Physio Karim

05/20/2021

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- I recently was awarded this medal of distinction from the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (). The CPA recognized the innovators, game changers and titans who’ve moved the PT world in the last 100 years. I am extremely grateful and humbled to be part of this group of PTs.
When I treated my first patient in 1999, I don’t think I would have ever envisioned writing this post almost 20 years later. We all get chance in life to use our talents and inner superpowers to influence change and create true impact. So I’m truly thankful to the universe, to my parents, to my mentors, to my misfortunes for setting me up to pay it forward.
Paying it forward for me has always been about creating a movement and leaving a legacy. This award for me is about celebrating the PT community and how we as a profession pivoted over the last year to not survive but thrive. Together we have transformed pain into power.
Celebrating our continued impact in our local communities as transformational leaders is the essence of this award. I have had the extreme good fortune to take a leadership position (PPD ) during this pandemic. I’ve turned my focus to help lead a nation thru this crisis. But truly speaking i have played a small but humble part. The true success of all of what you see was the nation of PTs coming together. I’m extremely proud of our Canadian PT Family and our triumphs. May this award be shared amongst all of you. 🙏🏽
Ps - Congrats to my fellow PT Titans who made it to this list of 100 who moved 100 years of Physiotherapy. Swipe left to see these amazing souls

12/25/2020

The 20/20 Experience- the gifts of Reflection, the Discovery of what truly matters the most and the Challenge to deepen connection despite distance. Merry Christmas from My house to yours.

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12/09/2020

Yes, this Ninja has your back and thankfully is both in-studio & in-person during this is current lockdown mode. I can't believe I posted the first of these Ninja posts over 40 weeks ago. 40 weeks later The Community, Governments recognize the value of physical capacity and movement as determinants of health.   I'm so thankful that in the Premier's most recent press address, he recognized "Physiotherapy" as an essential service in the overall wellbeing of Albertans.  I know we are drained from this pandemic - but we have been blessed with the time to overcome injuries, muscle imbalances, and to prepare for bigger and more badass goals that await us on the other side of this crisis. I'm truly looking forward to the next 40 weeks when we can say we did this _______ to transform you into your next best self. My question to you is what's your THIS? 🥊🥊 - ps I hope you will join me in supporting all the local businesses that have been affected by this pandemic -> support, buy and help enable our , ❤️--
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06/16/2020

05/04/2020

I’m more than excited to welcome you back!! As I know many of you have been trying to navigate an impromptu home office, helping to be a home school teacher, dressing up like a surgeon to get groceries and trying find the one last Netflix episode you haven’t already watched. These have been challenging times. We all have had to pivot to keep our loved ones & families safe. I myself had to pivot my own delivery of care - TheCyberStudio - was created out of Corona. The mission of CyberStudio was to deliver futuristic health care delivered conveniently in peoples homes. It’s been an amazing success. Why ? Because You truly became the driver of your own health & your own comeback story.
May 4th launches the next chapter. As of this week we get to make that comeback story in studio. We’ve done the research, we have all the green lights from all the health care stakeholders to provide you pivotal therapy in person. Our commitment to you is to provide a sanctuary for your health care.
Both the CyberStudio and In Studio will meet you where it fits your situation. Book at yycrehab.ca or call 403-891-8084 for priority access - looking forward to crushing some rehab goals 🥊

04/03/2020

YYC REHab and are excited to move into their new clinical space - we call “CyberStudio". This Rehab studio has been crafted to reflect one of our core beliefs - Your Success in health is all in the details. So naturally our CyberStudio has been crafted to reflect the key elements of an exceptional virtual health care experience. We wanted to give our client community a complete experience, not just HD video, not just 3D anatomy visuals, or even on demand session access, but true end to end client support. CyberStudio is all about reinventing, and recreating virtual medicine to achieve one goal, that is to achieve the transformation in your health you’ve always wanted. Tried, Tested, and Tweaked to re-invent and recreate the virtual rehab experience - CyberStudio is your launch pad to your next best self! See you soon - check yycrehab.ca for more info
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03/23/2020

Your success and purpose in life should be determined by the my number of people you’ve bettered and helped thru their crisis. That was and still is my favourite thing my parents taught me when I was a kid. Service to others is what fuels your higher purpose. Most of my clients know me as this crazy physio that treats patients at 5 am ! But what I have had the privilege to be part of us is helping our community of Physio’s get thru this crisis. I’m a truly grateful to be a leader of because it’s allowed me to be part of, inspire and create positive change for my fellow PTs coast to coast.

