Monika Hall Athletic Therapy

06/01/2024

✨June is National Athletic Therapy Month✨

Honestly just taking a moment to pause and reflect on how amazing it is to be an Athletic Therapist. These photos are really the tip of the iceberg with everything I've been privileged to do in the past 10 years and the only word that comes to mind is GRATEFUL🥹

From setbacks to comebacks, field days to clinic days, the highs and lows have been a shared journey with many but getting to witness and support individuals first hand overcome challenges and barriers to reach their goals and get back to doing what they love most...well there is no better feeling🥰

"Empowering Movement, Ensuring Wellness"

Proud to be an Athletic Therapist today and everyday! 💪





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05/13/2024

So you've gone through the injury rehab process and it "feels better" but what's next?🤔

We often are good about seeking support and care when we are experiencing the initial stages of an injury. Once we get it to the point where the initial symptoms have decreased enough that we say to ourselves "this feels better" there is this human driven response that kicks in and we quickly try to get back to doing all the things at the level we used too. 

I often see this 0-100 approach back fires and things go something like this...

😓 Reinjuring the same area all over again.
😓 New injury comes into the picture.
😓 Unable to get back to the desired level of activity/performance.

There is an important gradual approach and individualized plan that is needed and factors in many things such as

🌿Personal goals and needs for movement.
🌿Physical conditioning of the body and injured area as a whole. 
🌿Functional conditioning for the daily movements and demands relevant to your life.
🌿 Neuroreconditioning to help ensure your brain/body connection has time to unwind and adapt to the varying demands. 
🌿 ...And many more! 

Connecting the injury rehab world to the performance world (whether that be work, life, sports etc) is something that I am passionate about supporting and working on with my clients. ✨

If this story sounds familiar to you let's end the cycle and bridge the gap between injury and performance and get you back to doing what you love most! 💪

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05/07/2024

Hello! It's been a minute! For those who are new here my name is Monika and I am both a Certified Athletic Therapist and Registered Kinesiologist practicing out of in Nanaimo, BC.🏋️‍♀️

Here are 3 quick facts about me and my clinical practice:

🌿 My favorite area on the body to rehabilitate injuries is the low back/pelvic/hip complex.

🌿 I have a passion for educating and connecting clients from the rehabilitation world into the return to sport/life/work world. 

🌿 I take a whole person approach that looks beyond just physical symptoms to support an individualized approach to a clients recovery.

Whether you're recovering from an injury, looking to enhance your athletic performance or simply seeking to improve your overall wellbeing I've got your back (and your knees, shoulders and everything in between!). Let's connect and find out how Athletic Therapy/Kinesiology can benefit you! 💪

🔗Link to book in in Bio 🔗

09/29/2023

Back in action at Island Optimal Health and Performance on Mondays and Thursdays! 💥

Proud to be providing Athletic Therapy and ICBC Kinesiology services in our Nanaimo community. ✨

Reach out if you want to know more! 🙂

✨ Welcome back, Monika! ✨ We're stoked to have Registered Kinesiologist and Certified Athletic Therapist Monika Hall join us at the clinic after her maternity leave. Monika will be treating at the Dufferin location on Mondays and Thursdays.

Get to know a little bit about Monika. 👇

Monika enjoys treating a large variety of musculoskeletal injuries relating to our joints, bones, ligaments and muscles.

Some strong interest areas in her practice are:

✅ Muscle Strains, Joint (Ligament) Sprains/Ruptures
✅ Bursitis, Tendonitis and Tendinosis
✅ Sport Related Injuries and Prevention
✅ Pre and Post Surgical Rehab i.e. Hip or Knee replacements
✅ Overuse (Chronic) or Acute injuries
✅ Motor Vehicle Accident Related Injuries (ICBC)
✅ Back and Neck Pain
✅ Concussions/whiplash

Some skills she utilizes in her Athletic Therapy practice:

✅ Individualized exercise prescription
✅ Various manual therapy techniques (joint mobilizations, soft tissue release)
✅ Instrumented Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization
✅ Dynamic and Static Cupping Techniques💪
✅ Concussion management and rehabilitation
✅ Return to Sport/Work guidance and support

We're so excited to have her back at the clinic to continue her awesome work of helping folks ! Appointments with Monika are now available online:
https://bit.ly/BOOKWITHMONIKA

04/23/2023

Grateful and grounded through movement and mindset lately🌱💭

04/29/2021

Did you know that you can seek care immediately after a car accident? Early intervention and guidance is key!

Once you contact ICBC and have a claim number, you are entitled to 12 ICBC Active Rehabilitation sessions in the first 12 weeks following an accident.

Your practitioner will go through an initial assessment and will work alongside your other primary health care providers to provide you with an appropriate rehabilitative exercise program.

You get one-on-one support to guide you on your recovery journey and get you back to doing your pre-accident activities and lifestyle.

Along with Physiotherapy, Chiropractic, and RMT, Island Optimal's Athletic Therapist and Kinesiologist provide ICBC active rehab sessions. Book an appointment with Monika and Lesley today: http://ow.ly/mb8850EqIwr

02/13/2021

Hope you are enjoying this beautiful snowy Saturday!🤍

Here are a few quick tips to make sure you are shoveling safely out there!🙌

❄️ Keep your back straight
❄️ Bend in the hips and knees
❄️ Keep a wide stance
❄️ Have your feet face the shovel
❄️ Push the snow instead of lifting

09/14/2020

Excited to share that I have joined the amazing team of practitioners at Health and Performance in Nanaimo🎉

I am now offering my Athletic Therapy services at the Dufferin clinic location✨

Come and see me for all your concussion and musculoskeletal injury prevention, assessment, rehabilitation and education needs🏃‍♀️

Let's get you back to doing what you love most💞

🔗Link in Bio to book

09/06/2020

"What do you do Monika?"🤔

Being a Certified Athletic Therapist I work with EVERYONE to help get them back doing what they love most.💖💪🏼

You can find me in a clinical setting and also out in the field (gym, rink, pitch etc)

In the clinic I focus on providing musculoskeletal injury and concussion assessments, treatment and rehabilitation plans, return to play/work plans, injury prevention programs and patient education to give you all the pieces you need to be successful with your recovery journey when injury has occured.✨

In the field setting I provide emergency care, sideline assessments and injury management strategies to athletes of all levels in a variety of different sports. You can usually spot me with a f***y pack and a large medkit and you'll see me run out into the field (ice, gym etc) if someone gets hurt and manage the situation.🏒🏉🏐

Having this unique blend of work environments has allowed me to work with so many individuals from the moment injury occurs, through to the entire assessment and rehabilitation process and beyond into the reintroduction of sport/activity/work.🌻

Let me know if you want to hear more about what I do!