Dr. Max Wong

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Dr. Max Wong

Chiropractor with a specialized interest and focus on climbing injuries, recovery, and performance.

Online booking: spiritwind.janeapp.com

Dr. Max Wong is a Toronto-based doctor with a strong interest in interdisciplinary healthcare, particularly with complimentary therapy integration into the biomedical model to create a complete circle of care. Dr. Wong's love of rock climbing has led her to focus much of her personal study on upper limb injuries, especially pertaining to the shoulder girdle and finger pulley. It has also led her to understanding the importance of stability in all of the "cores" - the abdomen, wrist, shoulder, pelvis, and ankle - to minimize risk of injury and strengthen performance. Dr. Wong holds a B.Sc (Honours) in Biology and Visual Arts, and a B.Ed from York University. Following that, she completed her Doctor of Chiropractic from Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, where she worked in a multi-disciplinary community health centre, treating complex cases. During this time, Dr. Wong also successfully treated previous and current national-level athletes. Dr. Wong was awarded Clinical Honours upon graduation for her excellence in patient care. She is currently practicing in Toronto, Canada, and is on faculty with the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

06/01/2023

Just out here, living my best vertical whale life 🐋😎🧗🏻‍♀️
First photograph: .spiritwind
Second photograph:
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10/31/2022

I’ve been getting some people asking - where the heck have I been all summer? A bit of late news, but I joined the faculty at as a part of the Department of Clinical Education! Most of my summer was spent doing a lot of extra training for the role, and I’m pretty stoked! 🤓
Taking on a clinical teaching role at a university level has always been an important goal of mine. When I was a student and intern, I found it hard sometimes to explain some of the nuanced struggles and issues I experienced as a smol, q***r, femme of colour to my straight, white clinicians. As amazing as my mentor clinicians were, sometimes there are things that others cannot teach you because they don’t have the lived experience. My hope is that I can help provide additional guidance in that sense to the interns I work with, as well as annoy them with my love of rehab and active care 💪🏼😝
Anyway, that’s the current tea (as the interns say). You can find me randomly at a satellite clinic, (hopefully) nurturing the future of chiropractic! 👩🏻‍⚕️
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09/21/2022

Happy to have ⚡️flashed⚡️ this green tape at !
Definitely played into my strengths of technical climbing combined with hauling lock-offs 💪🏼, and included a very generous heel hook. I dislike heel hooks and toe hooks sooo much 😭 - I have a history of weird ankle/heel things and my ankle dorsiflexion is pretty trash, but really I just need to get over it. If you see me crying about heels and toes at the gym, please tell me to just do it 🥲 Then buy me some bubble tea 😅

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07/09/2022

Thirty minutes of projecting in less than a minute at 😅😤🫠

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06/28/2022

Finally got new contact cards! 😤😎✌🏼
Going back to my arts and crafts, low-tech, and hands-on approach (haha) to things, I drew a few (see: lots) of these up to finally give climbers instead of having them just Google me 😅
I drew some tiny adorable holds on them, so maybe you can choose one you’d like from a gym near you as I drop them off. Or just ask for one in person 😉

06/07/2022

How to trad when your hand is sad? 🖐🏼😥💔
I find that navigating trad climbing with a hand or finger injury is probably where one needs the most monitored support - there are so many outdoor variables and variations of hand and finger jamming and camming can make it tricky.
A good strategy to when you're back at the crack should involve the following:
👩🏻‍⚕️ Understanding the nature of your injury, including the structures involved and how they function in your hand and finger placements, as well as how you use your gear
⏳ Having an idea of the typical timeline of healing, and how different aspects of your lifestyle can affect it
💪🏼 Actively rehabbing the tissues in conjunction with your climbing schedule
😤 Knowing how to self-monitor and autoregulate so you can tell how much is too much, and what to do if you push a little too hard
🔧 Tinkering with climbing modifications, especially around risk mitigation and managing psychological stress, and pitch strategy
Making sure that you cover these bases, as well as how they can change over time, is key to enjoying the outdoor season while you're healing 🤘🏼
As an aside, I do know how to trad, but I have an irrational (?) fear of losing my fingers in a fingerlock. Please don't ask me to come tradding with you. I'll tell about the time a cam fell out at a crux instead 😭

