Physiotherapy for Swimmer's Shoulder
With summer in full swing, it’s finally perfect swimming weather again! Our physiotherapists at Manotick PhysioWorks outline how they can help you prevent and/or manage the symptoms of swimmer’s shoulder.
Prevention & Treatment News
Enjoy news and tips from our Manotick Physiotherapists on how physiotherapy and massage treatment can help to keep you feeling your very best.
Dizziness vs. Vertigo: Physiotherapy Treatment for Vestibular Disorders
Dizziness and vertigo are often used interchangeably but they are defined differently, and it is important to know the difference. Our physiotherapists at Manotick PhysioWorks go over the difference between the two, and treatment for vestibular disorders.
Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy For New Moms
Pregnancy can lead to a variety of additional postnatal health conditions, the most common being back pain, urinary incontinence, and reduced strength and flexibility. As a new mom, it’s important to take care of yourself! Here are some benefits of pelvic floor physiotherapy for new moms.
Physiotherapy During the Winter Season
As winter arrives and temperatures drop, many people prefer to stay indoors. However, some choose winter sports and hobbies to stay active, which is vital for physical and mental well-being. Our physiotherapists at Ottawa emphasize the benefits of physiotherapy and winter activities.
The Role of Physiotherapy in Maintaining Stability as We Age
Whether it's walking, climbing stairs, or simply standing upright, balance is a fundamental skill that can decline with age. Fortunately, physiotherapy offers a comprehensive solution to address these concerns.
Understanding Incontinence & the Role of Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy
Incontinence can significantly impact a person's physical and emotional well-being. However, with the help of pelvic floor physiotherapy, many individuals find relief from the symptoms and regain control over their bladder and bowel functions.
Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy: The Key to a Smooth Pregnancy & Labour
As an expectant mother, ensuring your body is well-prepared for the upcoming labour and delivery is essential for a positive birthing experience.
Fall Weather & Joint Health
As the leaves change color and the air turns crisper, the arrival of fall brings with it a unique set of challenges for our bodies, particularly our joints. While the season is undoubtedly beautiful, the drop in temperature and atmospheric pressure can have a significant impact on joint health.
The Benefits of Paediatric Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy
Paediatric pelvic floor physiotherapy focuses on addressing pelvic floor dysfunction in children. In this blog, we will explore the importance of paediatric pelvic floor physiotherapy, its benefits, common conditions it addresses, and how it can positively impact children's lives.
Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy & IBS Symptoms
Living with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can be challenging and disruptive to your daily life. While there is no cure for IBS, there are strategies and treatments available to manage and alleviate its symptoms.
Vestibular Physiotherapy: Regaining Balance & Quality of Life
Maintaining our balance and stability is an intricate process that relies on the proper functioning of our vestibular system. Vestibular physiotherapy offers effective rehabilitation and relief, empowering individuals to regain control, improve their balance, and restore their confidence.
The Role of Physiotherapy in Managing Arthritis Symptoms
Arthritis affects millions of people worldwide. This diverse group of diseases targets the joints, leading to pain, stiffness, and reduced mobility. Physiotherapy can help address pain and mobility issues, while improving the overall quality of life!
TMJ Pain: How Physiotherapy Can Help
If you suffer from pain or discomfort in your jaw, you may be experiencing TMJ pain. In this post, our Nepean physiotherapists discuss the common causes and symptoms of TMJ pain, and share how physiotherapy can help.
Unlocking the Power of Sports Nutrition with a Registered Dietitian
Each athlete has unique needs when it comes to fueling for sports performance. An athlete’s genetics, level of competition, personal preferences, and the sport in question all play an important role when it comes to optimizing nutrition.
The Power of Rehabilitative Yoga
Explore the benefits of rehabilitative yoga; a personalized approach combining yoga and rehabilitation techniques for healing, pain management, and enhanced well-being!
Physiotherapy for Blocked Milk Ducts
Blocked milk ducts can cause pain and frustration for nursing mothers. In this blog post, we will explore how physiotherapy can provide relief for a blocked milk duct and promote optimal milk flow.
Postpartum Physiotherapy: Feel Like Yourself Again
During her pregnancy, a woman's body will go through important changes. That said, these changes can also lead to pressure, misalignment and pain in various areas of the body. Our Manotick physiotherapists explain how postpartum physiotherapy can help with recovery.
Physical Therapy for a Sedentary Lifestyle
Many of us spend most of our days sitting at our desk, then arrive home too exhausted to exercise. This can take a toll on our body over time. Today, our Manotick physiotherapists explain how physiotherapy and nutrition services can help you break the health impacts and habits that result from a sedentary lifestyle.
Physiotherapy for Low Back Pain
Expectant and new moms with low back pain can benefit from prenatal and postpartum physiotherapy. Our Manotick physiotherapists explain how we can help alleviate low back pain and discomfort, and the types of exercises and treatments usually involved.
Physiotherapy Post Surgery
Rehabilitation therapy will play an important role in helping patients recover from a surgical procedure and regain strength and mobility. Our Manotick physical therapists explain what's involved in post-surgery rehabilitation physiotherapy and who may benefit.
Prenatal & Post-Natal Physiotherapy
Women's bodies undergo significant changes during pregnancy. Most will experience urinary incontinence, back pain, pelvic pain and more. Here, our Manotick physiotherapists discuss how prenatal and post-natal (postpartum) physiotherapy can help with pain prevention and recovery from childbirth.
