Motor Vehicle Accident Physiotherapy Edmonton

At Rutherford Physiotherapy in Edmonton, we offer a range of motor vehicle accident therapy services. Before doing a physical examination to assess your flexibility, strength, and pain levels, our therapist will examine your medical history, talk to you about what happened and how you’re feeling, and then take a look at your condition.  Based on the examination, we will develop a tailored plan, which may include:

1. Manual therapy

Hands-on methods are used in manual treatment to manipulate and relocate around joints, muscles, and soft tissues. Our skilled trainers ensure you are comfortable and get better by using gentle but effective techniques. This treatment helps:

• Reduce pain
• Improve circulation
• Make yourself more flexible
• Restore normal joint mobility.

2. Massage Therapy

Massage therapy is a great way to relax muscles, improve blood flow, and lower stress. It works especially well for healing back pain and soft tissue injuries like whiplash.

3. Therapeutic exercises

Therapeutic exercises help repair the function of muscles and bones and make overall function better. Depending on the patient, exercise may improve strength, flexibility, balance, or endurance. We make custom workout plans based on your problems and fitness goals. Our therapist provides continuing guidance to guarantee safe and proper exercise.

4. Electrotherapy

A non-invasive treatment that reduces pain stimulates muscles, and boosts circulation. Electrical currents are used in electrotherapy to relax muscles and ease pain. We provide a wide variety of electrotherapies, including transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and ultrasound.  Consider this non-invasive therapy for:

• Getting rid of muscle cramps
• Improving blood circulation
• Supporting the process of tissue repair

5. Acupuncture

Acupuncture improves health by stimulating the immune system to heal itself. Acupuncture also helps with muscle pain that has contracted and stiffened after a vehicle accident. This relieves stress headaches and persistent back and neck discomfort.

6. Dry needling

Dry needling can be used to break up scar tissue, adhesions, and muscular spasms, as well as to improve circulation through controlled inflammation.

7. Vestibular Rehabilitation

VR is an exercise-based program that enhances the connection between the brain, vision, musculature, nerves, and inner auditory. If you’re dizzy or have trouble keeping your balance after an accident, vestibular therapy might be beneficial. This motor vehicle accident physio treatment is mainly about:

• Getting rid of dizziness symptoms
• Restoring balance

8. Whiplash Treatment

Physiotherapy can be a big part of treating whiplash injuries because it can help with pain and movement and speed up the healing process. This method helps ease stiffness in the neck and gradually regain mobility. Exercises that target the muscles and ligaments are often a part of this therapeutic approach.

9. Shockwave Therapy

Extracorporeal shockwave treatment may cure soft tissue and bone damage from crash-related events. Shockwave therapy is the application of very high-velocity sound waves to the injured area to speed up the recovery time. The shock waves make the blood flow faster, break down scar tissue, and promote cell regeneration.

10. Laser Therapy

Physiotherapists may use laser treatment to alleviate swelling and discomfort after a motor vehicle accident. Laser treatment aims to promote healing and stimulate cell regeneration in damaged areas by using a gentle, focused beam of light. The body absorbs light via the skin, triggering healing activities.

11. Neurological Physiotherapy

Motor vehicle accident injuries may benefit from neurological physiotherapy. People with a nerve ailment or injury that causes weakness in their arms and legs can also benefit from neurological physical therapy. Untreated neurological injuries may cause long-term damage.

12. Concussion Care

A motor vehicle accident physiotherapist can help patients who have suffered concussions in a car accident get back on their feet and start doing things on a regular basis with less help as they recover. Our physiotherapist will assess the patient’s neurological and cardiovascular systems to establish the severity of the injury and build a customized treatment plan, such as personalized exercises to alleviate the patient’s symptoms.

13. Kinesiology

This treatment will gradually restore your range of motion, strength, and functional abilities for work, enjoyment, exercise, and sports. Through the whole healing process, our kinesiologists will create a unique training program just for you, complete with photos and videos. Their goal is to help you go back to the way you were before your Motor vehicle accident so you can enjoy the things you used to do.