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Posts Tagged “Marc Rizzardo”

Physical Therapy articles from our team of professionals, crafted specially for our clients and their friends.

Marc Rizzardo heading to his 5th Olympics

January 20th, 2016 • • in Physiotherapy • tagged: , • Add a comment »

Badminton Canada Nominates Coaching Staff for Rio Olympics Ottawa ON – Badminton Canada today announced the staff it intends to nominate for the Rio Olympic Games Canadian Badminton Team. With a slightly more than three months before the end Rio Olympic qualifying period, Canada is in a position to potentially qualify up seven athletes for the Games.

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Plantar Fasciitis (Heel Spurs)

May 12th, 2014 • • in Client Stories, Physiotherapy • tagged: , , , • Add a comment »

This article was prepared exclusively for the PCSL by physiotherapist Marc R. Rizzardo. It belongs to a series of articles about common health and injury problems encountered by soccer players. A very common injury that soccer players get, usually early on in the preseason, is plantar fasciitis. The plantar fascia is a bundle of muscles that run under the foot.

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Anterior Compartment Syndrome (Shin Splints)

May 12th, 2014 • • in Client Stories, Physiotherapy • tagged: , , , • Add a comment »

This article was prepared exclusively for the PCSL by physiotherapist Marc R. Rizzardo. It belongs to a series of articles about common health and injury problems encountered by soccer players. The lower leg is comprised of three distinct compartments, each having muscles, nerves, arteries and veins in them.  When one compartment gets injured via overuse or acute trauma to the area, the swelling in the area does not dissipate into the other two compartments. 

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