Is your at home workout in a bit of a rut? Consider working with a COAST Kinesiologist to elevate your workout and help you achieve your fitness goals.

Is your WFH (work from home) setup starting to take its toll on your body? COAST has got you covered! Here are 3 exercises to increase your strength and mobility in your back and shoulders.

At COAST, we offer a multidisciplinary approach to rehabilitation that focuses entirely on the individual. Our treatment is one-on-one and hands on, which means we aren’t overly reliant on machines. Instead we offer a comprehensive array of services and treatments to help our clients build a strong and resilient body.

Adding new exercises to your workout routine keeps things fresh and challenges your body. This glute bridge progression takes you through a series of exercises suitable for beginners and seasoned pros, but remember to listen to your body. This series primarily targets the glutes and hamstrings, but involves some core stabilization, which is great for anyone including runners and individuals with lower back pain.

Working with Physiotherapist, Athletic Therapist and/or Kinesiologist can help people with arthritis relearn movement patterns, strengthen the muscles to support the joints, and improve mobility to prevent additional strain on the joint.

Rest is without a doubt, one of the most overlooked elements of training for many athletes. Some worry that taking rest will result in losing fitness, weight gain or even laziness.

In fact, rest is just as important as exercising and essential to any proper training program, especially when it comes to building a strong and resilient body.

Glutes (Gluteus Maximus, Medius and Minimus) are arguably the most important muscle groups in the entire body, especially when it comes to injury prevention.⁠

Proper form is essential to get the most out of an exercise and to prevent injury. So let’s revisit some of the most fundamental exercises to build a strong foundation.

Since COVID, fitness studios, trainers and gyms have had to develop new ways to connect with their clients by offering online classes for the foreseeable future.

For many of us, working from home has been a great way to remain active while keeping ourselves and community safe. Unfortunately, without the hands-on attention from an instructor, we can make mistakes that can lead to injury.

Mobility isn’t the same as flexibility. It’s about having the full range of motion within your joints and proper muscular activation or control throughout that range. This allows you to squat deeper and jump higher.

Osteoporosis is a relatively common condition that causes weak and brittle bones. Although there is no cure, there are some treatments to help strengthen your bones. One form of treatment that has proven to be effective is a therapeutic weight-bearing exercise program prescribed by a Physiotherapist, Athletic Therapist or Kinesiologist.

Hip flexors often become tight and weak from too much sitting. It is also a problem area for many runners as the area can be prone to repetitive use injuries.

Here are 5 exercises to keep your hip flexors healthy with a combination of mobility and strength based-exercises demonstrated by COAST Physiotherapist Rachel Wong.⁠

The squat is one of the most essential movements for everyday function. The squat is mimics so many of our daily movements such as sitting in a chair, getting out of a car and it is even one of the first movements we learn as a baby. The squat is also a powerful exercise for building strength and endurance in your lower body.

Transitions can be some of life’s most stressful events. The death of a loved one or a divorse can be very disorienting and we can struggle to find ways to cope with the pain and sense of disorientation. And yet, as a society, we don’t really talk about it.

Are you worried about getting injured? At COAST, we not only want to help you recover from an injury, we also want to help make you stronger and more resilient to prevent future injuries. Here are our top three prehab tips to help injury proof your body.

Tightness, pinching, and twinging? Injuries aren’t always what they seem. The good news is you can catch them before they sneak up on you by identifying and addressing the early signs. Here’s how to prevent minor injuries from turning into major problems.

In Vancouver we are fortunate to generally have mild weather to allow us to train for spring races. There are also a lot of great local spring races to choose from! Proper training for a race takes time and dedication. If you are planning to run a race this spring, now is the time to start training and doing the hard work.  Here are a few tips to help you run your best race.

Pain, stiffness or weakness in your hands and wrists is very common. It can have a significant impact on your daily life from typing on your keyboard to swinging a racket. With the right treatment and prescribed exercises you can help improve the strength and range of motion in your hands.

Here are some critical hand and wrist exercises to help improve hand mobility.

Rehabilitation from a concussion can depend on the nature of the injury and how it has impacted your body. Vestibular problems are a common symptom that can cause dizziness and affect your balance. A vestibular physiotherapist can help patients suffering from a concussion with an exercise-based treatment program to improve gaze and postural stability, and also diminish dizziness. Here are a few examples of exercises to help reduce post-concussion symptoms, which a vestibular physiotherapist might recommend.