Janelle Kathreen Maleza
- Knee and ankle injury assessment and rehabilitation.
- Shoulder and neck pain manual therapy and mobilizations.
- Sports injury prevention and return-to-play plans.
- Exercise-based rehabilitation and individualized treatment programs.
- Kinesiology taping and concussion-informed movement therapy.
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Circle Care
1000 Gerrard St E, Unit D13A, Toronto, ON, M4M 3G6
Languages spoken: English, Tagalog Experienced in treating: knee pain, ankles, upper back, shoulders, and neck pain. Janelle has been in the field of Physiotherapy since 2016, having worked as the lead physiotherapist with one of the top collegiate soccer teams in the Philippines for 3 years. She focused on injury prevention and treating sports injuries to help athletes get back on track at least time possible. She did this with the additional knowledge of the basic soccer biomechanics and game mechanics she took in a Youth Coaching License Course. She worked as a volunteer in local community physiotherapy clinics while expanding her horizon in treating patients with osteoarthritis, fractures, musculoskeletal pain and injuries, frozen shoulder, post- stroke, Bell’s Palsy, among others. To enhance her knowledge, she studied Fitness and Health Promotions in Windsor, Ontario, having obtain the skills to identify needs in the community and design programs for individuals and groups meeting in a wide range of objectives and goals in the field of health and fitness. She has also completed manual therapy and movement enhancement, evaluation, and treatment for both overhead and running athletes, concussion course and Kinesiology taping. Making sure that she is updated with new studies, she reviews up-to-date research and studies in treating patients. She works closely with patients while she is passionate about helping people in need to get back to doing things they love, and participate in the activities they enjoy, with adequate physical strength and movement through individualized treatment plan involving exercise, education, and manual therapy.
During your initial assessment for physiotherapy, the physiotherapist will ask questions regarding the history of your physical complaint, the background to it, as well as what aggravates and eases the pain.This will be followed by a detailed examination involving some movements and tests followed by rehabilitation.