From his expert diagnosis to treating and preventing disease, our registered physiotherapist, Alexandra Carnegie, RMT helps patients become stronger and gain greater independence by focusing on the systems of the body related to movement and muscle strength.
Muscles are the primary stabilizers of our joints. When joint issues arise, physiotherapy treatment and rehabilitative exercises strengthen the muscles and ligaments around the joint. A continuing program of treatment and exercise may affect how fast you heal.
What Are Some Benefits?
By helping your body move and function to its fullest, physiotherapy can improve the quality of your life and make you stronger by improving your flexibility, freedom, mobility, vitality and more.
Physiotherapy helps patients restore strength, improve balance, and gain greater mobility and range of motion. Using corrective exercise, modalities, soft mobilization, or other tools and treatments, physiotherapy helps address all the musculoskeletal conditions that limit movement and cause pain.
What to Expect
Monil begins the treatment of each patient after a comprehensive assessment. This may include health history, evaluation of pain and movement patterns, and special tests for integrity of joint, ligaments, tendon, strength of muscles, joint range of motion, and reflexes. As a physiotherapist, Monil also examines relevant diagnostic imaging such as X-rays, laboratory tests, medical records and surgical notes when needed.
Based on this assessment, Monil will establish a diagnosis and partner with you to develop a treatment program to help you achieve your set goals.
Therapies We Use
As a physiotherapy patient, you may receive one or more of the following:
- Joint mobilization
- Soft tissue mobilization
- Acupuncture (including electro-acupuncture)
- Dry needling
- Muscle energy technique
- Ultrasound
- Spinal decompression
- Kinesio taping
- Mulligan Concept of Mobilization with Movement (MWM)
In addition, Monil teaches patients exercises and stretches they can do at home.
A Complement to Chiropractic
Chiropractic care and physiotherapy work well together and may help optimize a patient’s healing.
Physiotherapists focus on movement disorders, conditions, and identify not only a local problem, but also on overall strength and muscle imbalance. Monil also works on joints like tendons and ligament injuries.
Chiropractors focus on spinal alignment. Pain may be due to poor alignment, improper use of, or lack of strength in the muscles. While chiropractic corrects the misalignment, physiotherapy helps retrain your muscles and build strength during your rehabilitation. We believe that integrating physiotherapy and chiropractic care can improve long-term benefits for patient care and treatment outcomes.
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