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Read MoreResolving Frozen Shoulder
Frozen Shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis, is a very stubborn, debilitating, and restrictive condition which affects all activities of daily living, and is characterized by: Severe pain, progressive stiffness, and loss of motion in the shoulder joint. Decreased range of motion, with obvious difficulties in raising the arm above the head, across the body, or behind the back. Pain that can last from weeks...
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Read MoreART at our Clinic
We use Active Release Techniques for treating over 95% of our patients, and have a proven success rate that exceeds 90% for a broad range of conditions. A large percentage of our patients suffer from repetitive strain injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, frozen shoulder, elbow pain, back pain, knee injures, and a wide variety of other musculoskeletal conditions throughout the body. We have a proven success...
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Read MoreAbout ART
Active Release Techniques (ART) Active Release Techniques (ART) has become one of most sought after soft-tissue treatments in the world today. ART is often your best bet for resolving chronic soft-tissue injuries. “ART is a patented, advanced, movement-based massage system, which is extremely effective for accurately locating the cause of soft-tissue conditions and effectively resolving (or greatly...
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Read MoreAbout Performance Care
What is Performance Care? Performance care acts to improve an athletes performance in his or her chosen sport. Subtle or gross changes in the physiology of an athlete body can have tremendous impact on the time and effort required to perform an activity. Difficult training regimes, repetitive motions (swimming, running, cycling), and overworked muscles all place a great deal of stress on an athlete’s...
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Read MoreRelease Your Pain: 2nd Edition
Read this long-awaited 2nd edition of an international best-seller to get the information you need to make educated health care decisions about your soft-tissue conditions. Release Your Pain provides you with specific exercises strategies to help resolve your individual condition and which you can apply to a broad range of soft-tissue injuries. This book can also help you to: Understand the probable cause...
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Read MoreRelease Your Kinetic Chain Series
Speed your healing with Exercises for the Jaw to Shoulder and Exercises for the Shoulder to Hand which include functional exercises that rehabilitate the all the tissues of the kinetic chain for your head, jaw, neck, arms, wrists, hands, and shoulders! Release the anatomical structures of your kinetic chain – from your jaw to shoulder, and your shoulder to hand – with these unique exercise...
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Read MoreOur Practice
Kinetic Health is conveniently located in Northwest Calgary within the community of Edgemont. Dr. Abelson, the clinical director of Kinetic Health, has been practicing at this location for the past 18 years. Kinetic Health specializes in treating a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions and in improving sports performance. The majority of our patients hear about Kinetic Health through referrals by...
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Read MoreResolving Dance Injuries
“Ballet ranks with football as the most demanding of all physical activities and sports”. Since 1978 – 3000 articles have been published on dance injuries. Between 75-97 % annual incidence of injury reported among professional dancers. 80% of dancer have a major injury during their career. 93% of dance teachers become teachers because of injury. These injuries often go untreated (often due to...
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Dr. Abelson’s Essential Nutritional Program – Part 5
Weight Loss Is this section of the my dietary protocol, I will cover some of the consequences of obesity. My hope is that you will take this issue seriously, not because of the superficial way society judges...
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Dr. Abelson’s Essential Nutritional Program – Part 4
Alkaline Diets The concept of balancing your bodies pH through diet has been around for a very long time (acid-base homeostasis or acid-base balance). Thirty years ago, I was using alkaline foods, such as...
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Dr. Abelson’s Essential Nutritional Program – Part 3
Water Keeps You Healthy We can continue living without food for several months,...
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Dr. Abelson’s Essential Nutritional Program – Part 2
Fats All fats are not bad for you, this vendetta against eating any type of fat...
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