The path to creating this change thru this crisis hasn’t been easy but I know there are other rogue Physios out there like myself who have been working tirelessly to help the cause, serve our community so we can ultimately serve our community of patients. Thank you 🙏🏾 everyone for coming together thru crisis, putting in the hustle to create a PT MVMNT ! These are some of the Physios within my circle but there are so many more .pt .tom and of course the execs on the PPD (.horton .phyzio .patel.physio )
- 🙏thank you for what you have done for the community

Looking forward to helping my fellow PT brothers and sisters get thru this. If you are struggling to get thru this send me a DM - I’m always happy to help !🥊🥊
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Together we unite

03/17/2020

The medical system could take pointers from my covid suit ! To answer everyone’s yes the Dry Needle Ninja is in session. The Dojo is sanitized and sparkling as always. I won’t let the chaos outside affect my mission to help my clients get better inside. Let’s crush some rehab goals, and become fearless from the inside out - 🥊🥊
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02/01/2020

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. -Mark Twain. I personally ❤️ this quote. One of the best rehab tips I can give to clients is to get focused! Focus on the few things that will bring your body back to inner balance. Technology has helped us get better access to information but has also created a lot of noise. So to cut thru the noise, to cut thru being chained to the therapy table,do the one exercise that moves the 10 things wrong with your body - not the 10 stretches fixed things one at time. This simplicity in thinking ironically is pretty complicated. Figuring out that one thing for you is the key to feeding your body the focus in needs to thrive! Keep crushing it
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01/01/2020

Today is Day 1, Page 1, Chapter 1 of story called you! May 2020 be the year that you conquer fear, live purposefully and set the course towards the greatness you deserve! Let’s do this! 🥊
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12/24/2019

Merry Christmas 🎄!! This truly is a magical time of the year. To me this is the time to disconnect from the daily grind and connect with what matters - Family!. So as we all gather round and break meals to celebrate the joy of Christmas; my wish to you is that you get to make magical memories this holiday with people who matter most 👨‍👩‍👧! Happy Holidays 🎅🏽
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11/11/2019

One of my key pillars in recovering from an injury is having the right mindset. And trust me I have had my share of injuries to know that when it happens all we want to do is get back to our normal self. So being injured is pretty humbling all of sudden normal movements suddenly become rejected by your body. It’s at that point we all panic, myself included - all we want to do is do that stretch, do the exercise, get our body needled or manipulated to get our bodies to what we expect them to do. And suddenly the struggle becomes even more real. We all compare our injured self with our pre-injured self. But when we do that one key thing changes - Frustration!!. The bigger the disconnect between those two “selves” the bigger our frustration becomes. So we spend our lives in Frustration mode and see life thru the lens of missed opportunity, saying things like” I wish I could “ or “I’m frustrated that I can’t do “. So there’s this disconnect between our expected self and current self. Personally going thru that struggle I found my way out of that disconnect by embracing acceptance. It is what it is - it took me a long time to embrace this. But moving out of frustration mode through accepting injured life - made it far easier to reflect and celebrate small wins. Celebrating small wins was and is my mental anecdote to championing thru injury. So when I switched my mindset to celebrating small wins I suddenly became more grateful. Grateful for the freedom of movement, grateful to lift without pain, grateful to have my body do what I wanted it to do. And living thru that lens of gratitude and celebrating small wins became the motivation, the momentum to overcome the road to recovery. Especially because that road is never smooth and full of pot holes and downturns. So bulletproofing my mind has been the key to getting thru the recovery road less travelled. So this week commit to living life in Gratitude Mode vs Expectation Mode. 👊🏽
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11/04/2019

