Physiotherapy
Performance Chiropractic + Physiotherapy provides personalized physiotherapy near you in Edmonton, AB, for injuries, pain, reduced mobility, and movement concerns. Our physiotherapists assess your symptoms and physical function before creating a treatment plan suited to your needs, activities, and recovery goals. Whether you’re managing a sports injury, chronic discomfort, or post-surgical weakness, treatment can help you move more comfortably and confidently.
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What Is Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy is a healthcare service focused on improving mobility, physical function, strength, and overall movement.
It can help address pain, inflammation, stiffness, weakness, and tissue changes caused by an injury, health condition, surgery, or repetitive strain.
Treatment can include manual therapy, guided exercise, education, and techniques such as intramuscular stimulation, also known as IMS.
Our physiotherapists create personalized plans that combine appropriate treatment methods to help patients return to work, sports, exercise, and everyday activities.
What Does Physiotherapy Treat?
Physiotherapy can help people experiencing new injuries, ongoing pain, mobility limitations, or physical challenges related to work, sports, surgery, and daily activity, including:
- Back and neck pain
- Sports injuries
- Muscle strains and joint sprains
- Repetitive strain injuries
- Joint pain and stiffness
- Nerve-related pain
- Post-surgical weakness and mobility loss
- Reduced balance or coordination
- Chronic pain
- Work-related injuries
Benefits of Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy can help reduce pain, improve strength and flexibility, restore mobility, and make everyday movement easier.
Treatment can also support a safer return to exercise, work, sports, and recreational activities following injury or surgery.
Our expert team takes a personalized, movement-focused approach rather than using the same program for every patient.
By combining hands-on treatment, active rehabilitation, and practical education, physiotherapy can address current symptoms while helping you build the strength and movement habits needed to reduce future injury risk.
What Does a Physiotherapy Treatment Plan Include?
- A review of your symptoms and health history
- Discussion of your activities and recovery goals
- Posture and movement assessment
- Strength and range-of-motion testing
- Functional movement testing
- Manual therapy
- Joint and soft-tissue techniques
- Stretching and mobility exercises
- Progressive strengthening exercises
- Balance and coordination training
- Sports or activity-specific rehabilitation
- Post-surgical rehabilitation
- IMS when appropriate
- Injury-prevention education
- A personalized home exercise program
- Ongoing reassessment and treatment adjustments
Frequently Asked Questions
Your physiotherapist will discuss your symptoms, health history, daily activities, and treatment goals. They’ll complete a thorough assessment of your mobility, strength, range of motion, and movement before developing a personalized treatment plan.
Wear comfortable clothing that allows you to move freely and provides access to the area being assessed. Bring relevant medical reports, imaging results, referral information, and details about previous treatments when available.
The number of appointments depends on your condition, how long your symptoms have been present, your physical goals, and how you respond to treatment. Your physiotherapist will recommend an initial schedule and adjust it as your strength, movement, and symptoms improve.
Some people notice changes in pain or movement during the early stages of care, while long-standing or complex conditions can take more time. Consistently attending appointments and completing your recommended exercises can help support steady progress.
Physiotherapy is included in many extended health benefit plans, and Performance offers direct insurance billing. Coverage limits and referral requirements vary, so confirm your specific policy details before your appointment.
You generally don’t need a physician’s referral to book a physiotherapy appointment. However, some insurance plans require a referral before reimbursing treatment, so it’s important to check your benefits.
Confirm your insurance coverage, referral requirements, and whether direct billing is available under your plan. You should also tell Performance about recent surgeries, significant injuries, medical conditions, or symptoms such as numbness, weakness, and loss of balance.
Physiotherapy can help athletes and active individuals recover from strains, sprains, overuse injuries, joint concerns, and movement limitations. Performance provides sports-focused rehabilitation using personalized exercises, manual therapy, and movement-based care designed around the demands of your activity.
IMS uses thin, sterile needles to target tight or irritated muscles. The treatment is intended to relax tight muscle bands and increase blood flow around the area to support healing when it’s appropriate for the patient’s condition.
Is Pain Keeping You From Doing What You Love?
Physiotherapy can help you reduce discomfort, restore movement, and rebuild the strength needed for everyday life, exercise, and sport. Book a physiotherapy appointment with Performance Chiropractic + Physiotherapy in Edmonton and start working toward more comfortable, confident movement.