What is Physiotherapy?

As a health care profession Physiotherapy focuses on movement along with active participation to restore, maintain and maximize strength, physical function and independence. Your Physiotherapist will take your medical history and complete a physical assessment, provide a diagnosis of your current condition and create an individualized, goal based treatment plan to meet your needs.

What can a Physiotherapist help me with?

Here are some of the conditions that a Physiotherapist can assist you with:

• Muscle and joint pain
• Sports related injuries
• Preoperative and postoperative surgical rehabilitation (example: Knee replacement)
• Stroke rehabilitation
• Acute injury
• Post fracture
• Nerve injury
• Injury prevention (example: Fall reduction)
• Workplace injuries (WCB)
• Motor vehicle accident recovery (MPI)
• And MORE!

If you are unsure if physiotherapy is a treatment option for you contact our clinic for more information.

Treatment Techniques

During your appointment the Physiotherapist may include, but is not limited to, some of the following in your treatment plan:

• Stretching and strengthening exercises
• Individualized home exercise programs
• Education
• Manual therapy
• Joint mobilization
• Neural gliding
• Application of ice/heat
• TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation)
• NMES (Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation)
• Ultrasound