What is physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy is a treatment you may need when health problems make it hard to move around and do everyday tasks.
It helps you move better and may relieve pain. It also helps improve or restore your physical function and your fitness level.The goal of physiotherapy is to make daily tasks and activities easier; help your joints move better and to restore or increase your flexibility, strength, endurance, coordination, and/or balance.
Treatments are Hands-on and Movement-based with minimal use of machines or equipment.
Sessions are strictly one-on-one and there is no switching between clients.
What is myofascial release?
John Barnes Myofascial Release Approach
Myofascial Release is a safe and effective hands-on technique that involves applying gentle sustained pressure into the Myofascial connective tissue restrictions to eliminate pain and restore motion. This essential “time element” has to do with the viscous flow and the piezoelectric phenomenon: a low load (gentle pressure) applied slowly will allow a viscoelastic medium (fascia) to elongate.
Trauma, inflammatory responses, and/or surgical procedures create Myofascial restrictions that can produce tensile pressures of approximately 2,000 pounds per square inch on pain sensitive structures that do not show up in many of the standard tests (x-rays, myelograms, CAT scans, electromyography, etc.)
The use of Myofascial Release allows the therapist to look at each patient as a unique individual. It is a combination of a multitude of Myofascial Release techniques and movement therapy. The importance is given to promote independence through education in proper body mechanics and movement, self treatment instruction, enhancement of strength, improved flexibility, and postural and movement awareness.
Hands-On Treatment Each Myofascial Release Treatment session is performed directly on skin without oils, creams or machinery. This enables the therapist to accurately detect fascial restrictions and apply the appropriate amount of sustained pressure to facilitate release of the fascia.
What is Functional Movement Systems?
Standard Exercise/Movement Based Physio
Functional Movement Systems (Selective Functional Movement Assessment):
Standardized Movement Based Diagnostic Screening, Testing, Assessment and Rehab System used generally by Professional Sports teams. Selective Functional Movement Assessment or SFMA helps to identify movement dysfunction which can be a result of pain.
It is based upon the concept that seemingly unrelated impairments in a remote anatomical region may contribute or associated with the client’s primary complaint. It gives us a baseline information whether the issue is mobility, stability or motor control dysfunction.
Based on assessment, appropriate interventions in the form of mobility exercises or stability/motor control reloading exercises are discussed.
