Low back pain
Most backs aren’t damaged — they’re defensive. We find out why yours is guarding, then train it to stop.
One-on-one physiotherapy · Kensington, Calgary
Pain gets a plan. Strength gets rebuilt on purpose.
Forty-five minutes, one physiotherapist, one patient — never two tables at once. Direct billing, no referral needed, two blocks off Kensington Road.
Reforge · Movement LabFig. 01
Vertical ground-reaction force · single stride
Assessment data, illustrative
We measure before we prescribe — force, range, and control, tracked from your first visit to your final test.
- Direct billing to most insurers
- No referral needed in Alberta
- 45-minute 1:1 sessions
- WCB Alberta approved provider
01 What we treat
Six problems we see every week.
If yours isn’t on the list, call anyway — the assessment is the same rigorous 45 minutes either way.
Runners & cyclists
Tendons, knees, ITB, shin pain. Training-load problems get training-load answers — not six weeks of rest and hope.
Shoulders
Cuff, capsule, instability. Shoulders punish guesswork, so we diagnose before we treat — every single time.
Post-surgical rehab
ACL, rotator cuff, joint replacement. We work from your surgeon’s protocol and move exactly as fast as it allows.
WCB claims
We handle the reporting and the paperwork so your file never stalls your recovery. Billed directly to WCB Alberta.
Chronic pain
Pain that has outstayed its injury needs a different playbook — graded, measured, and honest about timelines.
02 The method
The Return-to-Strength Pathway.
Every plan we write moves through the same five stages. You’ll always know which one you’re in, what it takes to leave it, and what’s waiting on the other side.
Assess honestly
A full 45 minutes to find the actual driver of your pain — movement, strength, history, training load — not just the spot that hurts.
A typical week
One visit. You leave with a working diagnosis, a written plan, and two things to do tonight.
03 Your first visit
Your first 45 minutes, minute by minute.
No gowns, no forms for the sake of forms, no ten-minute hand-off to a machine in the corner. This is the actual shape of visit one.
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MIN 0–10
We listen
Full history — the injury, the sport, the sleep, what you’ve already tried and what it actually did.
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MIN 10–25
We test
Strength, range, and control — how you move under load, not just how you look on the table.
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MIN 25–40
We treat
Hands-on work starts day one, paired with the first exercises of your program. No “come back next week to begin.”
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MIN 40–45
We plan
A working diagnosis in plain language, a realistic timeline, and your place on the Pathway — on paper, in your hand.
You’ll leave with two things you can do tonight.
Not a photocopied sheet — two specific exercises, dosed for you, before your second visit is even booked.
04 The team
Two physiotherapists. Zero hand-offs.
The person who assesses you is the person who treats you — every visit, start to finish.
Dana Whitfield
MScPT · Physiotherapist
Special interests: running injuries, tendinopathy, return-to-sport testing.
Rebuilt her own Achilles, then ran the Calgary Marathon on it. Ask to see the training log.
Priya Raman
MScPT · Physiotherapist
Special interests: post-surgical rehab, shoulders, persistent pain.
Five years on post-op wards before Kensington — nothing about your knee will surprise her.
05 Pricing & billing
Flat rates. Billed direct.
You’ll never be quoted one price and charged another — and in Alberta, you don’t need a referral to start physiotherapy.
Initial assessment
$13545 minutes
one-on-one
- Full movement, strength and history assessment
- Working diagnosis, explained in plain language
- Treatment starts the same visit
- Written plan, plus two exercises for tonight
Follow-up session
$9545 minutes
one-on-one
- Always one-on-one — never two tables at once
- Your program progressed every session
- Hands-on treatment where it earns its place
- Direct billing handled at the desk
We bill directly to
- Alberta Blue Cross
- Canada Life
- Sun Life
- Manulife
- Green Shield
- Equitable Life
- WCB Alberta
If your plan covers physiotherapy, you pay only the difference — for most extended-health plans, that’s nothing at all.
06 What clients say
Taken at their word.
Three clinics in two years told me to rest. Reforge told me what was wrong, wrote it down, and gave the plan an end date. That was the difference.
Forty-five minutes is not a gimmick. Nobody left the room, nobody parked me on a machine with a timer. We worked the whole time.
After my ACL I flinched at stairs. They wouldn’t sign off until I’d passed hop tests on that knee. That’s exactly why I trust it now.
Book your assessment.
Call or email and a physiotherapist answers — not a call centre. If we’re not the right fit for what’s going on, we’ll say so and point you somewhere better.
Kensington, Calgary, AB · Evenings until 7 pm · Saturdays until 1 pm · Same-week starts, most weeks