health-related business are changing. The
problems that patients are suffering from
are also proliferating.
From a business perspective, clinics are
regrouping in such a way that they monop-
olize a larger portion of the market. Merg-
ers and acquisitions (M&A) are expected
to increase in the next couple of years.
“Quebec sets itself apart from the other
Canadian provinces by doing it this way
and PhysioExtra keeps on being innovative
by opening branches in various locations
within and outside the Montreal Island,”
Racine said.
On the health side of things, much has
changed in the past 20 years, but what has
caught the attention of Racine is the num-
ber of patients with neck and back prob-
lems as well as complications in the hand
and forearm. People, Racine says, are far
too attached to their phones, tablets and
laptops nowadays, which puts them in a
forward-slanted body position. Excessive
hours spent on mobile technology in this
fashion is causing all sorts of problems.
“I always had the sense, when working for other clinics/employers, of this gap
on the proactiveness side. I wanted to excel, providing outstanding treatments to
patients, seeing relief.” Al Racine, founder & president
OCTOBER 2016
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