SHAPE Approach - Integrated Therapy & Training (ITT)
Personalized From Head to Toe
SHAPE specializes in the integration of physical therapy with high performance personal training. Our approach and system is a key part of what separates us from the rest of the field. Our ITT system and approach will enhance your quality of life by optimizing your health and performance while also focusing on injury prevention.
All of our therapists and conditioning specialists combine the techniques of various disciplines, ensuring the most comprehensive personalized program is provided to you, yielding effective results for numerous goals including rehabilitation, weight loss, injury prevention and sport performance optimization.
Our approach and system begins with your Health and Wellness Assessment that is comprised of a fitness and lifestyle evaluation with one of our highly trained conditioning specialists followed by a medical and sports injury history and biomechanical scan by one of our Integrated Therapists and Trainers. As well, a complimentary nutrition consultation is available for each client, which can be set up with one of our nutritionists at your convenience. This will help you become aware of and evaluate your current eating habits, as well as provide an opportunity to discuss ways in which your current daily diet can be modified or adapted to achieve the best possible results from your personalized training program.
In order for the SHAPE Team to develop and design the best personalized therapy and training program for you, we must first gain a full understanding of how you move and function from head to toe. The assessment consists of the following components: medical history, body composition and measurements, lower and upper body strength tests, core stability, previous sports injury evaluation, health risk assessment and a biomechanical scan.
All of our personalized programs are overseen by a therapist (chiropractor or physiotherapist), a regulated health care professional, who ensures that your program is functionally designed to simulate movement in both everyday life and sport.
Our ITT program follows 4 main principles known as PARS:
All of our therapists and conditioning specialists combine the techniques of various disciplines, ensuring the most comprehensive personalized program is provided to you, yielding effective results for numerous goals including rehabilitation, weight loss, injury prevention and sport performance optimization.
Our approach and system begins with your Health and Wellness Assessment that is comprised of a fitness and lifestyle evaluation with one of our highly trained conditioning specialists followed by a medical and sports injury history and biomechanical scan by one of our Integrated Therapists and Trainers. As well, a complimentary nutrition consultation is available for each client, which can be set up with one of our nutritionists at your convenience. This will help you become aware of and evaluate your current eating habits, as well as provide an opportunity to discuss ways in which your current daily diet can be modified or adapted to achieve the best possible results from your personalized training program.
In order for the SHAPE Team to develop and design the best personalized therapy and training program for you, we must first gain a full understanding of how you move and function from head to toe. The assessment consists of the following components: medical history, body composition and measurements, lower and upper body strength tests, core stability, previous sports injury evaluation, health risk assessment and a biomechanical scan.
All of our personalized programs are overseen by a therapist (chiropractor or physiotherapist), a regulated health care professional, who ensures that your program is functionally designed to simulate movement in both everyday life and sport.
Our ITT program follows 4 main principles known as PARS:
- Posture – Muscle Balance
- Alignment – Joint Structure and Function
- Range of Motion – Joint Range of Motion and Muscle Flexibility
- Stability – Core Balance
Our therapists and conditioning specialists will analyze your PARS during your first treatment/session utilizing a functional movement screen consisting of nine different tests. Should any pain or limitation be detected, we will proceed to integrate your training with therapy treatments to ensure your pain is alleviated and the problem does not recur. Furthermore, corrective exercise techniques will be used throughout your High Performance Personal Training (HPPT) sessions to address any limitations found through your functional movement screen in conjunction with addressing your fitness or sport-specific goals.
SHAPE HPPT is based on the best available scientific research which demonstrates that high intensity functional exercise is far superior to any other exercise modality with respect to achieving a leaner, stronger and athletically balanced body. All training programs begin with a dynamic warm-up followed by circuit based training moving from lower body to upper exercises to create peripheral heart action which creates a metabolic effect that increases your strength, endurance, speed and decreases your lipid profile. In addition, HPPT burns the most amount of calories and changes your gene pool on the cellular level (increased mitochondria), which ultimately makes you look and feel younger!
