Adamus Offers a Wide Range of Unique Physiotherapy for Athletes

Shanine Sealey, Martensville Messenger

Trevor Adamus of Martensville Collective Health and Wellness has always had a love for sports, participating in many himself while growing up in Saskatoon. Like many others, Adamus underwent athletic and physiotherapy as an athlete, which led him to his calling in physiotherapy. Adamus received a bachelor’s degree in physiotherapy at the University of Saskatchewan and his masters at Western University.

“With this experience, and love of health, I knew physiotherapy was the right profession for me. I get to help people stay active. It has many benefits to physical and mental health. Although I still enjoy participating in physical activity and athletics, I do also enjoy being involved as part of the team as a sport physiotherapist,” Adamus said.

For approximately ten years, Adamus has been providing services within the community at Martensville Collective Health and Wellness where he offers group athletic training, athlete strength and flexibility assessment to identify any muscle imbalances that can be limiting performance and increase the possibility of injury, baseline concussion testing and concussion management, spinal manipulations, dry needling and more.

“I am always surprised how many high level athletes compete with muscle imbalances. I am a big advocate for athlete strength and flexibility assessments. When those are corrected, it brings athletes to a new level of their performance as well as can prevent them from sustaining injuries,” Adamus added.

ABOVE: The Sask Five 15U AA Tier 2/3 Giants lost in the final against the Moosomin Rangers at the Baseball Sask Tier 4 Provincial Tournament this past weekend. (Sask Five Giants Baseball Association)

Throughout the years, Adamus has had the opportunity to work with some incredible athletes at a variety of sporting events such as; tennis, including the International Tennis Federation (ITF) at the Saskatoon Women’s Challenger, Professional Bull Riders (PBR) including many Canadian Finals, Track & Field including being involved with the Canadian Track Team at the World Junior Championships, Pan Am Jr Championships at the Canada Games, a range of hockey teams and events, high school football teams, volleyball including nationals, judo, gymnastics, rugby and more.

Most recently, Adamus attended the Saskatoon Women’s Challenger, which he has been a part of since 2019. Here, he provides athletic taping and physiotherapy to athletes and responds to on-court injuries.

“It is a nice change of pace to work on court out of the clinic. You get to meet athletes from many countries. I have been fortunate to be involved with multiple sports over the years where I have met athletes, therapists, and coaches from around the world and it is always nice to hear and learn from their experiences.”

When not on the court, Adamus is always looking for new opportunities to provide athletes at MCHW, where he is currently providing spring and summer athlete training, as well as individual strength and flexibility assessments and programs.

ABOVE: The Sask Five 15U AA Tier 4/5 Giants hosted 8 teams in a home tournament this past weekend. (Sask Five Giants Baseball Association)

“With my special interest in Sport Physiotherapy and biomechanics, I enjoy working with athletes to team proper work out routines and movement patterns. Programs are tailored to the athletes sports, targeting appropriate muscle groups and energy systems.”

To learn more about all of the physiotherapy options available at MCHW, visit http://www.martensvillecollectivehealthandwellness.ca/physiotherapy/.

Port Strike Both a Local and National Issue

The reaction to job action by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union of Canada (ILWUC) strike at West Coast ports has been predictable. Both business and politicians - particularly conservative politicians on the prairies - are clamouring for the federal to recall Parliament and introduce back-to-work legislation.

Many have become numb to the noise, but they shouldn’t be. This is an economic issue of both national and local significance. Such issues quickly become ones of national unity.

The 7,500 workers walking off the job in Prince George and Vancouver on July 1st has already cost the country’s economy billions of dollars.

In this province, Nutrien Ltd. has announced there will be layoffs at the Cory potash mine. What’s happening

1,700 kilometres to the west of us is going to have a profound impact on us in landlocked Saskatchewan that relies on getting our agriculture, oil, mining and forestry products to port.

When prairie goods don't move to the coast because of either rail disruptions or port strikes, it, in turn, hurts our ability to generate the tax dollars and other revenue we need to keep our hospitals and schools open.

It may seem like prioritizing local issues but it’s more than that … not that there's anything wrong with keeping a local perspective, anyway.

