Advantage Sport Medicine Physiotherapy - Edmonton

I highly recommend Advantage Sport Medicine Physiotherapy! Staff members are very friendly and professional. Kacy is awesome! Her expertise has helped me recover from multiple injuries. (A sports injury and a work-related injury.) 5 stars!

So this review is long overdue... so apologies for that as I should have done this on first priority just like this place has always held their clients on first priority. A huge shout out to “Kevin Trinh”... who has been God sent for me. With an unbearable pain in my right elbow (tennis elbow) and my neck I googled the closest physio clinic and this place came up. The pain had completely paralysed me and just the idea of getting out of bed in the morning became a nightmare. So landed myself an appointment and Kevin was supposed to do the session with me. A young guy with an extremely composed aura. Just him patiently hearing me out made me feel I was in the right place ... but wait for it ... the magic just didn’t end there ... a thorough professional who not only knew what he was doing but also had healing hands. Three sessions into it I honestly didn’t even remember how bad the pain initially was... with exercises for homework and Kevin’s in-depth knowledge , he worked on my arm and neck. He would take time to talk me through the whole session before he would begin so that I would be mentally ready for what was to follow. I really believe in the power of healing and some people almost have surprised me with their positivity, knowledge on their subject and their mannerism with which they attack the pain ... Kevin has surpassed the bench mark I had set. I can only imagine with more hands on experience who he would become ... an unstoppable force in the world of physio!! The clinic itself is extremely clean and operates in a professional manner. The staff is very friendly and doesn’t take any client for granted. Honestly in just three sessions I was 90% better ... the pain I was carrying since the last entire year felt it would never go away. I had somewhere started to live with it as part of my life. Thanks to Kevin I no longer need to make pain a part of my life... thanks Kevin for being dedicated, passionate and incredibly professional in your line of work, as those traits will always cut through pain no matter how intense. Keep up the great work !!

I have been coming to this clinic for over 4 years with a chronic condition and am extremely satisfied with the attention and care I've been receiving from Tahisha Naidu and the other staff. I have seen many physiotherapists and massage therapists, but this clinic outranks every other. The staff here are friendly, professional, and client-centred and provide top-tier clinical treatment. In addition, they teach me how to help myself and be an active participant in the rehabilitation process. I cannot say enough good about Advantage Sport Medicine Physiotherapy!

Highly recommend Kevin Trinh. Tore my Achilles’ tendon in 2019 went to a couple of physiotherapists prior to meeting Kevin. I was unable to engage my calf muscles and the prior physio gave me some basic exercises that did not solve the problem. I visited them regularly for 8 months with no progress. They said there was nothing more that could be done and basically gave up on me. Kevin was a completely different story. In 1 month I was able to do halve of a calf raise which may not sound like much haha but it was significant progress comparing to the prior physios. In 3 months I was able to do a complete calf raise. I’m really happy I met Kevin because if I couldn’t use my right calf I would not be able to enjoy exercising. The best thing about Kevin is that he has great energy and is very dynamic. What I mean by dynamic is when an exercise isn’t helping he’ll immediately find a new exercise to try. Or when the recovery progress is starting to stagnate he’ll immediately try different things to accelerate recovery. I’ve also had times where he’ll email me on weekends suggesting different stretches and explaining about the muscle science stuff. He’s a bright young man and an excellent physio Whenever I have ergonomic issues I go to Kevin.

Danielle was informative and really cares about your path to recovery. Great and Friendly staff.

Highly recommend Emilie at Advantage Sport Medicine Physiotherapy. I was recommended to the doctor across the hall, who then referred me here. I have been going here for past 4 weeks. Emilie is very knowledgeable, kind, respectful and honest. She has made me feel comfortable telling her exactly how I feel without judgments. She has taken the time to explain my injury and the recovery plan in a language I can understand. She has gone out of her way to provide me with more information and exercise I can do at home to help my recovery. She cares about my success ALMOST more than I do. Every time I walk in the ladies are always all so kind. (Sorry, not being sexist or biased- there's never males around when I am there). Flexibility for working around my schedule has been amazing as well. Hands down, if I ever need physio again in future, I will never go to anyone else. Highly recommend this facility and more specifically ,Emilie. Thank you !

I decided to give Advantage a try after my regular physio left temporarily on maternity leave. I’m disappointed to say that my experience was sub par and I did not receive the treatment I needed. Starting with the good, the facility itself is modern and in an easily accessible location with plenty of parking. The staff were all pleasant to deal with in-person and over the phone. The initial assessment was comprehensive. My PT was thorough when assessing my movement and offered good exercises for me to work on. I have been to many clinics previously and this was more-or-less the same experience for the first visit. Where this clinic fell short started before the initial assessment. When booking my first appointment, I made it clear that I was coming for dry needling. They asked me follow up questions including my problem area, to which I said supraspinatus. I got a call back from the front desk about 10 minutes later informing me that my assigned PT does not needle on the first visit. This should have been my cue to try a different clinic but with the good reviews on google, I decided to give this a shot despite knowing that I desperately needed needles. I am no stranger to needles and have been getting maintenance (reset) treatments for years now so I would say I am fairly in tune with my body and pinpointing the actual muscle that is dysfunctional vs the muscles that were just compensating. In my first visit, my PT explained further about the cost/benefit of needling in relation to their personal comfort level regarding the first visit, which was fair and appreciated since this was their personal boundary. I explained that my supraspinatus is causing tension in my trapezius which is limiting my range of motion. The day after the visit, my worries of forgoing needles came true and my trap got even tighter which gave me a tension headache. I decided to call in to push my appointment ahead and to try to get needles. When I showed up for the second appointment, I was relieved to hear that the PT would needle me. They needled both traps and my left lat in spots that provided the most bang for the buck. My usual physio is more thorough and is not afraid to go deeper outside of these points but as this was the first needling session at Advantage, I obviously had to curb my expectations. However, I was very shocked to learn that my PT did not have the certifications required to needle the supraspinatus when I asked for it. Needling just my trapezius and not the supraspinatus where my root issue lies would just cause my trap to start tightening up again after a few hours. Needless to say, this ended up being not only a waste of the initial assessment fee + cost of the follow up visit, but more importantly, it was a big waste of my time, especially since I work two jobs. I am struggling to understand why I was assigned a PT who was unable to needle the part I needed, when I clearly stated it was the reason for my visit and that my trouble area was the supraspinatus in first call. This not only comes at an obvious cost to me, but it also puts my assigned PT in an uncomfortable position as well, where they were assigned a client looking for a treatment outside their scope. So I am rather disappointed with my experience and I will be looking at a different clinic that is better suited to me and is a little better with the communication on the get go. For a new client who is considering going to this clinic, I can only assume that it would be okay as long as you follow their recovery plan. But for someone like me with chronic pain and knowing exactly what I need, it's better I go somewhere else that is able to tailor the treatment to me and not start from ground 0.

Emilie is an exceptional therapist and a true professional. She uses her exemplary assessment skills to determine what the problem is, and then she couples her findings with a specific treatment that is well validated in literature. As a healthcare professional, Emilie will not waste your time on treatments you don't need, and she will explain her clinical decision making. As a physiotherapist myself and an instructor at the University, I would go to Emilie 10x out of 10.