Our therapists treat any limitations or dysfunctions found through your PARS assessment utilizing various bodywork modalities. The SHAPE therapy system has been developed to provide you with the most cutting-edge techniques to alleviate your pain, dysfunction or simply to enhance your kinematics in as little time as possible. The best available research has conveyed that manual therapy and acupuncture are the best methods used to treat these limitations while combining exercise to retrain the proper movement patterns.
Registered Massage Therapy and Nutrition Counselling will also be utilized to enhance recovery and regeneration.
How the SHAPE PARS System Applies to Both Training and Therapy
SHAPE HPPT is based on the best available scientific research which demonstrates that high intensity functional exercise is far superior to any other exercise modality with respect to achieving a leaner, stronger and athletically balanced body. All training programs begin with a dynamic warm-up followed by circuit based training moving from lower body to upper exercises to create peripheral heart action which creates a metabolic effect that increases your strength, endurance, speed and decreases your lipid profile. In addition, HPPT burns the most amount of calories and changes your gene pool on the cellular level (increased mitochondria), which ultimately makes you look and feel younger!
Our therapists treat any limitations or dysfunctions found through your PARS assessment utilizing various bodywork modalities. The SHAPE therapy system has been developed to provide you with the most cutting-edge techniques to alleviate your pain, dysfunction or simply to enhance your kinematics in as little time as possible. The best available research has conveyed that manual therapy and acupuncture are the best methods used to treat these limitations while combining exercise to retrain the proper movement patterns.
Registered Massage Therapy and Nutrition Counselling will also be utilized to enhance recovery and regeneration.
How the SHAPE PARS System Applies to Both Training and Therapy
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Training
- Posture and Alignment – Corrective dynamic exercises and stretches consisting of squatting, lunging, balancing, rotating, pushing and pulling movements will be utilized to address your muscle balance and joint structure and function.
- Range of Motion / Flexibility – Foam Roller Exercises, The Stick, Active Isolated Stretching Techniques (AIS) and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) stretching will be utilized to enhance muscle recovery and regeneration in conjunction with increasing your flexibility
- Stability – Stabilization exercises and functional fitness exercises will be implemented throughout your training program along with corrective exercises – all programs begin in Stage 1 addressing Muscle Endurance, Activation and Stabilization ... Read More
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Therapy
- Posture – Soft tissue techniques such as Active Release Techniques (ART®) in conjunction with Medical Acupuncture/Intramuscular stimulation to reduce muscle tightness and stiffness
- Alignment – Manual Therapy such as mobilizations and manipulation for joint structure and function
- Range of Motion/Flexibility – Stretching techniques such as AIS and PNF to reduce tissue stiffness and increase range of motion
- Stability – Core Stabilization Exercises as everything starts from the core for muscle activation and stabilization
I suffered from severe bilateral plantar fasciitis for over one year. In constant pain, I was barely able to walk or stand, and was considering surgery. The results of the Graston technique and active release therapy performed by Dr. Katie Au at SHAPE were life-altering. The efficacy of her technique is remarkable. Combined with a program of rehabilitation, altered weekly, my mobility has been restored and pain is gone. SHAPE Toronto has my hearty recommendation.
A. Phillips
A. Phillips
Sender,
Thank you and your team for the great session. I ran 16K this morning and felt great, in large part due to your help yesterday. Congratulations on your successful operation. You have a great team and a unique approach to integrated fitness and health.
Adam D.
Thank you and your team for the great session. I ran 16K this morning and felt great, in large part due to your help yesterday. Congratulations on your successful operation. You have a great team and a unique approach to integrated fitness and health.
Adam D.
I've never had a back treatment of such quality. I had the ankle sciatic sensation on the way home and a few times at dinner and a super mild sciatic feeling in my right calf on the way to work, but I feel way better! Thanks for taking such great care of me. I was holding my abs so much last night, my stomach was sore when I woke up this morning!
