SERVICES

Conditions

We treat an array of injuries and conditions including but not limit to:

• Neck pain
• Low back pain
• Thoracic pain
• Shoulder pain
• Sciatica
• Headaches
• Hip pain
• Nerve injuries
• Muscle strains
• Tendonopathies
  tendonitis/tendonosis
• Ligament tears
• Sports rehabilitation
• Chronic pain
• Running injuries

Rehabilitation
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Our patient focused approach through individualized sessions helps us maximise your time in the clinic.
 
Our goal is to minimize pain and maximize function through hands on treatment, education, and mobility/strengthening techniques.
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Treatments may include:
• Manual therapy
• Therapeutic exercises
• Neuromuscular re-education
• Functional movement assessments
• Graston technique
• BFR(blood flow restriction) technique

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Running injury management
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We know how runners hate to stop running.  Good news... it’s not always the case that you have to stop running completely to recover from a running injury.  

We know you work hard to get to where you are and we will do our best to maintain those gains as much as possible while we treat your injury.  In this process you will receive a comprehensive examination and treatment plan as well as a gait analysis and review of your choice of shoes and training regime.  Together we will formulate a plan to not only get you past your current injury but integrate techniques to help prevent further injury and increase your running efficiency.

See 5 most common running injuries.



Chronic pain
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• Any condition lasting greater than 3 months
• Meds not working
• Seen multiple MD’s/clinicians
• Symptoms worsening or spreading
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We know that persistent pain can be limiting and sometimes debilitating.  It can affect every part of your life.  There has been some extremely interesting and promising research in this area over the past few years that has allowed us to add to the areas we focus on when dealing with chronic pain.  These conditions don’t necessarily have to be debilitating either.  It could be something less dire such as not  returning to a particular activity because every time you do, your symptoms return.  Or you may be apprehensive to return to an activity because you feel they might cause your symptoms to return.  We can help.  The missing part of you getting back to where you want to be, maybe the exploration of these areas that contribute to the production of your persistent symptoms.



Prehabilitation
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Prehabilitation programs are designed to help patients build their strength and function prior to surgery in efforts to reduce their recovery time postoperatively.  The program includes evaluation of your current condition, education of what is to be expected during the different stages after surgery as well as therapeutic exercise designed to address current and pending needs.  We also discuss the functional, psychological, and social needs of each patient in regards to their upcoming recovery.  We can also help determine and educate the patient on any equipment needs following surgery and how they are to be implemented.

RETURN TO SPORT
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Returning to sport after surgery or injury can be a difficult process to navigate.  Traditionally there is a fairly large gap between acute rehabilitation and returning to sport. This transition is the most common time for reinjury as well as suffering other injuries due to compensatory movement patterns related to your original injury.  We can help bridge that gap.  A physical therapist will assess your readiness to return to your chosen sport by using criteria such as strength testing, functional movement assessment, and jump testing.  They will use these findings to create a personalized program to work towards your determined goals.  Through following you through this process they will be able to assess when you are safe to progress to the next level of training and ultimately return to your sport at the appropriate time with the least amount of risk of reinjury.

SHOCKWAVE THERAPY
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Shockwave therapy, also known as Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT), is a clinically proven and highly effective treatment for chronic soft tissue injuries and certain bone conditions.
An extracorporeal shockwave is a non-invasive, non-electrical high energy low amplitude sound wave that passes through the body via a hand-held probe. It delivers thousands of these high energy percussions to the affected tissue in the region of treatment, typically “the painful area”. These impulses are thought to cause scar tissue and calcific fibroblasts to break down and this in turn provokes metabolic activity and an inflammatory response which promotes and stimulates healing.

This break-down of scar tissue is thought to be why shock wave therapy is so effective. Unlike normal elasticated tissue, scar tissue is non-elastic and will prevent normal movement and function, thereby weakening the unaffected tissue surrounding it, often causing further damage and pain. By increasing circulation and breaking down scar tissue, shockwave therapy will stimulate cell regeneration and promote normal healing and rapid reduction of pain. The normal function can then be restored. Click here to view our Shockwave blog.

