SportSide Medical Services

10/31/2025

🎃 Happy Halloween from the Sports Side team! Our staff are repping the season in their pumpkin shirts today — keeping spirits high and injuries low 👻🧡

09/22/2025

📣Starting 5 Exercises Series | 5 of 5

Exercise 5: Landmine Deadlift to Rotational Press
Set-up: Stand with feet hip-width apart, holding the landmine bar. Hinge at the hips to perform a deadlift, then rotate your torso and press the bar diagonally overhead. Return to start with control.
Focus: Full-body strength, hip hinge power, rotational stability, and shoulder control.
Why it matters: Develops explosive rotational power and coordination, essential for sports like baseball, golf, tennis, and basketball where twisting and power transfer through the hips and torso are key.

09/16/2025

Nothing beats a weekend of rugby, sunshine, and good vibes 🏉🔥 was a blast!

09/14/2025

📣 Starting 5 Exercises Series | 4 of 5

Exercise 4: Landmine Curtsy Lunge
Set-up: Stand holding the landmine bar at chest height. Step one leg diagonally behind into a curtsy lunge, keeping the front knee stable and chest tall. Drive back up to standing with power.
• Focus: Hip engagement, single-leg strength, and rotational stability.
Why it matters: Athletes in basketball, soccer, tennis, and other change-of-direction sports need strong hips for lateral movement and power production. This exercise builds control and explosiveness in those exact patterns.

09/07/2025

📣 Starting 5 Exercises Series | 3 of 5

Exercise 3: Slant Board Lunge Pass-Through
Set-up: Stand in a lunge position on a slant board with the front foot in a heel raised, plantarflexed position. Front knee drives over the toe in an isometric stance. Holding a light to medium heavy dumbbell, pass it back-and-forth through your legs in a controlled motion.
• Focus: Asymmetric loading on the patellar tendon and ankle proprioception.
Why it matters: Builds tolerance to forward knee loading while challenging ankle stability. Perfect for athletes in cutting, sprinting, and jumping sports—improves tendon resilience and body awareness under load.

09/01/2025

📣Starting 5 Exercises Series | 2 of 5

Exercise 2: Achilles hop step back
Set-up: Begin in a staggered stance, front leg on a step/box. Take 3 small, controlled hops backward, staying balanced. After the third step, perform a forward hop on the front leg, landing with control.
Focus: Achilles stiffness, tendon loading, and single-leg reactivity.
Why it matters: A controlled way to strengthen and challenge the Achilles for athletes. Running, basketball, and soccer all demand explosive push-off and resilient tendons. Building stiffness here = better spring, power, and a potential lower injury risk. If it can be during rehab, it can and shoulder be used after.

08/24/2025

⏳ LAST CALL – Don’t Miss Out! ⏳
Only a few days left to register for our Sports Professional First Responder Course — registration closes Sept 1!

📅 Course Dates:

Full Certification: Sept 13–14 (online prep) & 20–21 (in-person)

Recertification: Sept 20–21

✅ 3-year certification
✅ Includes Basic Life Support (BLS)
✅ Designed for therapists, trainers, and sport staff in all levels of sport

🚨 Spots are almost gone — secure yours today!

📍 Register now: sportsidemedical.com/courses

SportSide Medical offers sports first aid courses in Toronto. Gain confidence to manage sports injuries. Our in-depth program covers CPR, AED, and more.

08/12/2025

🚨 Calling All Sports Medical Staff! 🚨
Our Sports Professional First Responder Course is back this September — and spots are filling up FAST!

📅 Course Dates:

Full Certification: Sept 13–14 (online prep available) & 20–21 (in-person)

Recertification: Sept 20–21

✅ 3-year certification
✅ Includes Basic Life Support (BLS)
✅ Perfect for therapists, trainers, and sport staff working in high-performance and community sports

🛑 Registration cutoff: Sept 1 — don’t wait!

📍 Register now: sportsidemedical.com/courses

SportSide Medical offers sports first aid courses in Toronto. Gain confidence to manage sports injuries. Our in-depth program covers CPR, AED, and more.

07/27/2025

Thank you to all the volunteers who made the Softball tournament this weekend in Brampton a success! SportSide always loves working with the SOO athletes!

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