Leading Edge Physiotherapy

We are incredibly proud to congratulate our own Grant Fedoruk on being featured on the cover of Business in Edmonton’s July issue.

Anyone who knows Grant knows he didn’t get here by chasing spotlights — he got here by showing up for people. For our patients. For our team. For our community. His leadership has always been rooted in compassion, innovation, and the belief that healthcare should feel human.

This feature highlights Grant’s work, but it also reflects the heart of Leading Edge Physiotherapy: a team that cares deeply, pushes for better, and believes that life shouldn’t hurt. We’re grateful to work alongside someone who leads with humility, humour, and a relentless commitment to doing what’s right.

Congratulations, Grant. We’re honoured to be part of this journey with you — even if the photo was taken right after a haircut. That salad will look good on Mars!

Read the full feature here:
https://businessinedmonton.com/ -in-edmonton-july-2026/1/

🚨 Parents: Baseline Concussion Testing in Youth Sports – Helpful Tool or Expensive Fear-Mongering?

Every preseason, schools and clubs push “baseline concussion screening” (like ImPACT tests) as essential for your kid’s safety. They paint scary pictures of brain damage, CTE, and lost futures if you skip it. But what’s the actual evidence?

Major consensus statements (Concussion in Sport Group) do not mandate routine baseline testing. It’s not required or standard of care. For kids, rapid development makes old baselines unreliable quickly anyway.

A key 2022 study in the American Journal of Sports Medicine (NCAA athletes) found that adding baseline ImPACT, SCAT3, and VOMS scores did NOT significantly improve diagnostic accuracy for acute concussions compared to post-injury assessment alone. High test-retest variability hurts reliability.

Meanwhile, companies like ImPACT market it aggressively (FDA-cleared device, sure), clinics charge $20–$50+ per test (or team packages), and programs promote it for “liability protection.” Critics note it’s a revenue stream built on parental anxiety more than slam-dunk outcome data.

Real priorities: Prevention (better rules, technique), immediate removal from play, symptom-based clinical assessment by trained pros, and gradual return with early light activity.

Baselines can be a supplementary data point in high-resource settings, but they’re no magic shield – and often not worth the hype or cost for most families.

Don’t let fear-driven marketing replace evidence. What do you think – necessary safeguard or overkill? 🧠