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At Rehab Hero you learn to optimize your movement and to build long lasting results. Visit us today. We practice what we preach.

At Rehab Hero all of our therapists have experience working as a personal trainer or strength coach. Taking principles from strengthening and conditioning, we combine our knowledge to create an effective treatment plan. We know that movement is best understood when experienced first hand.

04/01/2026

Tight quads after working out?

While stretching is 👑 for increasing flexibility sometimes hands-on treatments are needed for a boost in recovery after an intense training session. At Rehab Hero we like to do this with a variety of deep tissue techniques including myofascial release, active release, and trigger point therapy.

While all members of our team apply these techniques as needed, no one does it better than our registered massage therapists.

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03/30/2026

🔥CHRONIC ROTATOR CUFF PAIN🔥

Are you dealing with on and off rotator cuff pain for months and months? Do you find that rest makes it feel better but every time you exercise with intensity that it flares up again? Keep reading ⬇️

While rest is an effective strategy to reduce symptoms it often isn’t enough to get back to regular activity levels. This is because rest coincides with deconditioning of the affected structures, potentially delaying true recovery. Instead, at Rehab Hero we like to “sneak” in rehab movements into regular exercises to minimize time commitment and optimize target specific structures like the rotator cuff.

For example, we see many strength athletes that deal with shoulder pain during PUSH movements like the incline bench press. While we want to deload this exercise, we also want to modify it to challenge the rotator cuff, namely through banded resistance. Swipe left to see a few examples!

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03/25/2026

WRIST PAIN & PUSH-UPS

Do you get wrist impingement on the back of your wrist while doing pushups? One of the best strategies to work around it is to use push up grips or dumbbells as handles instead to put the wrist into neutral to take away the pain. BUT this is only a bandaid approach, you haven’t really fixed the problem!

While it is still generally recommended to modify movements to become pain free while training, we also like to work on building things back up as well. One accessible way of doing so is to slowly reintroduce loaded wrist extension.

We do this by taking weight AWAY from the wrists by putting you on an incline. By de-loading the wrist and decreasing the wrist extension requirement we can still stimulate the wrist to withstand some resistance. The key is to find an angle that is pain free yet challenging on the wrist.

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03/23/2026

Movement will always be king 👑

…But sometimes recovery could use a boost through manual therapy.

That’s why we like to use it as a tool to help you move pain free.

Hands on treatments are used to open up ranges of motion, it’s not just about temporarily reducing pain or chasing symptoms.

Our physiotherapists, chiropractors, RMTs, and even our naturopaths understand this. That’s why no matter who you see at our clinic, you’ll get a treatment that fits your body and how you move.

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03/11/2026

Got Chronic Rotator Cuff Pain? It might be Tendinitis or Tendinopathy

Chronic pain is defined as pain lasting for more than 3 months. Usually this timeline indicates that a pathology of a tendon may be involved as the natural history (natural healing times) of mild muscle strains is less than this. So if you’re dealing with shoulder issues lasting multiple months without any improvements from rest or stretching, best to get assessed by a qualified physiotherapist / physical therapist or sports chiropractor to determine what condition you are dealing with.

In the event that you have tendinitis, often a mixture of symptom relief exercises and tendon strengthening exercises are required to promote positive adaptation and healing. As such, resistance is required! Swipe left for a few sample exercises.

To pick the appropriate resistance level we generally like to aim for a 6/10 intensity. Some discomfort may be experienced and we generally like to aim for less than 2/10 pain when doing these movements.

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03/04/2026

BURSITIS HIP PAIN

The Greater Trochanteric Bursa is a sac of fluid found at the outer side of your hip. It functions to reduce friction between the tendons of your hip muscles and the Greater Trochanter a bony protuberance found on your lateral femur. When inflamed, pain can ensue as the tendons of your hip rub against the bursa. Pain is typically felt with movement, but can also flare up during the evening or night when the body’s natural inflammatory cycle is at it’s peak.

Early care programs are usually composed of stretches that target the glutes, and hip range of motion exercises. However exercises will need to be progressed to “stretch-strengthen” exercises to re-introduce loaded movements. Swipe left to see a few examples. Here we have chiropractor Dr. Frank () showing us some of these movements.

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02/25/2026

PES ANSERINE KNEE PAIN

The Pes Anserine is a collection of 3 tendons found at the front of your inner knee. It is composed of the semitendinosus tendon (a hamstring muscle), gracilis tendon (an inner thigh muscle), and sartorious (a hip flexor muscle) tendons. When overloaded, tendinopathy can ensue, leading to pain located along the inner knee. Following suite of classic tendinopathy symptoms, pain is often felt after exercise, in the morning, or day after physical activity.

Since all three of these muscles cross the medial knee, progressive exercises should aim to train movements of the inner thigh. Swipe left to see a few exercise examples

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02/11/2026

Got elbow pain? If it’s tennis elbow check this out!

Tennis elbow is a condition also known as lateral epicondylitis and it is a repetitive stress injury that affects the common wrist extensors. Typically this injury occurs in racquet sports like tennis or badminton due to the eccentric load that these muscles have to absorb during a back hand stroke. Even though this condition is called tennis players, it can occur in weightlifters as well.

