Clinic will teach you simple life tasks that will enable you to leave our program with confidence in controlling your weight. We will also work with you through the difficult process of modifying negative habits.


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 Nutritional Counseling
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.


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 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. These statistics account for the approximately $US 16 billion dollars spent annually for the medical costs and lost wage claims associated with workers’ compensation cases. It is no wonder that following an injury a quick return to work is crucial in reducing the economic and human costs (e.g., depression, loss of self-esteem, anxiety, etc.) of work related accidents. Consequently work hardening and work conditioning programs were developed. At Active Body Clinic we utilize these programs to return injured workers to productivity as quickly as possible with minimal functional restrictions.…read more


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