Michael Paredes

Provider information

Description

Michael is a registered Physiotherapist in Alberta, Canada and the Philippines. He has been working at Rockyview General Hospital in Calgary since 2010 as a designated Physiotherapist in the following units: Cardiac, Urology, Pulmonary, Transition, ICU, Medical Assessment Unit, Emergency, and Psychiatry. He is authorized to use Functional Dry Needling, do Temporo-mandibular Joint Movement analysis, and is a Neuromuscular Retraining Practitioner. He is certified in Kinesio Taping.

Summary

Physiotherapy is a treatment delivered in various streams of healthcare across Canada. This type of treatment is not limited by age in any way. The end goal of this treatment is to restore basic function and mobility through targeted stretching, therapy, and exercise and incorporates many disciplines, including massage therapy and acupuncture.

This treatment is not limited to the rehabilitation of physical injury. Its benefits are spread across a number of common illness and conditions. For example, 90% of Canadians possess at least one risk factor for heart disease.