One of the biggest problems we are having in this social media/internet age is that people aren’t invested enough in local issues.

Whether your neighbour working at the potash mine loses his job or whether a farmer can get his grains, oilseed and pulses delivered to Asian markets should be all our concerns. Hasn’t “supply chain” been one of the buzz phases since the pandemic?

While there are many problems in this internet/ social media, the ability to be aware of things happening

1,700 kilometres to the west of us affects us, locally, is a good thing.

Unfortunately, one of the big problems with Internet/ social media age is that it reinforces people’s commitment to their own world view rather than that of their community.

Consider how many people either directly attached to provincial labour movement or simply working under a unionized agreement seem perhaps more sympathetic to the striking ILWUC member that others may be.

This is not to say that the ILWUC doesn’t have legitimate grievances with their own employers or that they shouldn’t have a legal right to strike; however, it is a rather myopic view of the world when you can discount what’s happening to your neighbour because you view yourself as a supporter of labour. After all, those workers at the Cory potash mine are unionized workers, too.

Labour and left have been busily arguing both Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith supporter the disrupting and illegal COVID-19 restriction border protesters including those in Coutts, Alta. now facing serious Criminal Code charges.

Obviously, the conservative politicians were dead wrong to egg on such illegal activity. However, you really can’t compared those past disruptions with the economic damage with the national and local economic damage created by a long-term port strike.

That said, it’s also in the political interests of conservative politicians to vilify the West Coast longshoreman who want a fair deal to feed their own families. So what’s the solution? Well, the coast-to-coast movement of products as a national issue.

The national ports should be viewed as an essential national service. We need a system where binding arbitration more easily kicks in to avoid such shutdowns.

Surely, we re-learned the importance of this during COVID-19 when we became reacquainted with the importance of the trucking industry. Moreover, historically speaking, we only became nation when we became connected from sea to sea by rail. Commerce ties us together. As such, local issues have always been national issues.

MLA Terry Jenson’s Report from the Legislature

Parks Week July 9-15

Saskatchewan celebrated Parks Week July 9-15 with many events and themed programs available in provincial parks for visitors to enjoy. Whether through hiking, relaxing at the beach, fishing or water sports, people of all ages enjoyed the outdoors and celebrated the natural beauty of our great province!

Province Continues to Grow

Our province recently received great news on the population and labour force. Saskatchewan continues to enjoy the largest population growth since 1914, with an increase of over 33,000 in the past year reaching an all-time high of 1.221 million. In the first quarter of this year alone, over 6,000 people chose to make Saskatchewan home.

A labour force record has been broken, too; over 604,700 people are working in Saskatchewan today, more than ever before. Regina and Saskatoon are seeing record employment levels at 148,300 and 198,800, respectively. The province has added 3,300 new jobs in the past year, and our unemployment level of 4.7 per cent is the third lowest in Canada.

Health HR Action Plan Seeing Results

Saskatchewan’s growing population and workforce supports a growing economy and allows our government to invest in priority areas, like health care. Our government invested $98.8 million in the Health Human Resources Action Plan in this year’s budget and we are seeing strong results. Since December 2022, 485 grad nurses from across the province and Canada have been hired to join the health care system. A group of Registered Nurses (RNs) from the Philippines have arrived and begun training, the first group of over 400 Filipino RNs recruited.

Progress continues toward filling 250 new and enhanced permanent full-time positions in rural and remote areas, with 157 positions now filled. Incentives of up to $50,000 have been approved for 140 health care professionals and are still available, as well as incentives packages for physicians in rural and remote areas of up to $200,000.

For students and adults interested in careers in health care, the Saskatchewan Health Authority offers job shadowing opportunities; learn more at www.Saskatchewan.ca/HHR.

Premiers’ Meeting in Winnipeg

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and fellow provincial and territorial premiers were in Winnipeg July 10-12 for the Council of the Federation summer meeting. The premiers discussed several priorities and issues that impact all Canadians, including health care, infrastructure, and the British Columbia port workers’ strike.

The Government of Saskatchewan continues to stand up for the best interests of the people of Saskatchewan. If you have questions, concerns or feedback, please don’t hesitate to contact my office at office@terryjenson.ca or 306-242-2111.