Frozen Shoulder: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
People who suffer from frozen shoulder experience pain and stiffness in their shoulder joint. Today, our Manotick physiotherapists explain how this condition can be treated with acupuncture and dry needling as part of physiotherapy.
Physiotherapy for Arthritis
If you live with arthritis, completing everyday tasks and activities can be painful due to joint discomfort and swelling, coupled with being unable to tell when you might have a bad day. Today, our Manotick physiotherapists explain how physiotherapy can help treat arthritis and manage pain.
Chronic Pain Treatment & Physiotherapy
With physiotherapy, we can help restore function, movement and mobility using specific physical methods in an area of a person's body impacted by chronic pain due to disease or injury. In this post, our Manotick physical therapists define chronic pain and how physiotherapy may help.
What is IMS & Is It Right for Me?
IMS (intramuscular stimulation) is a form of 'dry needling' treatment. Small, sterile acupuncture needles are placed in the muscles of a patient to release tension, alleviate strains and aid injury recovery. Here, our Manotick physical therapists explain when IMS may be right for you.
Physiotherapy for Joint Pain
Many Canadians deal with joint pain, especially older individuals. Joint pain often falls under the umbrella of "arthritis". However, things are rarely that simple. Our Manotick physiotherapists discuss the types of joint pain treatments, including various types of physiotherapy, we can offer our clients at our clinic.
Stress Management Consultations
Do you often feel stuck when it comes to handling stressful situations, particularly when they're related to an activity or project you're passionate about? This is a very common issue. Our Manotick physiotherapists explain how it can be overcome with stress management consults.
Mental Performance Consulting
Our Manotick physiotherapists recommend integrating mental performance consultations into training, whether you're engaging in high-performance physical activities or looking to improve your everyday mindset.
Osteoarthritis Physiotherapy & Exercises
Osteoarthritis can cause pain, discomfort and a loss of mobility in the joints. Our Manotick physiotherapists can work with you and your physician to integrate physiotherapy into your treatment plan.
Sports Therapy in Manotick
You may commonly associate the phrase 'no pain, no gain' with being physically active. However, the adage isn't necessarily true for people participating in sports and trying to stay active. Our Manotick physiotherapists explain how sports physiotherapy can help treat acute or progressive injuries.
Physiotherapy in Manotick
Our highly trained team of clinicians focuses on prevention first when providing physiotherapy treatment. We are dedicated to our patients and to the broader Ottawa community. In this post, we take some time to explain our care philosophy and our commitment to the community.
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Symptoms, Causes & Prevention
Our Manotick physiotherapists explain how pelvic floor muscles can be affected by pelvic floor dysfunction. Learn about the condition's symptoms and treatments and how how physiotherapy can help.
Golfer's Elbow: Treatment & Prevention Exercises
Our Manotick physiotherapists explain how they can help treat golfer's elbow, including which treatments may aid recovery and how to prevent the condition in the future.
Physiotherapy for Tennis Elbow
Have you recently been told that the discomfort you experience when gripping objects or the pain you feel in your elbow is lateral epicondylitis? This condition is commonly known as 'tennis elbow.' Believe it or not, you need not play tennis to have this common condition, as it can arise from repeated actions that cause inflammation in the tendons. Today, our Manotick physiotherapists explain what tennis elbow is and how physical therapy can help.
Improve your Knee Health With Physiotherapy
Knee injuries and pain are very common in people, whether they have a root cause in physical activity or from acute injuries like falls. Here, our Manotick physiotherapists explain how physiotherapy may be able to help to improve and recover your knee health and help you return to your normal function and movement.
How Postpartum Physiotherapy can Improve your Mood
The pregnancy and childbirth processes are hard on the body as it undergoes significant hormonal and physical changes. Not only do they impact the body of a new mother, but they can also affect their moods or lead to postpartum depression. Here our Manotick physical therapists offer some information about how physiotherapy may be able to help address both.
How Physical Therapy Can Improve Mobility, Motion & Balance
Physical therapy is capable of helping our Manotick clients with addressing conditions and injuries affecting their balance, motion and mobility. Our trained professional physiotherapists are able to offer a range of treatments for our clients to help them return to their normal levels of ability.
Recover Fast from Sports Injuries
For those living active lives, whether that involve going to the gym or playing sports, injuries - especially minor ones - are almost inevitable. Not all sports injuries require weeks or months of downtime and recovery. Your recovery can be helped by our Manotick physical therapists. Here, we explain more about how to speed your recovery from sports injuries.
Treating Upper Back Pain With Physiotherapy
Upper back pain is a very common source of discomfort that may be caused by muscle strain or poor posture. Here, our Manotick physiotherapists explain what kinds of physical therapy we prescribe to our patients in order to alleviate their pain, reduce their discomfort and improve the mobility of their upper back.
Improving Thoracic Spine (Mid-Back) Mobility
One of the most common effects of sitting for long periods of time (including working at the computer), is limited mobility and discomfort in the middle of your back - a part of your body also called the thoracic spine. Here, our Manotick physical therapists explain what kinds of passive and active physiotherapy treatments we prescribe to patients in order to restore their mobility.
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