Thurston | Family Physio Sport Conditioning and Wellness Centre
"Minimizing Pain and Maximizing Mobility"
Discover Your Strength at Ottawa's most prolific Gym!
Ottawa's only true athletic playground with a primary focus of navigating every athlete to Discover their Strength and Develop their Full Athletic Potential.
This location is also home to a state of the art Physiotherapy and
Massage Therapy Wellness Centre.
Unlike most fitness and conditioning centres with minimal floor space and packed with machines, the FPSCWC has plenty of open space for athletes to perform speed, agility, reactivity, quickness, and acceleration drills utilizing one machine, the human body. The FPSCWC challenges the athlete with 10 fully equipped power racks with key functional training tools including, dumbbells, balance boards, BOSUs, stability balls, multi resistance tubing, and benches complimented with a barrage of speed, agility and quickness tools such as ladders, hurdles, resisted and assisted speed harnesses, parachutes, cones, and power striders.
Anaerobic and aerobic base conditioning is covered by the Centres fleet of stationary bikes, summer and fall access to well maintained soccer fields directly across from the centre, and an unmatched open space for multi-directional training. Our 4000+ square foot training area is large enough to accommodate 30 + players at once in an inspiring and motivating environment loaded with energy and passion.
The Family Physio Sport Conditioning Team will develop programs to fit each individual athlete's abilities to optimal performance specific to their sport. Utilizing the combined knowledge of our kinesiologists, massage therapists, and sport physiotherapists, the FPSCWC team is able to produce a more competent, durable, and skilfull athlete through the improvement of their anaerobic capacity, dynamic balance, speed, agility, quickness, movement skills, muscle reactivity, joint stability, whole body reaction skills, multi-joint strength, standing explosive power, rotary core power, deceleration, power initiation, multi-directional agility. Each of these components will be trained to meet and exceed the intense physical demands of every sport and reduce the inherent risk of injuries. The conditioning workouts are 45 to 60 minutes in length and are available after school, mornings and weekends. The FPSCWC also offers on-site training where we bring our unique system of training to you.The FPSCWC program is the answer to building team morale, player excitement and overall energy within individual athletes, teams and to promote cooperation/collaboration that recognizes fitness as a tool to enhance level of play and productivity.
Services offered at Thurston
Physiotherapy (Christine Chang-Caza PT)
Christine Chang-Caza brings over 20 years of experience working in the area of Sports Physiotherapy. She graduated from McGill University and has taken extensive training in orthopedic manual therapy, the treatment and prevention of sports injuries, running injuries and sports injuries in children.Christine competed at a Provincial, University and National level in fieldhockey and coached at a University and Provincial level. She also has two children who are competitive athletes so she truly understands the pressures put on an injured athlete from all aspects. She feels that working in a setting like the Sport Conditioning Center allows her to fully rehab her clients so that reinjury is minimized.
Christine is a certified Spinning and fitness instructor and enjoys working out, trail running, yoga, and cross-country skiing.
Personal Training Program Descriptions...
3|45 Program (Individual)
Designed to measure your current state of overall health and fitness while identifying your individual needs, this program of 3 45 minute sessions includes a physical assessment examining posture, body balance and lifestyle.
30|60 Program (Individual)
Based on the results of your individual assessment, this program of 30/60 minute sessions is tailored to your individual health and fitness needs and long term goals.
What can you expect to gain from Personal Training?
- More energy and self-confidence
- Improved sleep
- Improved core strength
- Reduced low back pain
- Improved body image and self esteem
- Increased resting metabolism
- Reduced anxiety
- Stress reduction
- Reduced Body fat
- Lower blood pressure
- Increased strength and muscle mass
- Reduced risk of cardiovascular disease
Please note that both these pro-grams are suitable for the first time exerciser or the seasoned athlete. You will immediately see and feel the benefit of working with an exercise specialist focused on you realizing your goals and fitness potential.
Move beyond the boot camps and into a full body workout that will ensure you meet the demands of your life and sport.
Call us today to sign up for our 3|45 and make your way to our 30|60 Program which will be formulated based on a prescription designed specifically for you!
Youth High Performance Sport Training
Sport is movement at a fast pace in an arena of organized chaos. Only through the training of specific movements will your son or daughter get the edge necessary to take their game to the next level. Our specialized training maximizes the potential of the young athlete by developing stronger more balanced bodies which in turn gives them the tools to become faster, more agile, and less prone to injury. Whether its a harder shot on the ice, or that faster first step on the field, this training will ensure every athletes goals are attained.
Athlete Injury Prevention Program
All athletes regardless of age are eligible for the most comprehensive athletic training program in Ottawa. Whether in a team, small, group, or individual environment a physiotherapist will be on hand to communicate to our sport conditioning coaches the individual needs of each athlete. This unprecedented dialog between therapist and coach will ensure every athlete whether playing on the ice, field, on court or in the pool, will be a stronger, more balanced and more importantly, a more resilient athlete.
Endless Ice (Skating Treadmill Program)
Visit the Endless Ice page to learn more about the program and availability.
Contact us for more information on any of our programs.
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2190 Thurston Drive (Ottawa Business Park)
Ottawa, Ontario K1G 6E1