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Note: WSIB, MVA, and Hand Therapy services cannot be booked online. Please email us at info@innovahc.ca or call 905-389-9489 to book. **If you are a new patient you will require an assessment. If it has been over 6 months since your last visit, a re-assessment is required.
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Physiotherapy
A Physiotherapist is an expert in movement dysfunction and exercise prescription. Your Physiotherapist can help you live more comfortably even after illness, surgery or injury. In addition to a detailed conversation about your injury or problem, your initial consultation will include a full physical assessment.
If you are injured or undergo surgery, your physician may prescribe Physiotherapy to help you recover to your fullest ability. Therapy plays a very important part in your recuperation, and you want to be completely sure that your Therapist is the best one for you. Sharmila Kulkarni and Michael Vallely are our Registered Physiotherapists. Their experience and knowledge can help you achieve your recovery goals. Michael Vallely is our hand therapist, specializing in the treatment of injuries and ailments of the hand and arm.
Under the umbrella of Physiotherapy, there are a number of tools that practitioners use to help you recover. Physiotherapists at IHC have knowledge and expertise in a great variety of techniques and approaches.
- Manual Therapy
- Therapeutic Exercise
- Taping Techniques
- Acupuncture
In addition to the approaches used above, our therapists have experience and specific training in the following areas: Hand Therapy, Vertigo, TMJ Disorder, Total Joint Replacements, Custom Splinting, Concussion Management and Young Athlete's Rehabilitation.
Osteopathy
Osteopathy is the foundation from which all other manual therapy professions were built including Physiotherapy, Massage Therapy, and Chiropractic. In Classical Osteopathy there is consideration for your entire body from your pelvis up to your head and down to your feet.
Osteopathic Manual Practitioners understand that there is a relationship between the bones that support your body and the tissue that surrounds it, including your muscles, ligaments, lymph, organs, nerves and blood vessels. Human bodies are made to move and restriction of motion anywhere in the body has a negative impact on health. Osteopathic treatment helps to balance the body's systems by restoring motion to relieve pain, improve mobility, and stimulate the body's ability to heal itself. It is based on the understanding that when one part doesn't work well, the others have to work harder.
In our approach to treatment, we consider the body, mind and spirit. We are always looking for the cause of problems. We ask "Why" you feel the way you do and avoid merely treating the symptoms.
Who can we help?
Because each treatment is tailored to the needs of the individual, it is great for the whole family. We treat newborns through to the elderly, sports enthusiasts, athletes, people with sedentary jobs, people with physical jobs, chronic and acute conditions, and many more.
Our Osteopathic Manual Practitioners, Sharmila Kulkarni, Marcelle Constable, and Laura Kappel, are all members of the Ontario Osteopathic Association.
Massage Therapy
Massage Therapy is a process of manual manipulation of the body’s muscular and soft tissue structures through a variety of techniques ranging from therapeutic to relaxation applications. The soft tissues include the muscles and associated fascia, skin, tendons, ligaments and joint capsules. The benefits of these treatments are: increased range of motion and flexibility, improved circulation, and stress reduction that helps to achieve an overall feeling of well-being.
Recent research has proven that massage is therapeutic, and can decrease muscle/fascial tightness, stimulate blood and lymphatic circulation, improve structure and function of the body, increase toxic elimination, decrease pain and more. Massage Therapy may also help in preventing unnecessary strain and injury that might otherwise occur due to excess tension, and resulting in structural weakness.
Massage Therapy may incorporate a variety of manual techniques in the treatment of various injuries. These techniques can involve myofascial release, soft tissue release, positional release therapy, and muscle energy therapy. Integrating these manual modalities gently releases restrictions and tightness in the muscles, and the associated connective tissues.
Our Registered Massage Therapist, Devin Briggs, is available for daytime and evening appointments.
Therapeutic Exercise & Workshops
Therapeutic Exercise is ideal for any individual that needs to restore their strength, fitness and overall health after an injury. With proper instruction, we ensure that your Therapeutic Exercise session will help you maintain the gains you made during treatment. We also help you to understand when to progress and how to modify your program at home so that you meet your goals and function at your absolute best.
Barbelle Studio
Barbelle Studio is a safe, supportive space dedicated to helping women+ of all ages experience the benefits of resistance training including increased strength, improved physical and mental health, and greater happiness!
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