04/18/2022

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ROUTESETTER 🔩🔫🔧
Hey friends, I’ve been meaning to do this for a long time now, and am finally at a place in my climbing rehab career that I can offer this. From now until the end of May 2022, I am offering 40% off in-person initial assessments for routesetters. As a routesetter, I understand how important it is to take care of your body, and how things like back pain, finger tweaks, and funky shoulders can affect your livelihood. I also understand how much of a relief it is to get that thing finally looked at, and figure out a plan of action that also allows you to keep climbing and setting 🤘🏼
Most of the climbers who come see me hear about me through word of mouth, and I am so grateful for that (I’m terrible with social media and technology, and can’t even figure out how to put text on this dang picture). So similar to how I’ve operated before, tell all your routesetting friends what I’m offering, share this with them, click the booking link in my bio, and let’s spread the word to help support our local routesetters. You don’t even have to follow me, but feel free to do so if you want. Depending on how popular this gets, I might have to limit how many appointments I make available so I can still treat other people 😅
As for those setters who have been with me from the beginning, as a thank you, I’ll cover 50% of your next half hour with me if it’s within 2022 🙏🏼
Terms and conditions: At time of booking, leave a note that you’re a routesetter. Proof of current full- or part-time employment at a commercial gym as a routesetter needs to be provided by the appointment date (i.e. a paystub, T4, letter of employment). Independent contractors need to provide their most recent invoice (within the last year) for routesetting services. Because of time limitations, we’ll focus on one main complaint, and I can’t guarantee treatment within the same visit. I have the right to refuse to redeem or close this offer at anytime. Please remember that I am just a human and have limited time and resources ✌🏼

04/16/2022

IT SLAPS!!! 🙌🏼🔥 😉
Been really digging compression moves lately. I've had patients ask me why I prescribe bench press or push-ups, and this is exactly why. Benchies and push-ups help prepare you for highly compressive moves where you're not just retracting through the shoulders like most pulling exercises (i.e. pull-ups, rows) to keep your center of mass tight to the wall, but also squeezing through the chest and biceps while maintaining core tension. Maybe it's time to reignite my old push-up obsession 👀
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02/18/2022

Smol hands vs fat pinches make for a bumpy ride 😂
Happy to have finally stuck the jump on this, and am extremely grateful for the endless support of my right biceps for carrying me through bump city 💪🏼
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01/12/2022

Hey 👋🏼 Just wanted to say I miss you ❤️
Things have been preeeeetty hectic on my end - still working with patients, still taking new patients, and still lecturing. Setting, not so much, given the current gyms closures. Legit wanted to rage throw an impact driver through a wall 😅 But! Here’s a video of some things to look forward to in a few weeks! Hold tight, friends 😤✊🏼
Featuring , who just turned TWO!!
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01/02/2022

Looking forward to more of this in 2022. I mean, if you’re not falling, are you really climbing? 🤔🧗🏻‍♀️🤣

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12/05/2021

Love me a powerful, stupid steep V4 jug haul any day ❤️ Climbing on (under? 😂) these angles is a dreammmmm 🧗🏻‍♀️🥺😍
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Address

283 Spadina Avenue, 3rd Floor
Toronto, ON
M5T2E3

Telephone

+16479017297

Website

http://www.climbingchiro.ca/

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Online booking: spiritwind.janeapp.com Dr. Max Wong is a Toronto-based doctor with a strong interest in interdisciplinary healthcare, particularly with complimentary therapy integration into the biomedical model to create a complete circle of care. Her love of rock climbing has led her to focus much of her personal study on climbing injuries, recovery, and performance. Dr. Wong holds a B.Sc (Honours) in Biology and Visual Arts, and a B.Ed from York University. Following that, she completed her Doctor of Chiropractic from Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, where she worked in a multi-disciplinary community health centre, treating complex cases. During this time, Dr. Wong also successfully treated previous and current national-level athletes. Dr. Wong was awarded Clinical Honours upon graduation for her excellence in patient care. She is currently practicing in Toronto, Canada, and is on faculty with the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Dr. Wong is a member of good standing with the following organizations:

College of Chiropractors of Ontario

Canadian Chiropractic Association

Ontario Chiropractic Association