Athletic Therapy
You don’t need to be an athlete to benefit from Athletic Therapy
Certified Athletic Therapists use sports medicine rehab methods to help you quickly return to regular activities after an injury—whether that means your competitive sports league or walking your dog.
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Overview
Athletic Therapy focuses on prevention, immediate care, and rehabilitation of injuries to muscles, bones, and joints.
Athletic Therapists can help you if you have pain or an injury from:
- Activities and sports
- Motor vehicle accident
- Workplace injury
- Unknown gradual or sudden onset of symptoms
Our Approach
We consider each client’s individual concerns and experiences and work to tailor treatments to your particular needs and therapeutic goals.
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Athletic Therapy is a certified healthcare profession that provides assessment, treatment, prevention and active rehabilitation of injuries and pain to joints and soft tissues (muscles, tendons, ligaments). They have comprehensive knowledge, education and training in the human musculoskeletal system, exercise physiology, biomechanics and advanced emergency care.
These practitioners use manual and exercise-based therapy to treat patients of all ages. Athletic therapy’s goal is to promote healing to help prepare you to safely return to regular activities.
Examples of manual treatment techniques include:
- Myofascial release
- Soft tissue release
- Trigger point release
- Craniosacral therapy
- Therapist-assisted stretching techniques
- Joint mobilizations
- Muscle energy techniques
- Traction
After the assessment, if the therapist feels you would benefit from a different type of therapy or further medical intervention is required, they will happily refer you to the appropriate professional.
With an Athletic Therapist, you could see improvements in:
- Pain reduction
- Injury recovery
- Range of motion
- Joint mechanics and muscle function
- Strength and flexibility
- Balance and coordination
- Agility and power
Initial appointment:
60 minutes
During this time your athletic therapist will:
- Listen to your concerns and health history
- Do an in-depth assessment of your injury or pain
- Consider your body as a whole to determine the nature and cause of your pain or injury
- Discuss their findings with you and answer your questions
- Propose a treatment plan
In most cases, your athletic therapist will:
- Provide treatment
- Suggest a home exercise program
- Share instructions for selfcare
Follow-up appointments:
60 minutes
Your athletic therapist will discuss your progress, answer your questions, provide treatment and follow up on your home care program and adjust if necessary.
Our Practitioners
We take an empathetic approach to your care and always provide the most up-to-date information and resources. We want to help you on your journey to recovery.
Not sure where to start? Call 250-475-1522, ext 1. and our patient care coordinators will help.
