On your first visit, we actively listen and take a detailed history to best understand the problems you are currently experiencing, the location and nature of your pain, and your individual health goals. This is followed by a thorough physical exam to help determine the underlying cause of your pain or functional limitations.

After the assessment, we will explain our findings, answer your questions so you understand the diagnosis and available treatment options, and determine whether or not there is a need to refer you for medical imaging or to another healthcare provider/specialist (e.g. orthopaedic surgeon, sports physician, etc).

A Typical treatment consisting of hands-on care, education, and/or exercise will follow at the end to get the ball rolling so you have some of the tools necessary to be successful in your recovery. Your first visit will last 45 to 60 minutes, depending on which option you choose.

This is a tough one to answer as it depends on many factors, such as a person’s goals, their age, if there are barriers to being able to physically attend their appointments,  if there are hard timelines in place for returning to sport or work, etc.

Ultimately, our goal is to help you reduce your pain, get you moving and healing through exercise, and ultimately rid your pain at home, long-term. We want to get you as independent as possible, as soon as possible so you barely have to see us. We, ironically, are trying to put ourselves out of business!

On your second and subsequent visits, we check to see how you are feeling and perform a few quick tests to reassess and note any changes that may have occurred. We then dedicate the rest of the session to hands-on therapy (such as joint mobilizations/manipulations, massage, stretching, or manual traction) and exercise, as well as dry needling, modalities (such as ultrasound or IFC/TENS), movement retraining, taping, and pain education, as needed.

These visits typically last 30 minutes, but you also have the option of booking 45 or 60 minute follow-up visits.