Physio
Physiotherapy For Acupuncture & Dry Needling
Looking for Acupuncture and Dry Needling in Winnipeg? At LOCAL Physiotherapy, we offer both acupuncture and dry needling. While both involve inserting fine needles to release tension and promote healing, dry needling typically focuses on muscle knots and involves moving the needle during treatment. In contrast, acupuncture uses fixed needles to release endorphins and reduce pain throughout the session.
Dry Needling
Dry needling is a form of therapy in which fine needles are inserted into myofascial trigger points (painful knots in muscles): tendons, ligaments or nerves in order to stimulate a healing response in painful musculoskeletal conditions. Dry needling is a modern, science-based intervention for the treatment of pain and dysfunction in musculoskeletal problems, such as neck pain, shoulder impingement, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, knee pain, shin splints, plantar fasciitis or low-back pain.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture involves the insertion of fine needles at specific points on the body to aid recovery. It helps control pain, reduce inflammation, and restore normal movement by regulating nervous system inputs. Acupuncture stimulates the release of endorphins, which can relieve pain and relax tight muscles.
It is often used to treat inflammation, joint sprains, muscle strains, tendonitis, headaches, osteoarthritis, and nerve pain. Acupuncture can be especially effective when combined with other elements of physiotherapy.
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Physiotherapy With Corrective Exercise
Physio exercises are corrective exercises that utilize knowledge of anatomy, kinesiology, and biomechanics. With a full understanding of your injury, your physio will teach you exercises that will address and fix movement dysfunctions, compensations, and imbalances. Improving the overall quality of movement during exercise and in day-to-day life.
Movement Correction
Many people simply have a movement pattern that leads to overuse and breakdown of areas of their tissues. Movement correction exercises are focused on finding the root cause of the movement dysfunction. Then we develop an exercise program to fix the issue.
Strength Training
Our bodies will over-rely on our joints and ligaments for support without proper strength. Over time our bodies experience pain from these tissues. Proper strength training helps to offload the painful tissues by placing more of the load on the muscles.
Flexibility Work (Stretching)
If some of our muscles are too tight, our bodies can become pulled into poor positions. A focused program of flexibility can help by increasing the length of muscles that have become too short over time.
Postural Retraining
Many of us struggle with posture. Whether we work at a desk or sit on the couch every day, poor posture can cause a lot of problems.
Physiotherapy can help by providing you with instructions on how to set up your workspace. We provide you with strength exercises to help you maintain your posture in addition to stretching tight muscles.
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Physiotherapy For Orthotics
Orthotics or custom insoles are used in order to support the different arches of the foot. This helps the foot move correctly with the different loads that life places on our bodies.
The process starts with having a cast of the foot made which provides a 3D picture of the shape of your foot.
The physiotherapist will then make decisions about what features need to be added to your orthotic in order to achieve the best result from your insole. This information and your casts are then sent to a manufacturing facility that will produce your custom orthotic.
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Physiotherapy With Therapeutic Ultrasound
Therapeutic ultrasound is a treatment modality that uses sound waves to help stimulate blood flow into an area, reduce swelling by causing small amounts of movement in the cells, and aid in tissue healing by stimulating the cells that are responsible to take away damaged tissue and lay down new tissue to work harder.
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Physiotherapy With Electrical Stimulators
Electrical stimulation is a commonly used treatment in Physiotherapy. It is a safe and effective treatment for pain relief or to help strengthen muscles.
TENS Therapy
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation therapy (TENS therapy) uses electrical impulses to stimulate nerve endings for effective pain relief.
TENS therapy works in two main ways
First, the electrical impulses stimulate nerve endings that detect non-painful signals. These signals travel to your brain faster than the pain signals, preventing your brain from perceiving the pain signals as strongly. It works the same way as rubbing your elbow after hitting it.
Second, your brain releases natural pain killers that help alleviate your pain for a portion of time.
Muscle Stimulator
A muscle stimulator works by placing electric pads on specific areas of a muscle, then utilizes electrical impulses to cause the muscle to contract. This allows for targeted activation of specific muscles after an injury.
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Cold Laser Therapy or Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT)
Have you ever heard of a Class 3 laser? It‘s a type of therapeutic laser that can be used in physiotherapy to help promote healing and reduce pain. It‘s also sometimes referred to as low–level laser therapy (LLLT) or cold laser therapy.
Cold Laser Therapy
A Class 3 laser is a type of therapeutic laser used in physiotherapy that emits a low-level light to promote healing and reduce pain. It is also known as a low-level laser therapy (LLLT) or a cold laser therapy.
The Class 3 laser is a safe and non-invasive tool that can be used to treat a wide range of conditions, such as musculoskeletal pain, inflammation, and tissue damage. The laser works by stimulating the cells to produce more energy, which speeds up the healing process and reduces pain.
How Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) Works
It works by using a low-level laser to stimulate the cells in the affected area of the body. The light energy from the laser penetrates the skin and is absorbed by the cells, which converts the light energy into chemical energy. This stimulates the cells to produce more energy, which can help speed up the healing process and reduce pain and inflammation. Additionally, Class 3 lasers have been shown to increase blood flow to the affected area, which can further promote healing
Laser has been shown to be particularly useful for injuries that involve soft tissue, such as muscles, tendons, and ligaments. It has been used to treat a variety of conditions, including chronic tendon injuries like Achilles tendonitis, tennis elbow, and golfer’s elbow, as well as other musculoskeletal conditions like arthritis and muscle strains. The laser’s ability to stimulate cell growth and repair can help speed up the healing process, reduce inflammation, and alleviate pain
What to Expect
During a Class 3 laser therapy session, the laser is applied directly to the affected area of the body. The patient may feel a slight warmth or tingling sensation, but the treatment is generally painless and does not require any anesthesia.
The duration of a Class 3 laser therapy session varies depending on the patient’s condition, but most sessions last between 5 to 15 minutes. The number of treatments required also varies, but patients typically require several sessions over a period of weeks or months.
Class 3 laser therapy is a safe and effective treatment option for patients who are looking to manage pain and promote healing. If you are interested in learning more about Class 3 laser therapy and whether it is right for you give us a call!
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