Conditions Treated By Physiotherapists
AMS physiotherapists treat these (and many other) physical conditions:
- Sciatica
- Back pain, lumbar pain
- Tendon sprains
- Muscle strains and tears
- Fractures
- Sports injuries
- Post-surgical rehabilitation
- Stroke rehabilitation
- Balance disorders
- Neck pain and stiffness
- Arthritis
- Tendonitis and tendonopathy
- Bursitis

Physiotherapist Education
Physiotherapists spend years studying how the body works and moves, how injuries impact performance, and how to recover and repair injured tissues.
All AMS Clinic Physiotherapists have continued on with post graduate studies in the McKenzie Method® of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy® (MDT), The Mulligan Concept and other fields of physiotherapy to add to this expertise and to become Physiotherapists. Many of the Physiotherapists at AMS have undergraduate degrees and training in Kinesiology, Physical Education, or Athletic Therapy.

Physiotherapists Work With Physicians
The Physiotherapists at AMS Clinic work closely with physicians to manage, heal, and prevent physical problems caused by sport, disability, work related injury, accidents, aging or simply long periods of inactivity. Physiotherapists use a variety of tools and techniques to identify the precise nature of your injury, and to help you heal and recover in the best way possible.

Physiotherapy & Diagnostics
Even physicians rely on physiotherapists to help diagnose many kinds of injuries. A physiotherapist’s education includes extensive training on the diagnosis of physical and movement-related problems.

Physiotherapy Treatments
Through hands-on treatments the physiotherapist helps improve blood circulation, and mobility in damaged tissues and related structures to help them heal. This can include massage, joint mobilization, stretching, inflammation treatments, or other physical mobilizations that will aid healing and help improve mobility and decrease pain in the affected area.
Your physiotherapist will also create a custom program of movements and/or exercises and other simple at-home treatments that will help strengthen supportive muscles, improve flexibility, and provide more stability during recovery. Programs may also be developed to give you greater ability and improve your performance in sport or in everyday activities.
Most physiotherapy sessions last between 45 minutes and an hour.

How Physiotherapy Heals
Physiotherapy aids recovery, helps to manage healing, and even prevents injury while also:
- Enhancing physical strength, mobility, and performance
- Improving and maintaining functional independence
- Preventing, reducing (or eliminating), pain
- Managing physical impairments and disabilities
- Overcoming limits to physical activity
- Promoting overall fitness, mobility, health and wellness

First Physiotherapist Appointments
Most often the physiotherapist will ask you to move in certain ways to uncover exactly which underlying structures need recuperation. They will carefully evaluate your mobility, strength, balance, and other physical abilities to get a clear and details picture of how the impact of injury or illness has affected your functioning and precisely which structures are injured. The physiotherapist will then develop a treatment plan that restores movement and reduce pain or limitations to mobility.

Part Of An Integrated Team

Improving Strength & Mobility

About Your Physiotherapy Visit
For your first visit, please bring the following:
- Your medicare card
- Your insurance card if you are insured
If you are insured for physiotherapy, but are unsure about your coverage, please call your insurance provider — or we can call for you, just ask!
Also, if you are under a doctors’ care, please bring:
- A list of your medications
- Whatever information your doctor has provided you (if any) like a prescription.
