Massage therapy involves the manipulation of soft tissues of the body to improve blood flow, and help reduce muscle tension and pain. Our team of Registered Massage Therapists have training with a sports focus and treatments are geared towards acute, sub-acute, and chronic injuries incurred during activity and treatment can help relieve pain associated with these injuries, speed the healing process, and help prevent injuries from recurring. Our massage therapists have training in a number different techniques including Deep tissue Sports Massage, Swedish Techniques, Trigger Point Therapy, Static Pressures,
Manual Lymph Drainage, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation, Joint Mobilization, Myofascial Release, Visceral Manipulation, Advanced Muscle Energy Techniques, Kinesio Taping and Cupping.
Naturopathic Medicine combines scientific knowledge with natural medicine to treat illness and improve health. Naturopathic doctors focus on addressing the root cause of an illness, while promoting the body’s innate ability to heal. Treatment is chosen based on each individual case using various Naturopathic tools including; clinical nutrition, diet and lifestyle modifications, botanical medicine, hydrotherapy, traditional Chinese medicine, and acupuncture.
Sports Medicine Naturopathy can help patients optimize health and achieve training, exercise, and competition goals. As a certified Sports Nutritionist, Dr. Kristin provides dietary counselling and sport-specific supplement treatments to get athletes in peak performance. Using various naturopathic treatments, Dr. Kristin Spark can address the causes of acute and chronic pain brought on by sports injuries, and help patients attain optimal health leading them to achieve their peak athletic performance.
Naturopathic doctors are trained in acupuncture and Dr. Kristin Spark uses a traditional Chinese medicine approach to treatments, as well as a neuromuscular approach to recover from chronic injuries and help improve healing times.
Physiotherapy is an applied health science focusing on the assessment and rehabilitation of Orthopaedic, Neurological and Cardiovascular systems. At WSM our detailed assessments of the muscular, boney, connective tissue and neurological systems allows us to develop a personalized treatment plan to assist in your return to optimized functional mobility and health.
At WSM, physiotherapy focuses not just on healing and pain reduction, but also on the sport specific demands your activity places on your body and what it will take to “get you back in the game”. Our physiotherapists also consult with local clubs and teams before the season to help prevent injuries and to ensure an optimal training program.
Our physiotherapists utilize manual therapy, joint and soft tissue mobilization and manipulation, myofacial release, and craniosacral techniques. Therapeutic exercises are prescribed to mobilize joints, release contracted muscles, tendons and fascia, improve muscle strength and joint stability, improve functional mobility and balance, and enhance performance. Other effective physiotherapy modalities include acupuncture, dry-needling, Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT), ultrasound and Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS), mechanical spinal traction, Shockwave Therapy, video analysis, return to play testing, injury prevention; pre-screening education tools and testing.
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