Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy is a healthcare discipline concerned with promoting health and preventing disease by examining, diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating impairments and disabilities that affect the nervous, musculoskeletal, and cardiopulmonary systems.

Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy is a healthcare discipline concerned with promoting health and preventing disease by examining, diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating impairments and disabilities that affect the nervous, musculoskeletal, and cardiopulmonary systems. Simply put, physiotherapy treats functional limitations arising from injuries and diseases that affect muscles, joints, and bones, as well as the nervous (brain, nerves, spinal cord), respiratory (lungs), circulatory (blood vessels), and cardiac (heart) systems. Physiotherapy seeks to help patients regain maximal physical capacity according to their own potential for recovery. To this end, physiotherapy professionals employ a variety of treatment methods including manual techniques, exercises, electrotherapy, hydrotherapy, as well as heat and cold therapy. These methods encourage patients to participate in their own recovery so they can acquire the physical abilities needed to function in society, perform daily activities, succeed at work, and participate in leisure and sport activities.

PRP Injections

Plasma Rich Platelets (PRP) injections

PRP Injections

What is a PRP injection? A sample of blood is taken from your body and processed to obtain a high concentration of growth factors, which is then injected into the injured area by one of our orthopedic surgeons to accelerate the healing process. Who would benefit from it? PRP injections are used to treat osteoarthritis, tendonitis, muscle strain or when other conservative treatments have failed.

Isokinetic Evaluation & Rehabilitation

An isokinetic evaluation is a form of muscle testing to determine the strength of a giving muscle or muscle group.

Isokinetic Evaluation & Rehabilitation

An isokinetic evaluation is a form of muscle testing to determine the strength of a giving muscle or muscle group. We perform this test using the Biodex System 4, a sophisticated piece of machinery that accurately measures the amount of force a muscle group generates during a certain movement and throughout its entire range of motion. The analysis of this information can be extremely valuable in the rehab process, as it allows us to determine exact points of weakness that must be addressed and treated. In some cases, such as knee and shoulder surgeries in athletes, it becomes critical in determining when the athlete can resume their sport safely. The Biodex is also a great rehabilitation tool with vast capabilities such as eccentric strengthening, continuous passive motion, and customized strengthening programs. An incredibly useful feature is the real-time feedback provided to the user throughout the training session.

Run Evaluation

Injured or not, a physiotherapist from our centre evaluates everything that has to do with running.

Run Evaluation

During the running gait assessment, our physiotherapist will provide runners with biomechanical information about their running style. It's a method of analysing a runners body movements as they transition through the gait cycle to establish the way a person runs or walks. The physiotherapist will give you advice on different things like tempo, the way you strike the ground, shoes, etc.

Radial Shockwave Therapy

This method is used by therapists all over the world with great success.

Radial Shockwave Therapy

Radial shockwave therapy (RSWT) is a method for the treatment of orthopedic disorders developed over the past 20 years. A projectile accelerated in the hand piece generates a mechanical pressure wave, which is transferred to the human body by an applicator head and which radiates out in the tissue. The mechanical energy is absorbed by the tissue and decreases as the distance from the application site increases. The mechanical stress triggers reactions in the tissue that have a positive influence on a wide range of orthopedic and neurological conditions The method is used by therapists all over the world with great success. Radial shockwave therapy treats succesfully orthopedic problems such as: • Calcified or not calcified tendinopathy of the shoulder; • Tennis or Golfer’s elbow; • Patellar Tendinopathy; • Achilles Tendinopathy; • Plantar’s Fasciitis with or without Heel Spur; • Etc.

Dry Needling

Dry needling is the usage of dry needles under the skin (differs from acupuncture) performed by a physiotherapist.

Dry Needling

Dry needling (PPAS) is a treatment technique that can be used by a physiotherapist who has obtained the certification issued by the Ordre professionnel de la physiothérapie du Québec following the successful completion of a rigorous training on the usage of needles under the skin. As the name suggests, it is the use of a dry needle similar to acupuncture needles. It is important to understand that these needles are used for therapeutic purposes different from those of traditional acupuncture based on a holistic ancestral Chinese approach. PPAS therefore differs from acupuncture, and the needle produces a local effect in the region where the dry needles are used. The goals of PPAS are the reduction of pain, improvement of function, decrease in inflammation, etc. We use this technique to help with trigger points, tendinopathies, swelling, etc.

Pediatric Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy services offered to babies and toddlers

Pediatric Physiotherapy

Pediatric physiotherapy is effective in the management of perinatal conditions, conditions diagnosed in early childhood, and injuries sustained throughout childhood and the transition to adult care. Pediatric physiotherapy improves physical function and quality of life. Pediatric physiotherapists assess, diagnose and treat neurological, developmental, cardiorespiratory, and orthopedic conditions in children up to 18 years of age, with a focus on improving function and increasing independence. Physiotherapy has a positive and significant impact on pulmonary function, motor control, muscle strength, and physical endurance in pediatric patients.

