Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy services are provided by highly trained registered physiotherapists who have vast experience in treating musculoskeletal and sports injuries.
What is Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy involves the assessment and treatment of your musculoskeletal injury in order to improve and maintain your functional level and physical abilities. Physiotherapists at Citadel Physiotherapy are trained to provide an initial assessment and diagnosis and will develop a treatment plan specific to the client’s injury that is exercise based and hands on.
Physiotherapists at Citadel Physiotherapy utilize various treatment techniques while treating their clients. These include manual therapy, acupuncture, pain control techniques, IMS (Intramuscular Stimulation), electrical modalities, InterX, exercise and injury specific education.
What are the Benefits of Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy will help decrease pain, improve joint mobility, improve muscular strength, and improve posture and general conditioning. Physiotherapists also assist individuals in the return to active and productive lifestyles through developing patient specific exercise programs.
Massage Therapy
Massage Therapy services are provided by registered massage therapists at Citadel Physiotherapy. Massage therapy is the manual manipulation of the soft tissues of the body, to achieve a therapeutic response. It enhances the function of muscles and joints, improves the circulation of the blood and lymph, and relieves pain and stress.
What can benefit from Massage Therapy?
Massage therapy can be used to treat various conditions including: low back pain, whiplash, fibromyalgia, repetitive strain injuries, athletic injuries, general muscle tension, headaches, muscle strains, tendonitis, frozen shoulder and many more conditions.
Kinesiology
Kinesiology is the science of human movement. Kinesiologists at Citadel Physiotherapy are involved in functional assessments of clients to determine their work readiness and ability to return to work. The kinesiologist is also involved in work reconditioning programs and designing and supervising of exercise programs that allow the clients to return to work quickly and safely.
Kinesiologists are also able to provide ergonomic assessments of office and work environments and often liaison with employers to facilitate return to work programs.