Catherine K.
Catherine K.
I live in Los Angeles and while visiting family in Toronto, I complained of upper-back and shoulder pain which had been ongoing for months. My Dad suggested I see a chiropractor. Luckily, his search led to Shawn. who provided immediate relief. You can't undo months of issues in one visit and a few adjustments, but it was the springboard I needed to get on the right track. I have been pain free since. He even went out of his way to find a doctor in the LA area.
Erik B.
Erik B.
The weekly yoga session with Dagmara is the highlight of our week. She is cheerful, positive, attentive and energetic. The session provides our bodies with flexibility, gives us physical and mental strength, and facilitates peace of mind, so we can endure life until we see her again!
Esther & Ben Geva
Esther & Ben Geva
I wanted to thank all of you for the amazing support I’ve received over the past few months since coming to SHAPE. I came with specific fitness goals and you exceeded my expectations on every level! I’ve never felt and looked better in my life, and of course. SHAPE is a wonderful environment and knowing you have massage therapists, chiropractors and nutritionists on hand helps make the experience complete.
Gillian S.
Gillian S.
Through years of sports and competitive dance, I've had numerous chronic injuries. I visited physiotherapists, massage therapists and acupuncturists, but not until SHAPE did I see a remarkable difference. It's almost unbelievable how accurately they made the diagnosis and performed appropriate treatments. I am thankful to be free of some of the pain I had for years. If there’s such thing as miracle workers, Shawn & Sender are it!. The fact that they follow up the next day with by phone or email speaks volumes!
Heather F.
Heather F.
Sender performed a miracle by alleviating chronic pain, lived with for several years. His ability to pinpoint the exact location of the muscles creating the pain and then use acupuncture and ART® treatments resulted in pain free living. What a joy! Now, it's only 32 hours after treatment so a few more days will tell the tale. Thank you,
Irene D.
Irene D.
I went to the gym and had a really GREAT work out yesterday. My back is a bit sore now but all is good, no problem, and you know what, this morning I feel like the 'HULK' because I can actually feel my muscles 'ripping and full of energy'. It feels MARVELOUS. Thanks Doc for a great treatment.
Respectfully
Jameson W.
Respectfully
Jameson W.
A week before my first race, my knees suddenly told me enough was enough! I could barely walk in the morning. I contacted SHAPE, and Shawn came to my rescue introducing me to ART®! Without you and your outstanding ability to alleviate pain, I may not have made it through my warm up on race day!!! You were genuinely concerned about my injury and determined to do whatever possible to make sure I was able to compete - you are my new HERO!
Jess H.
Jess H.
I have always had fantastic workouts at SHAPE, but I must say, my workouts with Adam continually challenge me and the results have been beyond expectation, in a very short period of time. I believe it important to give positive feedback when warranted.
Jessica B.
Jessica B.
Unlike most facilities, the whole you is treated by a complete team. My case is continually reviewed by Sender together with my MeDCAN physician, physiotherapist and kinesiologist. It is reassuring to know I am in the hands of such an involved team committed to providing excellence.
Joan M.
Joan M.
My support for SHAPE is due to the commitment of the great people. You have all become like family to me and I will shout from the roof tops how wonderful, not only the facility is, but how great you all are. I believe in the programs and how you work together for your clients.
Jodi C.
Jodi C.
I have been training with Khanh for over 2 years and my strength, balance and flexibility have all improved. Khanh seems to know exactly how hard to push me so that I get the most out of every session and still have fun. He is a very thoughtful trainer.
Joe
Joe
Sender,
Every time I ski down the hill and feel how strong my legs are and how great I feel, I am grateful for the day I met you. I am skiing better than I have ever skied. I feel like an athelete!!
Judy D.
Every time I ski down the hill and feel how strong my legs are and how great I feel, I am grateful for the day I met you. I am skiing better than I have ever skied. I feel like an athelete!!
Judy D.
