Services
Manual Therapy
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Manual therapy and hands-on treatment may include joint mobilization, muscle and fascial release, or hands-on facilitation to retrain movement.
Ultrasound
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Ultrasound accelerates cellular processes and stimulates healing of tissue at a cellular level to decrease inflammation, reduce swelling, and improve blood flow and this can help to decrease pain. Ultrasound waves can also help to break up scar tissue and adhesions and improve circulation to soft tissues and muscles.
Exercise Therapy
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Adding exercise and evidence-based strengthening protocols to a balanced program including muscle length, strength, timing and coordination will restore optimal function. Strengthening the muscles of the inner core (the transverse abdominus, the multifidus, the pelvic floor and the diaphragm) give you the foundation to build on.
Deep Wave®
Oscillation
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Deep Oscillation® is a patented, highly effective therapy of tissue oscillation using electrostatic energy through the full depth of the tissue (skin, connective tissue, subcutaneous fat, muscle, lymph and blood). Gentle and comfortable, treatment from one day post operatively; or for physical trauma or injury; the following physiological effects of Deep Oscillation® are clinically proven:
- Highly effective pain reduction
- Anti-inflammatory
- Anti-fibrotic
- Improves tissue trophicity
- Improves quality of the tissue
- Joint sprains
- Back pain and injury
- Muscle strains and physical trauma
- Haematoma & bruising
- Plantar Fascitis
- Whiplash
- Epicondylitis and tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow
- Fibrosis and fibrotic tissue
- Carpal tunnel
- Scar tissue recovery
- Thickened scars
- Pre and postoperative therapy
- Post hip or knee surgery
- Post breast surgery: augmentation or reduction
- Lymphoedema
- Wound healing
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Burns
- Constipation
- Rubor reduction
Acupuncture
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Acupuncture uses fine, solid, stainless steel needles along ‘meridians’ or ‘channels’ that have a lower resistance to electricity than the neighbouring tissue. These pathways of energy were mapped by the ancient Chinese centuries ago.
A Professor at McGill University, R.Melzach, published research in 1977 indicating that there was a 71% association between acupuncture points that treat for pain and muscle and fascia trigger points. Acupuncture is known for its success in treating pain and promoting healing. Contemporary functional MRI research has revealed a change in brain response when “Qi” is sensed during acupuncture needling. “Qi” is the feeling of heaviness or dull ache as the energy flows throughout the body.
For more information regarding acupuncture, please visit the AFCI.
Muscle Re-Education & Rehabilitation
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After injury or surgery, muscle regeneration is imperative to movement and function. Neuromuscular Electrotherapy Stimulation (NMES) can help rebuild muscle, which helps control pain. Muscle stimulation therapy can begin the day after surgery/injury, or weeks later depending on your goals, to get you moving again.
Faster Recovery
To regain function faster NMES activates the nerve that corresponds to a targeted muscle and causes it to contract. This prevents muscle loss, and by activating the specific muscles helps to regain muscle mass and power.
Pre- and Post-Natal Care
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- The right way to do exercises during pregnancy.
- The right way to lift during pregnancy.
- How to prevent diastasis (separation of the abdominal muscles) during pregnancy.
- How to do a proper kegel, to strengthen your pelvic floor.
- Perineal healing: healing from birth tears and episiotomies.
- C-section recovery: to aid muscle and scar healing.
- Pelvic floor strengthening to prevent incontinence (so you don’t leak when you jump and laugh) and organ prolapse.
- How to stop getting up at night to pee.
- How to restore core strength.
- Assessment for diastasis.
- Stronger, better toned abdominals.
- Reactivate your buttocks: make them stronger so they work for you.
A woman’s body undergoes tremendous hormonal and physical change during pregnancy. Hormones that increase laxity (stretchiness) in joint ligaments are released in the first trimester and continue to be released throughout pregnancy. These changes decrease joint closure and increase looseness in the ligaments – many women notice this in the pelvis. We strive to help women regain symmetry in the pelvis, to decrease pain.
Pelvic Health + Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy
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Everyone wants to know what and where is the pelvic floor? Young, old, male and female, everyone has a pelvic floor. Optimal function of the pelvic floor is essential to happy, healthy human life; that’s why a happy pelvic floor = happy you. Conditions treated by Pelvic Health and Core Physiotherapy:
- Diastasis Rectus Abdominus
- Adominal Wall Strengthening
- Urinary Incontinence
- Urinary Urgency Frequency / Overactive Bladder
- Bladder Prolapse
- Uterine Prolapse
- Rectocele
- Painful Bladder Syndrome
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Constipation
- Bowel Dysfunction
- Dyspareunia (painful sex)
- Coccydynia (painful tailbone)
- Pudental Neuralgia
- Vestibulodynia/ Vuluodynia
- Vaginismus
- Pelvic Pain
- Pre and Post-natal pelvic conditions
- Post C-section Scar recovery
- Hemorrhoids
- Pre and Post-Prostatectomy
- Pediatric urinary and bowel dysfunction
Pre- and Post-Surgical Care
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Surgical recovery is more efficient when the body is in a better physical condition pre-operatively; this is also true for abdominal or pelvic procedures, including C-sections.
Post-operative physiotherapy can provide extensive gains towards scar, muscle, and fascial healing as well as muscle strengthening. Reducing scar adhesions, and facilitating proper muscle firing with our latest technology will help you return to pre-operative function, or better!
Getting you back to your lifestyle is what your physiotherapist wants to help you achieve.