Overview

Erectile health is a whole-body problem. We treat it that way.

Strongmenhealthlife is a men’s sexual health centre in downtown Calgary. We assess erectile function, libido and daytime energy as vascular, metabolic, sleep and pelvic-floor problems that sit together, then we assemble an 8- or 16-week program from the services that actually apply. The first visit is a 90-minute Vitality Assessment, in the suite or by video. Most men start within two weeks of a completed booking. Virtual follow-ups run across Canada; in-clinic modules stay in Calgary.

We do not sell or prescribe medication. We measure, write a plan you can read, coordinate labs through Alberta collection sites, and work with the family physician you already have. If the picture points to urology, cardiology or a medication change, that is the next step we name.

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90-minute first assessment
8 to 16-week programs
In-clinic in downtown Calgary
Virtual follow-ups across Canada
Reception at our Calgary centre
Reception at our Calgary centre

What we actually look at

Six systems that decide whether an erection holds

An erection is blood flow into the corpora, trapped by venous occlusion, under nitric-oxide signalling that is sensitive to pressure, glucose, sleep and sympathetic tone. Men often arrive after a tablet has been tried without a map of those systems. We spend the first visit putting numbers on the map so the program has something to change besides hope. The list below is the frame we use in every assessment; it is also the frame we return to at week 8 and week 16.

We are a coaching and in-clinic program centre, licensed through the Alberta practitioners we work with. We do not replace your physician. We do collect the history, the sitting and standing pressures, the waist, the questionnaires and the lab list that let a physician see the same picture we see.

  • Circulation and blood pressure. Sitting and standing readings, pulse, and a week of home readings if you already own a cuff. Erectile tissue is arterial tissue; 140/90 is already a performance number.
  • Metabolism and weight. Waist circumference, recent glucose or A1C if you have them, and the pattern of meals around training and sleep. Visceral fat and insulin resistance blunt nitric-oxide signalling.
  • Sleep. Hours, awakenings, snoring, and the Insomnia Severity Index. Testosterone synthesis and vascular recovery both run overnight; 5.5 hours is a clinical finding, not a personality trait.
  • Testosterone and thyroid. We do not order or interpret labs as your physician. We name which panel is worth drawing, send you to an Alberta collection site, and review the printout with you so the letter to your doctor is specific.
  • Pelvic floor. Coordination and endurance of the muscles that assist venous occlusion. Weakness, over-guarding and pain each look different and need different loading.
  • Anxiety and relationship load. Anticipatory anxiety can keep the sympathetic system high enough that a mechanically adequate penis still fails in the room. We screen this in the hour and, when it is the main driver, add coaching with a licensed psychology partner.

Programs

Programs at a glance

Fees include GST. The assessment is credited if you continue into Reset or Restore. Compare the full lists on the pricing page before you book.

Reset — 8 weeks

CAD 1,240

For men whose main loads are sleep, pressure, weight and weekly accountability. Assessment credited, six 30-minute video check-ins, sleep module, training and nutrition plan, lab coordination, week-8 re-measure.

Restore — 16 weeks

CAD 2,180

For men who also need pelvic-floor physiotherapy or a course of acoustic wave therapy, partner sessions, and a letter for the family physician. Two re-measures.

Sustain — membership

CAD 139 / month

Minimum three months. Monthly 30-minute consult, quarterly plan review, program adjustments, priority booking. Built for men who have finished Reset or Restore and want the numbers watched.

Compare programs in detail

The first eight weeks

How the first eight weeks run

The calendar is written at the end of the assessment so you can see the time cost before you pay for a program. Weeks are not interchangeable. If a week is missed, we move the later dates rather than compress the work.

Request and a 15-minute call

You send the form or leave a number. A clinician rings to confirm that the centre is an appropriate next step, to flag any reason to see a physician first, and to book the 90 minutes. The call is not the assessment and is not billed.

Vitality Assessment, 90 minutes

History, sitting and standing blood pressure, waist, questionnaires, and a plain-language summary of which systems are carrying the load. You leave with a written 8-week outline, a lab list if indicated, and a fee for the next step. Details sit on the first-visit page.

Plan and lab coordination

If a panel is warranted we name the tests, send the requisition path through an Alberta collection site, and book a review once the printout is in. We do not draw blood in the suite. Results are discussed with you and, with consent, summarised for your family physician.

Weekly check-ins and in-clinic modules

Reset uses six 30-minute video visits to adjust sleep, training, meals and home blood-pressure logs. Restore adds pelvic-floor sessions or acoustic wave visits on a separate calendar. You keep a one-page log; we keep the same numbers in the chart.

Week-8 re-assessment

We repeat the measures taken on day one: pressure, waist, IIEF-5, sleep score, and any labs your physician has since drawn. If the objective numbers have not moved, we stop or we change the plan in writing. A second 16-week block is a separate decision.

Consultation room in the Calgary suite
The assessment room on 5 Avenue SW

Illustrative scenarios

Three presentations we see often

Composite examples built from typical presentations. They are not individual client records.

A 46-year-old office worker with sitting blood pressure 142/92, waist 106 cm, and a weekday sleep average of 5.5 hours. Morning erections have thinned over two years. He has used a PDE5 tablet on weekends with mixed results. The first job is pressure, sleep debt and a glucose screen, before anyone discusses devices. Reset is the usual frame if the physician screen is clear.

A 58-year-old man six months after a cardiovascular event, now walking daily, on a statin and an antihypertensive, with erections that have not returned. The program does not start until his cardiologist or family physician has confirmed that exercise, pelvic-floor loading and, if considered, acoustic therapy are appropriate. Restore is often the longer container because the vascular work is slow and the pelvic floor usually needs a course, not a leaflet.

A 33-year-old man with a normal morning erection and a reliable response when he is alone, who loses the erection with a partner. Blood pressure and waist are unremarkable. The load is anticipatory anxiety and the pelvic floor that guards with it. Performance-anxiety coaching and, where useful, a partner session sit in front of any hardware. A short Reset block is enough for some; others need the psychology partner without a 16-week medical program.

Limits

What we do not do

We do not sell or prescribe prescription medicines, including PDE5 inhibitors, testosterone, or compounded “boosters.” If a medication review is part of the plan, we write to your family physician with the history and the numbers; the prescription decision stays there. We do not run closed “secret protocols” or programs revealed only after payment. Every module has a duration, a fee and a description you can read first.

We do not promise a date by which erections will return. Vascular and sleep numbers often shift in six to eight weeks; sexual function may lag those numbers. We do not start a program when chest pain, a recent cardiac event, uncontrolled blood pressure, a sudden first episode of erectile difficulty, or an active cancer history has not been reviewed by a physician. In those cases the next step is a referral, and the assessment fee follows the refund policy.

Short answers

Questions men ask in the first call

No. You can book the assessment directly. We still ask you to involve your family physician when labs, medication changes or a cardiac screen are in play, and we will not start in-clinic loading until that screen is clear.

No. We do not sell or prescribe prescription medicines. We can prepare a factual letter for your physician with the history, the measures and the questions we think are worth asking. The prescribing decision is theirs.

Blood pressure and sleep scores often shift in six to eight weeks when the work is actually done. Erectile scores may follow more slowly. We do not guarantee a result or a date. If week-8 measures are flat, we stop or rewrite the plan.

No. Programs are private-pay. Some extended health plans reimburse physiotherapy or psychology when the practitioner’s designation matches the plan; we do not bill insurers directly. Receipts name the designation.

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