Global Postural Rehabilitation (RPG)

Global Postural Rehabilitation (RPG) is an approach in physiotherapy that is based on slow active work and stretching of static muscles and deep muscle chain specific to scoliosis.

Global Postural Rehabilitation (RPG)

Global Postural Rehabilitation (RPG) is an approach in physiotherapy that is based on slow active work and stretching of static muscles and deep muscle chains (anterior and posterior chains depending on the location of the muscles). Active correction postures are defined according to retractions of anterior or posterior muscles. Global Postural Rehabilitation treats: • Morphological problems • Joint damage • Respiratory conditions • Post-traumatic after-effects • Spastic neurological pathologies

Sports Medicine

A sports doctor is a general practitioner with a specialized training in sports medicine. They are specialists in the neuro-musculoskeletal system and sports injuries.

Sports Medicine

A sports doctor is a general practitioner with a specialized training in sports medicine. They are specialists in the neuro-musculoskeletal system and sports injuries. Whether you’ve suffered a concussion or strained your back, the sports doctor knows and understands the sport physiology, biomechanics and anatomy involved in the injured body part. The sports doctor’s goal is to bring the athlete back to playing their sport and participating in daily activities, safely and without compromise. They do so, by using different diagnostic tests such as radiography & Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), referrals to other specialists, prescription drugs or even local injections (ex: cortisone).

Personal Training

Personal Training is a service provided by a Personal Training Specialist to help clients reach their fitness goals.

Personal Training

Our Personal Training services includes 1-1 training and/or personalized training programs.

Massage Therapy

Massage therapy has numerous positive physiological effects. These effects allow, among others, muscular and nervous relaxation; they facilitate blood and lymphatic circulation, encourage the elimination of toxins and stimulate vital organ functions.

Massage Therapy

Massage therapy has numerous positive physiological effects. These effects allow, among others, muscular and nervous relaxation; they facilitate blood and lymphatic circulation, encourage the elimination of toxins and stimulate vital organ functions. The massage acts as muscular and ligamentous tonic. It is also credited with a strong bodymind dimension by dislodging emotional memories that have been stocked in body tissues and organs. Therefore, it is not uncommon to notice emotional changes during a massage session. Vital energy, chakras, vital points and several other principles will be discussed, according to traditions and schools of thought. Massage therapy is generally practised with hands, but also with feet, elbows and even knees and the manoeuvres can be applied over the whole body or only a single part. It is possible to concentrate on skin and muscles and then to go deeper towards tendons, ligaments and fasciae or still, to aim for specific points or energy centers.

Osteopathy

Osteopathy, also known as osteopathic approach is a manual therapy discipline. Its main goal is to help restore the human body's natural equilibrium and harmony.

Osteopathy

Osteopathy, or osteopathic approach, is a hands-on manual therapy treatment method that looks at the way the body functions as whole, rather than viewing its parts or symptoms separately (i.e. a hurt shoulder here, a neck strain there). It’s based on the philosophy that the body has an innate ability to heal itself when its components are in balance. The goal of osteopathy is to restore that proper balance and function, allowing your body to heal through its own natural processes. It works to balance your nervous, circulatory and lymphatic systems, improving your range of motion and relieving discomfort or other symptoms.

Pediatric Osteopathy

Osteopathy offered to babies and toddlers

Pediatric Osteopathy

Pediatric osteopathy is a specialised branch of osteopathy that is focused on treating babies, infants, and children. It is a gentle and non-invasive form of treatment that aims to restore balance and function to the body.

Athletic Therapy

Athletic Therapy is a health care profession that specializes in prevention, emergency care, assessment and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries (muscles, joints, ligaments, bones). Following a Sport Medicine Model of care, an Athletic Therapist utilizes contemporary rehabilitation methods including manual therapies, therapeutic modalities, corrective exercise, physical reconditioning, taping and bracing in order to accelerate an individual’s return to pre-injury status.

Athletic Therapy

Certified Athletic Therapists are best known for their quick-thinking on-field emergency care of professional and elite athletes. The first to respond when someone gets hurt, they are experts at injury assessment and rehabilitation. It’s that same mix of on-site care and active rehabilitation skills that makes Athletic Therapists so effective in treating the musculoskeletal (muscles, bones, and joints) injuries of all Canadians, whether on the field or in the clinic. Athletic therapists adhere to the Sports Medicine Model of care. They treat a wide range of patients, from kids with concussions to seniors recovering from hip replacement surgery, using various manual therapies, modalities, exercise prescription and even bracing and taping. The treatment varies but the objective doesn’t: an Athletic Therapist's goal is to help clients return to their usual activities, whether that means playing competitive sports or walking to the mailbox and back.

Sports Event Coverage

We provide a wide range of services ranging from first aid services, tapings and even first responders.

Sports Event Coverage

Physiomentum provides our services to any sports related event. We provide a wide range of services ranging from first aid services, tapings and even first responders. We understand the importance of in-the-moment assistance and therefore we cover tournaments, games, and even sports organized trips of any sport involved and level of competition. In addition, we offer our services to teams requiring a therapist for their entire season.