Treatment Modalities
Education
The most crucial part in reducing pain is understanding how pain works and what you can do about it. We aim to help you understand your diagnosis and the best tips and tools to help you manage it effectively.
Exercise Prescription
Full rest is rarely the solution. We will prescribe exercises that will not only reduce your pain but also help you return stronger and more resilient than before.
IMS/Trigger point Dry Needling
Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS) or Trigger Point Dry Needling (TDN) can be an effective treatment option for pain. IMS/TDN involves the insertion of a very small, sterile acupuncture needle into the muscles that are causing pain and dysfunction to help normalize muscle tone and desensitize any nerve compression.
Soft Tissue Treatments
MANUAL THERAPY: Manual therapy is a form of physical therapy that involves the use of the therapist's hands to mobilize the muscles, joints, and soft tissues of the body. Techniques used in manual therapy include massage, stretching, and joint mobilization and manipulation.
ART (ACTIVE RELEASE TECHNIQUE ): Active Release Technique (ART) is a patented, state-of-the-art soft tissue system/movement-based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves. It helps athletes recover faster after difficult training sessions and can be an effective technique to treat acute and chronic conditions that result in muscle tightness and active trigger points.
IASTM (INSTRUMENT ASSISTED SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATIONS such as cupping and scraping): The instruments are designed to slide over the skin and detect any areas of restriction or tissue damage. Once these areas are identified, the practitioner can use the instruments to apply pressure to the affected tissue in a specific pattern to help break down scar tissue, improve range of motion, and reduce pain and inflammation.
Taping
Kinesiology tape is an elastic sports tape that is applied to the skin to provide support and pain relief for muscles, tendons, and joints. It is a thin, stretchy, and highly elastic cotton strip with an acrylic adhesive. The tape is applied to the skin in a specific pattern, depending on the area being treated, and is designed to mimic the elasticity of the skin and underlying muscles.The tape can be worn for several days at a time and can be worn during activities such as exercise and sports.
Shockwave Therapy
Shockwave Therapy is an extremely high intensity sound wave. You may hear it referred to simply as Shockwave Therapy or you may hear the term Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) or Radial Shockwave Therapy.
The sound waves cause small micro trauma and stimulates cell healing and regenerates new tissues in that area. Calcifications will be broken down and pain relievers are naturally released directly from the cellular level.
Anyone with soft tissue injuries can benefit from Shockwave Therapy. We are extremely successful treating Plantar Fasciitis, Achilles Tendonitis, Compartment Syndrome, IT Band Friction syndrome, Patella Femoral Syndrome, Rotator Cuff Tendonitis and Calcification, Tennis and Golfer’s elbow, Hip Pointers, Deep Muscle Trigger points and even freshly torn muscles…. to name a few.
Tracy Montgomery is one of the first health practitioners to offer Shockwave Therapy in Ottawa. She uses a Storz Shockwave machine which is the highest standard. The Storz brand is the machine used in the majority of Shockwave Therapy Research and Statistics
The big difference in the way Tracy uses Shockwave Therapy is that every treatment also includes Active Release Technique. Tracy uses ART to treat the causative factor of the injury and applies Shockwave Therapy to the symptom site which maximizes the healing and accelerates results. The power is in using the ART and the Shockwave Therapy together to get you back onto your field of play as quickly as possible.