Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy is about helping people to achieve their maximum potential through movement and function. This will mean different things to each of us – be it preparing for the London marathon, training hard in the gym, or simply allowing us to sit pain free at work.
At Body Therapy we have highly skilled and experienced physiotherapists who are qualified in the use of a very broad range of treatments to help you achieve your goals. Together they work with our other wellness professionals to develop an integrative natural healthcare approach.
How our physiotherapists help manage pain and aid in recovery:
- Sports massage
- Ergonomic analysis and advice
- Sports taping
- Post-operative rehabilitation
- Spinal Traction
- Joint manipulation and mobilisation
- Soft tissue and myofascial release
- Acupuncture
- Gym based rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation Pilates
Our Physiotherapists support a multidisciplinary approach to injury management and practice evidence based treatments. They also provide individually tailored rehabilitation programs in order to achieve complete injury rehabilitation.
We offer access to the latest rehabilitation equipment and on-site clinic gym so we can provide a wide range of treatment options.
How does Body Therapy help you as a WCB Approved Physiotherapy Clinic?
As a WCB Approved Physiotherapy Clinic, we are committed to supporting you through the WCB process whilst providing you with dedicated and professional care for your work related injury. We have flexible and accommodating appointment availability to help fit your schedule.
Your injury assessment and treatment plan is our primary concern:
Our primary concern is the correct assessment and treatment of your injury. Inevitably this is a stressful time and we ensure that stress for you is reduced as much as possible. We do this by accurately reporting our findings and also reviewing any goals with you and making certain that your case plan is realistic and commensurate with your progress.
We provide timely treatment and progress reporting:
Your WCB claim relies on the detailed and honest reporting by your chosen physiotherapy provider. As a registered WCB Physiotherapy provider, we have access to online reporting and will submit the required reports in a timely manner – as this is another important factor to the successful management and support of your case.
Visiting our clinic after a Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA)
If you have been injured in a MVA in Alberta, as a driver or passenger, you are entitled to accident benefits coverage regardless of whether you were at fault for the accident. You have the right to have your injuries assessed and treated by a Physiotherapist and at the clinic of your choice.
We understand that your MVA may have left you in worse shape than your car and that it can be a very stressful and painful time for you and/or your loved ones. Our friendly administrative staff will help guide you through the MVA process. Body Therapy’s professional interdisciplinary clinical team will incorporate gentle hands-on treatment with customized therapeutic exercise, self-care and education to help you improve the speed and quality of your recovery. We are here to help make this process as smooth as possible and help you recover from your injuries in a timely and professional manner.
The Technology our physiotherapists use:
Physiotherapists use electrotherapy and other modalities that reduces pain and swelling to help patients achieve long term solution to their problems.There are a variety of electrical stimulation devices used by physiotherapist each one serving a definite purpose in recovery of patients.
While each device differs from one another when it comes to choosing which one is best suited to a specific type of injury, one common theme of electrotherapy and local modalities is their use of an energy; to help with pain reduction and the healing process. The type of energy used varies from electric, to light, magnetic, sonic and heat, depending on the specific method being used.
Our facility offers spinal decompression treatment using our traction machine. We often utilize this modality in conjunction with select exercises to treat low back and neck pain.
We are able to see good results especially when coupled with proper exercises for the spine and hips.
This is an option for people experiencing symptoms of spinal joint pressure pain (facet arthralgia or osteoarthritis of the spine), and people with nerve compression at the intervertebral foramen (radiculopathy).
Laser Therapy (also known as phototherapy and low level laser therapy) involves the application of low power coherent light to injuries and lesions to stimulate healing to resolve inflammation and helping in pain relief, especially in dealing with chronic problems and in the early stages of acute injuries.
Laser therapy can be applied in treating soft tissue injuries in muscles, tendons, ligaments and also various joints throughout the body. It is particularly effective in reducing joint pain.
At Body Therapy we use one of the most advanced Laser devices available, in our endeavour to aid early recovery to return to active rehabilitation.
Our Physiotherapists can further educate you regarding Laser therapy.
Shockwave is an acoustic wave which carries high energy to painful areas and soft tissues with subacute, subchronic, and chronic conditions. This energy promotes healing, regenerating and reparative processes.
It’s a unique, non-invasive solution for pain associated with the musculoskeletal system.
Interferential Current, IFC, sends electrical current/impulses in small amounts through the skin surface to stimulate tissues around the injured body part to alleviate pain and promote healing.
IFC is safe and effective, often patients report it causes less discomfort than other forms of electrical stimulation, describing the feeling as tingling or “pins and needles” sensation.
IFC is indicated to reduce pain, decrease muscle spasm, reduce swelling and inflammation, increase blood flow, promote healing, improve participation in active exercises and therapy.
One of the most well-known electrotherapy modalities uses mechanical vibrations to produce focused ultrasonic energy that helps reduce pain and inflammation, particularly in dense, collagen based tissues like ligaments and tendons.
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation, NMES, uses electrical impulses to contract targeted muscles in order to strengthen those muscles.
Recent evidence revealed this treatment to be useful in a number of different applications, including strength training and post-exercise recovery for athletes, testing muscular and nerve functions and of course rehabilitation for injured patients.
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, TENS, uses electricity to stimulate the opioid system which naturally reduces the amount of pain being received by the nerve endings in the injured area of the body.
While this method of treatment works for people suffering from chronic pain, it has been shown to be ideal when treating acute pain.