A Century of Care (circa 1918)

Continued learning is a passion around here. Our core team is constantly deepening their knowledge and expertise. In addition to having Active Release Techniques, Graston Techniques and IMS certified providers, we are the only specialized clinic in Calgary with TheRunningClinic.ca and have hosted courses with them for the past few years. We also specialize in the areas of Functional Range Conditioning, Titleist Performance Institute, Shift Concussion Management, and participated in research symposiums, conferences and much more.  We make the investment of our time and money to become better because we desire to be the best at what we do. We are also home to one of the few Sport Specialist Fellows in the city as Dr. Roger Menta is a graduate of the prestigious Sport Science Residency at Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College.

Another constant at the clinic has been the unwavering dedication to providing evidence-based and personalized patient care. One of the unique aspects we pride ourselves on is taking the time needed with each patient. Our appointments are unhurried because we block off a significant amount time for each visit so the practitioner has time to identify the underlying root of their problem and then provide the right treatment for their needs. Our goal is to get people better so they don’t need to come back, at least not for a long time. If the patient is not seeing results in a few treatments the practitioner is going to try something different or refer them to someone else who may be better equipped to treat their condition. This is where the value in working as part of an integrated team factors in. With a team of experts to collaborate within the clinic, and a wide network of medical professionals and sports physicians in the city, we can rely on a collective expertise and experience to ask questions or make a referral when someone else is more suited to the task.  In this day and age, we believe one doctor/practitioner should not expect to be all things to all patients, and one type of treatment cannot be expected to be a reasonable method of treating whatever walks in the clinic door. If we can’t help you ourselves we will help you find someone who can!

In addition to focusing our energy and efforts on providing the best care possible to our patients our team has also done a lot in the Calgary community, as well as on the national and global fronts. Dr. Fisher has participated in a couple overseas missions with Chiropractor’s Without Borders to the Dominican Republic and Tanzania. Our clinic is also a supporter of World Spine Care, an innovative mission to provide high-level musculoskeletal care in developing countries. Dr. Fisher was also on the medical team for Team Canada’s Golf team at the 2015 Pan-Am Games in Toronto. While Dr. Menta has  worked with the elite athletes of Taekwondo Canada traveling with the them to Russia as the team doctor for the 2015 World Championships; Dr. Menta has also presented his research at international conferences. Our practitioners are involved in the local community in a number of ways from volunteering at the Calgary Drop-In Centre and rallying to raise funds for the 2013 Alberta flood and the Fort McMurray fire, to setting up pop up clinics at local events and tournaments.
Things are busy around Ascent but it is because we are all passionate about what we are doing and want to ensure we are doing our best for our patients. It is extremely humbling to realize we are following in a century of footsteps of like-minded health practitioners and equally honouring to realize we can continue the story at Ascent. We think we have a pretty incredible story of health and community coming together in the city of Calgary and we look forward to continuing to shape the unfolding story.