If you’ve ever visited a physiotherapist and spent the entire 30 minutes lying face down on a treatment table, you’ve experienced "Passive Management." While massage and joint mobilisations can feel great and serve a specific purpose, they are only one small piece of the recovery puzzle. At Physio on Patterson, we champion an Active Management approach. This means we focus on movement, load progression, and education. Here is why moving more—rather than just "rubbing the sore spots"—is the...

A Guide to Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness If you’ve ever felt like you’re walking on a boat, or if your head feels "heavy" or "cloudy" long after an inner ear infection or a stressful event has passed, you aren't alone. You might be experiencing PPPD—often colloquially called "triple-P-D." At Physio on Patterson, we see many patients who have spent months bouncing around between various healthcare profeessionals with no clear answers. Today, we’re diving into the contemporary...

We’ve all been there. You’ve spent weeks in rehab for a rolled ankle, a strained hamstring, or maybe a post-surgical knee. You’re back at the gym, you’ve stopped limping, and you feel, well... fine . In the past, "feeling fine" was often the green light to return to full sport, work or heavy lifting. But at Physio on Patterson , we’re moving beyond "fine." Here is the hard truth of sports medicine: The human eye is notoriously bad at detecting small strength deficits—but those small deficits...