Physiotherapy helps to restore and maintain movement and function during physical rehabilitation and focuses on injury prevention and the promotion of health and fitness.
This includes "hands-on" treatment to promote and restore normal joint and muscle movement, and decrease pain. Manual therapy aids in the recovery of proper motion to help restore normal function.
The use and prescription of stretches, strengthening, movement patterns, and other forms of exercise that help with mobility, encourage the balance of different muscle groups and help you in your work, sport, hobby, or everyday life.
The application of fine acupuncture needles into tight bands of muscle tissue decreases nerve compression within a muscle and increases the mobility of myofascial tissue. Useful in the management of chronic pain.
The use of a mechanical pull on a special bed to help alleviate compression in the lower back.
The adjunct use of electrical muscle stimulation, TENS, interferential current, and therapeutic ultrasound to aid with muscle engagement, pain control, and blod flow
The use of acoustic sound waves produced by compressed air applied through an applicator. This is non-invasive and is used to stimulate the repair and regeneration of tissue.
Athletic Therapists are musculoskeletal experts that specialize in orthopaedic assessment and rehabilitation of all physical injuries.
After assessing your injury, a Certified Athletic Therapist will use a variety of treatments to get you back to being your usual self. This can include manual therapy or 'hands-on' techniques, electrotherapy, shockwave, and will always include exercises that build you back up and prepare your body for life. You and your AT will decide which treatment methods and exercises are right for you.
Athletic therapists stay up to date on the latest concussion research and can give you the guidance needed to get back to baseline quicker. Concussion therapy looks different for every individual as symptoms and deficits are different with every injury. It can include vestibular therapy, controlled exercise, guided return to learn/play/work, and always includes education.
Vestibular therapy (also called vestibular rehabilitation) uses specific exercises to help you manage or treat dizziness and balance issues. These issues can include vertigo, concussion, Meniere's disease, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), labrynthitis, vestibular neuritis, migraine headache, and many other causes. It always starts with an assessment to check your symptoms in order to determine what kinds of exercises will help for your specific situation.