Chronic pain just sucks. Chronic pain refers to presence of pain and pain flare-ups that get in the way of movement, work and general life. We’ve treated a number of such chronic pain cases, and it’s not a walk in the park. Some of our patients swear by acupuncture, which is a part of traditional…
Spine surgery is never and should never be done for exploration. Spine surgery is never and should never be done for exploration. In most cases (and we’re talking more than 90-95% of the time), patients will improve enough with physiotherapy and not need surgery at all. The #1 reason of any back or neck (spinal)…
Physiotherapists and hand therapists have a number of treatment approaches and techniques to help our patients. We’ll decide after assessments, because any treatments need to be appropriate and not contra-indicated. An example is say heat therapy treatment or ultrasound therapy, they’re great with specific conditions and situations but in all. In fact, many physiotherapists may…
What is trigger point therapy? Trigger point therapy is a type of neuromuscular therapy that’s specifically designed to speed up recovery from injury correct muscular imbalances and relieve pain Your physiotherapist will stretch the muscle and then apply pressure to areas of muscle tightness or ‘knots’ and you may feel radiating or localized pain when…
Serial casting refers to the development and wearing of a series of padded casts in order to increase range of movement and muscle length. It is mainly used as a treatment procedure for individuals who have neurological conditions such as stroke, multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy that cause muscle tightness and reduced range of movement…
Contractures refer to very advanced stages of soft tissue stiffness, which can affect all forms of soft tissues such as skin joint tendon ligament muscle fascia etc Contractures tend to be very stiff and hard, and these are what that we physiotherapists truly dislike, because it means very, very limited active range of movement strength…
Pediatric Stretching Programs Pediatric stretching programs are physiotherapy-designed programs to help children and kids to improve flexibility posture mal-alignment help recovery after disease or injuries. What are Stretching Programs? Stretching programs are an important part of many physiotherapy treatment packages. What happens is that usually after a period of injury or disease, an area of…
Paediatric Strengthening Exercises Physiotherapy Service Pediatric physiotherapy service is designed to meet the individual needs of your child. Muscle weakness in children can be caused through a number of disorders and strengthening exercises can be used to help overcome this. We have to understand and factor in the complex nature of the development process and…
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