This is the perfect day to stop talking about making a change and actually owning up to the person you want to be. As a PT I'm constantly faced with my patients who complain about lower back, trunk and neck pain. Admittedly, these patients are fully aware of how poor their posture are. So their first question is always what stretch could I do to get relief. My answer is always simple, start by owning your posture! Sit straighter, bring devices to your eye level, get up more often! Prolonged poor posture or slouching, not only isn't sexy but it stresses structures in your back by compressing and shearing them. -
Think about it when was the last time you saw an all-star athlete, ballerina or bikini bodybuilder with less than ideal posture? It just doesn't happen ! So if you are demanding perfection from your body start perfecting and owning a better posture! -
So i wanted to share with you 2️⃣ Bulletproof exercises to improve your posture right now. First step is to lengthen your trunk (T-spine) - see the second picture on this post -
All you need is
1) Foam Roller
2) Taped Tennis/Lacrosse Balls-
Exercises
1️⃣ Rolling on Top (right side of 2nd Picture)
Mindset whether your using the tennis balls or the foam Roller - First nothing should create sharp pain ! Second always think that while extending over the rolller/balls you are doing the opposite movement of a sit up! So think about creating a rainbow over the Roller !! Combing effective breathing can add dividends to this exercise!
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2️⃣ Using the Roller in a modified child's pose (left side 2nd pic) Think about trying to get the middle of your back as flat to the ground as possible.
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Do each exercise for 1 min each and you will start to notice a difference on your first try ! -
If your not sure about the exercise or if it's safe for you consult a PT @ Calgary, Alberta

10/28/2019

A commitment to being your best self is the definition of self development. In other words self improvement = self love ❤️!
People often ask me why i see patients at 5 am, or why I wake up at 4 am nearly everyday of the week. The truth is I find great serenity in getting up early, knocking out my goals when it’s still pitch dark outside. It isn’t easy but it came from finding true purpose and wanting to squeeze out an extra two hours of an already short day. But most importantly getting up early has allowed me to help myself before assisting others. After all how do I expect to help those around me become a success if I don’t do it myself. So being committed to being my next best version of ME, has almost become my prerequisite to living on purpose.
- I truly hope you join me on this mission - as we all have such greatness to share with the world - what’s your mission ? What’s your purpose ?
Your partner in Success ❤️
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10/21/2019

Success without fulfilment is the definition of failure. An absolute gem that i took away from a seminar I attended. It really got me thinking and reinforced my mindset for my true purpose
This year has been a busy one for me. I started year the off volunteering overseas . On a mission to help a group of 12 leader Physios at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi Pakistan to learn my dry needling mastery 👨🏽‍🎤. Leading upto this trip I spent 3 months of every evening and spare moment I had to hand craft lecture materials . I even spent an entire 13 hour flight start to finish working on my MacBook 💻 so I could perfect my 250 slide presentation and be the instrument of service to this leadership group. I had 9 days to teach,!so it had to be perfect. I was truly on a mission to create an all-star playbook of almost two decades of clinical skill and game changing pearls that spanned across Medical Acupuncture, Gunn IMS, And Functional Dry Needling. I don’t think I realized the impact of my service until I got there. In my almost 20 year career of seeing patients I’ve seen an estimated 100,000 patient visits. In one year their physio department would see upto 200,000 patients annually. So my training for them would change the clinical pathways and treatment of 1 million people every 5 years. That’s insane!! I came back to Canada 🇨🇦 with even more passion, even more purpose. Wanting to be part of greater impact.

I have been quiet on my own channel because I’ve been helping out with our national association () to promote Physios in the private sector. Why ? Because there’s a bunch of Ninjas like me across the country who are trying to reinvent the brand, reinvent the practice, reinvent the experience of physiotherapy. So my passion and purpose is to help the community of PT Ninjas spread their vision and help them deliver their expertise to their community. Influence = impact. Passion beats a pay check, living with purpose is the art of fulfillment. I hope you start your day, your week with such purpose 👊🏽
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06/16/2019

To all the superhero Dads’ out there - Happy Father’s Day ! Thanks for laying down the brick that we all walk on today. Truly speaking if I was to 10% of my own Dad - I’d be considered a saint. Big shoes to fill..on step at a time
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05/12/2019

We are all a reflection of our parents. Super grateful to have my mom who literally has lifted me up through the ups and downs of life. To all the mom’s our there thanks for being that unconditional loving, worrying all the time, heart of gold, saint of all saints. ❤️❤️💘❤️❤️ - Happy Mother’s Day.
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02/21/2019

Champions are not just found in the octagon- Champions are made from the comebacks they Craft 🥊


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You might be wondering why I haven’t posted any burpees in a while. I had an unfortunately set back in my training and the burpee challenge. This week is 29 so I am calling out to the MitoWarriors to pick up the slack and each day one person do them for me- I will make them up! Thanks to the rehab has been progressing quickly. I’m down...but, I’m not out!

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