Commonly Treated Areas:
1. Tennis elbow/golfer’s Elbow
2. Calcified shoulder
3. Trochanteric (lateral hip) pain syndrome
4. Tendonopathies- achilles, patellar, rotator cuff, biceps
5. Medial tibial stress syndrome
6. Plantar fasciitis


CONDITIONS
We treat an array of injuries and conditions including but not limit to:
‍
• Neck pain
• Low back pain
• Thoracic pain
• Shoulder pain
• Sciatica
• Headaches
• Hip pain
• Nerve injuries
• Muscle strains Tendonopathies/tendonitis/tendonosis
• Ligament tears
• Sports rehabilitation
• Chronic pain
• Running injuries

REHABILITATION
‍Our patient focused approach through individualized sessions helps us maximise your time in the clinic.  Our goal is to minimize pain and maximize function through hands on treatment, education, and mobility/strengthening techniques.

Treatments may include:
• Manual therapy
• Therapeutic exercises
• Neuromuscular re-education
• Functional movement assessments
• Graston technique
• BFR(blood flow restriction) technique


Running injury management
‍We know how runners hate to stop running.  Good news... it’s not always the case that you have to stop running completely to recover from a running injury.  We know you work hard to get to where you are and we will do our best to maintain those gains as much as possible while we treat your injury.  In this process you will receive a comprehensive examination and treatment plan as well as a gait analysis and review of your choice of shoes and training regime.  Together we will formulate a plan to not only get you past your current injury but integrate techniques to help prevent further injury and increase your running efficiency.

View our Running Blog for more information
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CHRONIC PAIN
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• Any condition lasting greater than 3 months
• Meds not working
• Seen multiple MD’s/clinicians
• Symptoms worsening or spreading

We know that persistent pain can be limiting and sometimes debilitating.  It can affect every part of your life.  There has been some extremely interesting and promising research in this area over the past few years that has allowed us to add to the areas we focus on when dealing with chronic pain.  These conditions don’t necessarily have to be debilitating either.  It could be something less dire such as not  returning to a particular activity because every time you do, your symptoms return.  Or you may be apprehensive to return to an activity because you feel they might cause your symptoms to return.  The missing part of you getting back to where you want to be, maybe the exploration of these areas that contribute to the production of your persistent symptoms.

Prehabilitation
‍Prehabilitation programs are designed to help patients build their strength and function prior to surgery in efforts to reduce their recovery time postoperatively.  The program includes evaluation of your current condition, education of what is to be expected during the different stages after surgery as well as therapeutic exercise designed to address current and pending needs.  We also discuss the functional, psychological, and social needs of each patient in regards to their upcoming recovery.  We can also help determine and educate the patient on any equipment needs following surgery and how they are to be implemented.

RETURN TO SPORT
‍Returning to sport after surgery or injury can be a difficult process to navigate.  Traditionally there is a fairly large gap between acute rehabilitation and returning to sport. This transition is the most common time for reinjury as well as suffering other injuries due to compensatory movement patterns related to your original injury.  We can help bridge that gap.  A physical therapist will assess your readiness to return to your chosen sport by using criteria such as strength testing, functional movement assessment, and jump testing.  They will use these findings to create a personalized program to work towards your determined goals.  Through following you through this process they will be able to assess when you are safe to progress to the next level of training and ultimately return to your sport at the appropriate time with the least amount of risk of reinjury.




SHOCKWAVE THERAPY
‍Shockwave therapy, also known as Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT), is a clinically proven and highly effective treatment for chronic soft tissue injuries and certain bone conditions.
An extracorporeal shockwave is a non-invasive, non-electrical high energy low amplitude sound wave that passes through the body via a hand-held probe. It delivers thousands of these high energy percussions to the affected tissue in the region of treatment, typically “the painful area”. These impulses are thought to cause scar tissue and calcific fibroblasts to break down and this in turn provokes metabolic activity and an inflammatory response which promotes and stimulates healing.
This break-down of scar tissue is thought to be why shock wave therapy is so effective. Unlike normal elasticated tissue, scar tissue is non-elastic and will prevent normal movement and function, thereby weakening the unaffected tissue surrounding it, often causing further damage and pain. By increasing circulation and breaking down scar tissue, shockwave therapy will stimulate cell regeneration and promote normal healing and rapid reduction of pain. The normal function can then be restored. Click to view our blog post.
Commonly Treated Areas:
1. Tennis elbow/golfer’s Elbow
2. Calcified shoulder
3. Trochanteric (lateral hip) pain syndrome
4. Tendonopathies- achilles, patellar, rotator cuff, biceps
5. Medial tibial stress syndrome
6. Plantar fasciitis