Physiotherapy is a university educated primary health care profession that focuses on improving and maintaining physical wellness. Physiotherapists have an advanced understanding of body mechanics (how we move) and Physiotherapists have been specifically educated and trained to assess and treat a variety of musculoskeletal pain, injuries and general dysfunction. When you first see a physiotherapist, you are assessed to determine where the injury has occurred and its severity. This assessment includes a health history, evaluation of pain and movement patterns, strength, joint range of motion and reflexes. Based on the assessment, the physiotherapist establishes a diagnosis and works in partnership with you to develop individualized goals and treatment programs. The treatment can consist of a combination of manual therapy, electrical modalities, activity modification and the use of heat or ice and prescribed exercises and/or stretches.

Massage therapists assess soft tissues and joints of the body for treatment and prevention of dysfunction, injury, pain and physical disorders.

Your first visit will include a health history, evaluation of pain symptoms and will evaluate through touch the location of tense areas to determine what part of the body to work on Massage therapists rub and otherwise manipulate the muscles and other soft tissues of the body using their hands and fingers. There is a wide range of different techniques which they can use which can affect the circulatory, musculoskeletal, nervous and respiratory systems