Enjoy news and tips from our Manotick Physiotherapists on how physiotherapy and massage treatment can help to keep you feeling your very best.
Whether you’re an expert runner, or an amateur, our physiotherapists at Manotick PhysioWorks can help you maintain peak physical shape, or recover from an injury. Our goal is to help you continue to enjoy your running experience!
May is National Physiotherapy Month! During this time, we show appreciation for all the hard work physiotherapists, physiotherapy residents, and physiotherapy assistants do for their clients. Especially at our own clinic, Manotick PhysioWorks!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As an expectant mother, ensuring your body is well-prepared for the upcoming labour and delivery is essential for a positive birthing experience.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
If you suffer from pain or discomfort in your jaw, you may be experiencing TMJ pain. In this post, our Ottawa physiotherapists discuss the common causes and symptoms of TMJ pain, and share how physiotherapy can help.
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.
Explore the benefits of rehabilitative yoga; a personalized approach combining yoga and rehabilitation techniques for healing, pain management, and enhanced well-being!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We offer a variety of therapeutic treatments to help you recover and get back in motion.
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