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Sports Injuries • Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy • Acupuncture • Visceral Therapy
Services
Physiotherapy for General Orthopaedic Conditions:
- consists of treatment for injuries that occur anywhere in the body, including anything from back/neck pain, to hip, ankle, elbow, hand, foot, knee, and shoulder injuries
- includes an assessment and treatment of your condition, including hands on manual therapy, acupuncture if needed, education, and exercises
- several general orthopaedic conditions are commonly seen and treated at Angela Simpson Physiotherapy


Physiotherapy for Sports Injuries:
- includes treatment for injuries to any part of the body that occurred during amateur/professional sports, or recreational activity
- these types of injuries may be acute and caused due to trauma or a specific event, or they may be due to overuse of certain areas of the body over time
- the service includes detailed history of your current and past sports background
- includes very specific assessment of the types of movements you do during your sport
- includes an assessment of your current movement patterns, and how they may be need to be modified to allow you to be more efficient and pain free with your sport
- treatment can include activity modifications to your sport over the short term, and re-training specific movement patterns to help you with your sport over both the short and long term
- treatment may also include hands on manual therapy, acupuncture/ and specific exercise re-training, individualized to you and your body
Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy:
- a specialty of physiotherapy that includes treatment of any injury or condition involving the pelvis, and its surrounding structures
- it may include both internal (vaginal) and external assessment and treatment techniques
- treatment consists of education about the condition, as well as different possible ways of treating the condition
- may include hands on manual therapy, specific exercises, and behavioral modifications
- read more about the pelvic floor conditions that are treated with pelvic floor physiotherapy and how it may help you


Acupuncture:
- a service that involves inserting small needles into the skin to create a therapeutic effect
- the therapeutic effect may range from being mood enhancing to blocking pain signals in the brain, thus decreasing the feeling of pain
- can be used to treat a variety of injuries and conditions
- read more about how acupuncture may help you, and the types of conditions it can be used for
Acupuncture Dry Needling:
- a service that involves the insertion of acupuncture needles into the skin/ muscles
- is used to release trigger points in the muscle
- acupuncture dry needling has a different theory than regular acupuncture


Manual Therapy:
- involves hands on techniques for assessment and treatment of many musculoskeletal (meaning it involves the muscles and the skeleton) injuries/ conditions
- manual therapy can be used to treat a variety of conditions