Rehabilitation &
Therapy Services
Everyone responds to pain differently.
There is no strategy that works for all. Our practitioners often include an ideal combination of the following therapies into your treatment plan for maximum effectiveness. While effective individually, these therapies work together to significantly decrease the time it takes for your recovery.
Myofascial Release Therapy (MRT)
What is MRT? MRT is a safe and very effective hands on technique that involves applying gentle pressure to soft tissue conditions throughout the body, such as adhesions or scar tissue, in order to eliminate pain and restore motion. These soft tissue conditions all have one important thing in common: they are often a result of overused muscles (and other soft tissues).
How do overuse conditions occur? Overused muscles (and other soft tissues) change in three important ways:
- Acute conditions (pulls, tears, collisions, etc.)
- Accumulation of small tears known as micro-trauma
- Not receiving enough oxygen – a state known as hypoxia
Each of these factors can cause your body to produce tough dense scar tissue or adhesions in the affected area which binds and ties down tissues that need to move freely.
Physical Therapies & Rehabilitation
There a number of different modalities and techniques that our rehabilitation professionals use to help decrease pain, heal soft tissue and accelerate the rate of recovery from injury or health-related problems.
Hot and cold therapies, electrical modalities including ultrasound therapy, interferential current, TENS, EMS, Russian Stimulation and manual traction can all be used by our therapists and doctors to help you get better faster. These therapies are often incorporated by our doctors into your care plan based on your specific health needs.
Manual Therapy techniques, also known as hands-on therapy, are used to provide quick pain relief and get you better faster. More common forms include soft tissue and joint mobilizations as well as passive stretching.
Exercise Rehabilitation
At Orthoplus Clinics, we treat arthritis, injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents, work accidents, sports injuries, acute injuries and chronic conditions as well as those recovering from general orthopedic surgery.
Exercise rehabilitation focuses on utilizing therapeutic exercises aimed at correcting muscular imbalances and improving function. No two human bodies are the same. That is why our team of doctors and experienced therapists will perform a thorough examination of your circumstance and your body’s condition before we perform treatment personalized to fit your unique needs. This will treat injury, speed up recovery, and restore function, mobility and strength.
Chiropractic
As spine, muscle, and nervous system experts, chiropractors provide qualified, effective treatment to promote health, alleviate pain, and improve your quality of life. [Source: Canadian Chiropractic Association]
A Mississauga Chiropractor is a health care professional that combines classic practice with the focus on manual and physical therapy techniques to treat disorders of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems.
Chiropractic is known to be one of the largest primary contact regulated health professions in Canada, as evidenced by the fact that over 4 million Canadians visit a Chiropractor each year!