Strive Physiotherapy & Performance

11/03/2025

🚨New YouTube Video Alert 🚨

🎉 10-Year Anniversary Series 🎉

Celebrating Our Team: From Newest to Longest-Serving!

1️⃣ Introducing… Sean: Our Newest Addition!

Meet Sean, the latest member of our growing family! 🌟 Hear what inspired him to join us and what he’s most excited about for the future. Welcome aboard, Sean!

Visit our website https://strivept.ca/ for more information.

11/03/2025

A decade of helping you move better, feel stronger, and live fully! 🩺

To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we’re thrilled to launch our “It’s All About YOU” campaign honouring our clients, team, and community who made this possible.

Discover our story and what’s next in our anniversary press release.

10/31/2025

In August, we took a group exercise class at F45 Doon (Thanks for hosting us!). We went through a grueling high intensity interval training (HIIT) /functional fitness training workout for the full body.

Some of us had some experience with group exercise classes, and some of us were more used to working out on our own.

Whether you’re doing group circuit training, or any other group exercise class (even if it’s virtual/online!), there are many things that you have to get used to. Even if you’re experienced with exercise, if you’ve never worked out in a group before or with someone else telling you what to do, it can be a jarring experience… but also super fun!

You may feel increased soreness after the first few sessions, especially if you don’t usually do that type of exercise. There certainly is SOME crossover in terms of general fitness and strength, but if you only ever do weightlifting and suddenly you try a cardio HIIT class, you might find that it feels challenging in a different way and your muscles will handle it differently compared to your usual weightlifting exercise.

To help you mentally get ready for your group exercise class, I’m going to break down some tips and tricks you feel ready to take the challenge on!

Allow your body some time to get used to the new exercises and some flexibility to push harder at the end of the class if you want to

10/31/2025

🎃 Happy Halloween & a big welcome to Sean! 🎉

We’re thrilled to have him join the team as our new Physiotherapy Resident 💪🩺

Can’t wait to see all the amazing things he’ll accomplish with us! 🙌

🧩 Fun fact: He once completed the NYT Mini Crossword in just 12 seconds...now that’s some scary-fast brainpower! ⚡🧠

Wishing everyone a spooktacular Halloween filled with treats, laughs, and good vibes! 👻🍬

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10/30/2025

Stay up to date with our Instagram to be the first to know about some fun surprises coming soon 👀

10/29/2025

🏃‍♀️ Helen absolutely crushed it!

She ran the Toronto Waterfront Half-Marathon on Sunday, October 19th, with an incredible time of 2:05:28! 💪✨

Whoa! What an amazing accomplishment. 🎉

Your hard work, dedication, and energy truly paid off. 👏

➡️ Swipe all the way for a pic of a champion! 🏅📸

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10/27/2025

🏃‍♀️☀️ On Sunday, October 19th, our amazing client Anya and her son took on the Toronto Waterfront Marathon 5K...

And what a perfect day it was for a run! We couldn’t have asked for better weather or better memories.

Anya, after working through some injuries leading up to the race, was just proud to cross that finish line 🏁 (4,677th!).

💪 Jordan placed 125th overall out of 6,667 runners and 12th in his age group (15–19). 🎉

A huge shoutout to Amanda for helping them both get race-ready; from targeted exercises to recovery work on sore backs and legs 🙌

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10/24/2025

Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) is an inflammation of the common extensor tendon (which attaches to the lateral epicondyle bone), and Golfer's elbow (medial epicondylitis) is an inflammation of the common flexor tendon (which attaches to the medial epicondyle bone).

The injury typically occurs in the tendons, the injuries are just named for the bone in which they attach to.

So, here’s the short clarification: pain due to inflammation of the tendons on the outside of your elbow is called tennis elbow.

To understand more about this common injury, check out our blog post!

Lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) is an inflammation of the common extensor tendon, which attaches to the lateral epicondyle bone.

10/24/2025

Sorry, Instagram, but Facebook saw it first due to technical issues...

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ On Sunday, October 5th, the Maple-Fueled Marathoners made their debut!

Rebecca and her brother Dylan crossed the finish line with pride and power at the Muskoka Marathon! 💪🍁

⏱️ Rebecca clocked in an impressive 5:31:26

What a feat! 🎉

Fun fact: Dylan is also a fellow physiotherapist! 🧠👐

Huge congratulations to both of you!

Your determination and energy inspire us all! 🙌👏

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10/23/2025

🚨 New Video Alert! 🚨

Don’t just chase *no pain*

Build strength through smart load progression 💪

Avoid the #1 recovery mistake by loading *right*, not just resting wrong 🧠

10/17/2025

Many people with elbow pain on the inside of their elbow get diagnosed with golfer’s elbow, and are left confused because they’ve never played more than their local mini-putt!

Golfer’s elbow is the layman’s term for a tendinopathy at the medial epicondyle.

Tendinopathy means a pathology in a tendon (the structure that connects muscle to bone).
Medial epicondyle is the bony location that the irritated tendon inserts on.

You may be more familiar with the term “medial epicondylitis”, which is still prevalent in society, social media, and possibly even with your health care practitioner! The suffix “-itis” indicates inflammation, so medial epicondylitis means “inflammation of the medial epicondyle”.

For treatment, exercises and more, check out our new blog post on golfer's elbow!

Golfer’s elbow is the layman’s term for a tendinopathy at the medial epicondyle. You may be more familiar with the term “medial epicondylitis”.

10/15/2025

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ On Sunday, October 5th, the Maple-Fueled Marathoners made their debut!

Rebecca and her brother Dylan crossed the finish line with pride and power at the Muskoka Marathon! 💪🍁

⏱️ Rebecca clocked in an impressive 5:31:26

What a feat! 🎉

Fun fact: Dylan is also a fellow physiotherapist! 🧠👐

Huge congratulations to both of you!

Your determination and energy inspire us all! 🙌👏

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