The topic of fall prevention is near and dear to our heart here at Oakville’s Palermo Physio and Wellness Centre. We have blogged about how Physiotherapy helps with fall prevention. You can find those posts here, here and here! Our Oakville clinic currently offers a Wednesday morning seniors exercise class. … Continue reading Stay on your Feet – From an Oakville Chiropodist
It’s not too late to grow your skeleton as an adult! You still have the power as an adult to positively affect your adult skeleton. The best way to do this is… …Muscle Use! Bone will increase in bone mineral content as well as density when it is subjected to … Continue reading Grow your Skeleton as an Adult!
August 5th snuck by quietly this year. August 5th, 5 years ago, Oakville’s Palermo Physio and Wellness opened its doors to our first official patients. The clinic started with a desire to treat our patients how we would want our family, friends and ourselves to be treated in a clinical … Continue reading Thank You for 5 Years!
It’s long weekend time!!! To give our Physiotherapists, Massage Therapists, Chiropodists and Yoga Therapists a much needed break, we will be closing our Oakville clinic for the long weekend. Our clinic hours will be as follows: Friday August 2, 2019 – OPEN 9-6 Saturday August 3rd, 2019 -CLOSED Sunday August … Continue reading Civic Holiday Weekend 2019
It was a struggle to get here but Summer 2019 finally decided to join us! With the sunshine and heat coming out, I know a lot of people are picking back up their annual activity of gardening. Gardens are blooming a little later this year in Oakville. Gardening is an … Continue reading Stay Healthy While Gardening – from an Oakville Physio
What are Gross Motor Skills? Having a strong core and a strong base to operate form helps with fine motor skills. If a little one has to learn to print, button, zip etc from a position requiring a lot of work, it will be difficult to do that fine motor … Continue reading Summer Time Gross Motor Skills Practice
It’s hard to believe the Palermo Professional Centre has been open for 5 years now. When Palermo Physio and Wellness Opened its doors in August 5 years ago, the hallway was still concrete and our floor was almost empty. It’s been amazing to see how much its grown as more … Continue reading Palermo Professional Centre – 5 Year Party!
MYTH: Aging means inevitable decline in your health and / or disability There are certainly some diseases and issues that become more common with aging. BUT. Getting older doesn’t mean an inevitable decline in health or us of a walker / wheelchair. There are many older adults who continue to … Continue reading Aging Myths – From an Oakville Physio
Happy Summer Oakville! It seems like better weather has snuck up on us and here we are! It’s summer vacation in Oakville. With a few extra hot days hitting us for the next few days, it’s important to stay safe and modify activities accordingly. Many people with big goals like … Continue reading Stay Cool with your Summer Activities – From an Oakville Physio
We see patients for a variety of reasons at our North Oakville Physiotherapy and Wellness Clinic. We assess and treat people with aches and pains and acute, or fresh injuries. We also treat people recovering from surgeries. Common surgeries we see are knee “scopes”, or arthroscopic surgery, rotator cuff repairs, … Continue reading Physiotherapy after ACL Reconstruction Surgery