Current Technology at our Clinic
At Inspire Health & Performance we embrace the use of current technology to help improve the patient experience while providing us with objective, reliable data to track progress.
We are trying to find the right balance when it comes to technology. On one hand, old school ways of treating do not use any kind of tech which sometimes leaves collecting data or measuring progress difficult. On the other hand, too much technology leaves you spending most of your time testing and hardly any time being treated. Our goal is to find the middle ground where we use current technology where appropriate to provide fast an efficient ways to measure muscle strength, range of motion and more without eating up too much of your treatment time.
Here are some of the tools we use in our home physiotherapy clinic:
Digital Dynamometer
The easyforce digital dynamometer is a compact, effective tool to measure force production in any muscle without the guess work. Find out how much force your quads can produce and compare each side to see if there is a difference. If you were every wondering if one side was weaker, it’s time to fid out. Manual muscle testing just got easier.
Scenarios the digital dynamometer is useful for:
- post surgical or major injury (achilles tear, ACL reconstruction, meniscus repair)
- dealing with an injury that requires strength in a specific muscle group (e.g. tennis elbow, patellar tendinopathy, achilles tendinopathy)
- Identifying differences side to side
- Return to play decisions
- Assessing the balance between muscle groups (e.g. quads vs hamstring ratios)
More information at https://meloqdevices.com/
Digital Goniometer
The easyangle digital goniometer easily allows accurate measurement of joint range of motion (ROM) or mobility. This is very useful when tracking progress where mobility is required either during a rehabilitation program or for those wanting to gain access to more range of motion. With two clicks you will get a measurement in degrees.
Scenarios the digital goniometer is useful for:
- rehabilitation programs: tracking mobility in key joints (e.g. rotator cuff pathology – shoulder ROM, knee ROM after an MCL sprain)
- post surgical – E.g. ACL/meniscus, rotator cuff tendon repair, achilles rupture (surgical or non surgical)
- tracking mobility – E.g. passive straight leg raise to assess both hamstring and calf length together
More information at https://meloqdevices.com/
Video analysis on Commercial Grade Treadmill
Everybody is unique and have certain tendencies that change how they walk or run. At our home clinic in Mahogany, we have a commercial grade treadmill set up to allow video analysis in 3 different angles in order to break down and identify compensatory or inefficient patterns.
Examples of areas we look at:
- Walking (Gait) Patterns
- knee locking after an injury
- trendelenburg or hip drop
- increased side to side movement
- decreased toe off
- more weight on one side of the foot during mid stance
Running analysis
- identify potential mobility restrictions
- assess initial contact between sides
- absorption of force
- weight distribution in the foot
- hip/knee/ankle compensatory patterns or inefficiencies
- breathing mechanics
- arm swing
- thorax mobility
Each video analysis is broken down for you so you can see what we see. Remember it is not about trying to get everyone to walk the same or apply a “cookie cutter” mentality as each individual has different patterns and mobility that will impact how they move. The video analysis allows us to identify any strategies that may be contributing to recurring injuries, pain, or energy inefficiencies.
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Mahogany Clinic Space
Contact Information
- Phone: (403) 679-3977
- Fax: (403) 679-3977
- Email: booking@inspirehealthcalgary.ca
Home Clinic Location
Masters Square SE
Calgary, AB T3M 2N3
*By Appointment Only
Mahogany Home Physiotherapy Clinic
- Monday: 9:15 AM – 11:30 AM; 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- Tuesday: Closed
- Wednesday: Closed
- Thursday: 9:15 AM – 11:30 AM; 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- Friday: 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
- Saturday: 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
- Sunday: Closed
Dietetics
Tuesday: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM or by appointment
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Since Mike helped my husband recover from and manage severe sciatic pain, I’ve been to him myself and have recommended him to multiple people. He is friendly, compassionate, considerate, and extremely passionate about his craft, and approaches physiotherapy from a total wellness perspective. I had issues with neck / shoulder pain and tension, as well as knee pain, and he helped me track the source of these issues from head to toe. He also took my entire lifestyle into consideration when building a program I could realistically execute. I trust him completely and would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a physiotherapist.
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I invited Mike from Inspire Performance to create and deliver a session on Wellness for the Rona Inc. Western Distribution network. Mike is knowledgeable, professional and easy to work with. He checked in often about the content of the presentation to ensure it was what we envisioned, and his communication was clear and timely. The content of the presentation was informative, concise and appealing to a diverse audience – he even developed a worksheet for the participants to work through during the presentation and it supported participant learning. I highly recommend Inspire Performance for their approach to wellness and their ability to engage learners on what can sometimes be an intimidating topic. Well done Mike and team!
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Mike’s commitment to his clients is second to none!
I have been working with Mike Azzopardi over the past 12 months, I now would consider him a friend. My history as an athlete provided numerous opportunities to works with many sports Physio and medical professionals. Mike’s commitment to adapt his knowledge along with the will and determination he has for his clients welfare results in the self inspiration, allowing his clients to meet their goals. I feel Mike cares for each and everyone of his clients. In a world where the basic human interaction are being forgotten mike methods I have found have been life changing in my ability to function.
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Mike is a committed coach who really listens to and works with an athlete to accomplish their goals. He helps strike a balance between what you want to do (run all the kilometers in my case) and what your goal is (get to the start line healthy and hopefully fast). He cares a lot and is very invested in his clients.
I started working with Mike as a physiotherapist after several injuries and then he started coaching me back to running. With his help and plan, I accomplished my goal of getting back to running a sub 3 hour marathon after not running a marathon for 1.5 years. I ran a 2:56:51 marathon at the 2023 Saskatchewan Marathon and was the second place female! Working with Mike was important part of making this happen.
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Over the years, I’ve had several physiotherapists due to sports injuries. Mike is knowledgeable and stays updated with the latest research. What also stood out to me was his holistic approach. Appreciate your support!
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Calgary, AB T3M 2N3
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