In addition to getting this group of muscles treated by a Physio/chiro, progressive strengthening will be needed. The goal is to reintroduce loads back into the wrist extensors and to get them to positively adapt to graded movements. Here we have Rehab Hero chiropractor .emilykawaguchi doing just that!

🇨🇦 Still dealing with pain or performance issues? Now accepting new patients at both of our clinics in Toronto and Markham. Check in with us by using the link in bio!

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02/06/2026

🚨SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT🚨

Is recovering from shoulder impingement taking longer than expected despite doing all of the “right” rotator cuff exercises or scapular protraction drills? Time to look at your thoracic spine.

When it comes to being able to raise your arm overhead one of the things that the thoracic spine has to do is extend. As the foundation for which your scapula sits on, the ability to extend the thoracic spine assists being able to raise your arm overhead from a global movement standpoint.

So here are 3 thoracic spine extension PROGRESSIONS starting from creating flexibility to developing mobility to finally establishing strength.

➡️ Here we have Luke from our Don Mills location, visit us in Toronto by using the link in bio.

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02/04/2026

Get Better Dead Hangs

Have you heard that dead hangs are great for shoulders? While this may be true for HEALTHY shoulders, the opposite might be true for those suffering with shoulder impingement… and this is because of the large amount of range of motion needed to complete the movement. When lacking, the dead hangs can irritate symptoms and delay recovery. So how do we build it back up?

One of the best strategies is through graded exposure. In this video we specifically introduce graded shoulder flexion, the movement required to raise your arm up in front of you. This position can be a position of sensitivity with those dealing with impingement, so here’s a few things to try:

1. Play with how wide your hands are, this allows for a decreased abduction angle in the shoulder which can be more comfortable

2. Play with range of motion. You can do this by progressing from wall to bench to foam roller or by simply leaning forward less during the exercise

3. Play with shoulder rotation. Typically in impingement a ‘palms down’ position is the least comfortable with a ‘palms inward’ being more tolerable.

Here we have AT & RMT Sam ( ) from our Don Mills location, book in with him over at rehabhero.ca

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02/01/2026

✅SIMPLIFY ROTATOR CUFF REHAB✅

Rotator cuff exercises don’t always need to be complex. While there is a lot of value in multi-directional loading exercises using bands or weights, simpler exercises are often better to start with. What matters most is intensity, because a certain threshold of effort must be reached to trigger your body to adapt.

The challenge is that high intensity often goes hand in hand with pain or discomfort. This is where individualized programming comes into play. The key lies in modifying angles, lever lengths, load, hand position, or range of motion to achieve high-intensity exercise without pain. The goal is to work within your baseline and gradually increase difficulty as pain subsides, range of motion improves, and recovery progresses.

This is where an exercise everyone has seen at the gym comes into play: the lateral raise. While it’s well known for targeting the lateral deltoids, it’s also effective at targeting the supraspinatus. However, many people with rotator cuff injuries find this exercise too painful or difficult. Our solution? Shorten the movement by performing a hanging lateral raise (also known as the lean-away lateral raise). By reducing the load on the supraspinatus, you can still achieve effective activation and quality reps—without the pain.

Come visit Physio Resident Ethan (.with.ec) by visiting him at our Don Mills location in North York, Ontario

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01/30/2026

❌ While stretches are a great form of exercise, sometimes they just aren’t enough ❌

When dealing with back aches, stiffness or tightness a lot of people default to doing stretches. While this is certainly better than doing nothing at all, they sometimes only lead to short term relief. But why?

✅ Above all else, stretches are primarily great for increasing passive range of motion. This is how much movement you have access to in assisted positions that utilize gravity, bands, or other external forces to push you into an elongated position. HOWEVER, they do little to improve the control of your movement, muscular growth, or increase muscular endurance or capacity.

This is where a type of mobility exercise called “stretch-strengthen” comes into play. These types of exercises aim to strengthen your ability to pull in and out of stretched positions leading to hypertrophy, improved blood flow, and strength. One of our favorites to combat the 8 hours of sitting that you might be doing is called the Sloppy Row.

Unlike the conventional row done on cable machines that focuses on contracting the rhomboids or latissimus dorsi, this row aims to target the erector spinae muscle group. This is why we allow the cables to pull our body into full flexion, and why we hyperextend when pulling back out into a seated position. These exercises tend to be high intensity due to the large amount of motion happening, so when doing this on your own it’s important to lower the weight to establish a baseline first.

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7181 Woodbine Avenue, Unit 111
Markham, ON
L3R1A3

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Tuesday	10am - 7pm
Wednesday	10am - 7pm
Thursday	10am - 7pm
Friday	10am - 7pm
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Rehab Hero is a clinic where you come as you are, and do your best. Our therapists offer both manual therapy and exercise programming aimed at helping you achieve your health goals.

We practice what we preach.

At Rehab Hero, we’re always expanding our services to meet the needs of our community. Currently some of the services available include: