Physiotherapy in Victoria

Physiotherapy, also known as Physical Therapy, is a holistic approach to healthcare lead by highly skilled practitioners dedicated to working with people to maximize their ability to move and function throughout their life.

Physiotherapists can help you with:

  • Improving mobility, returning to physical activity and achieving overall health and wellness;
  • Prevention of injury or re-injury, disease and disability;
  • Rehabilitating injuries including back pain such as disk degeneration or herniation, nerve pain such as sciatica, whiplash symptoms, headaches, sprains, strains, osteoarthritis and other joint related issues and much more;
  • Achieving and maintaining functional independence and physical performance;
  • Management of acute and chronic conditions and the effects of disease or disability with therapeutic exercise programs and other interventions;
  • Patient education and assistance with planned maintenance and support programs to prevent re-occurrence, re-injury or decline overall health and functionality.

About Physiotherapists

Physiotherapists are highly trained to assess and provide treatment for pain and injuries and to get results. Physiotherapy is founded in the science of movement and focuses restoration of functional mobility to the body.
You don't really think about how to walk until your pain becomes stronger than your ability to put one foot in front of the other. A physiotherapist can help you regain your ability to walk and move pain free after injury, recover from surgery, manage conditions like osteoarthritis, and much more.

What Techniques to Physiotherapist Use?

Physiotherapy treatments can include the following:
  • Personalized exercise programs designed to improve your strength, range of motion, and function. 
  • Joint mobilization and manipulation to reduce pain and stiffness and increase range of motion
  • Hot and cold therapies and modalities to relieve pain, reduce swelling, speed up the healing process
  • Functional activity and tolerance testing and training
  • Occupational re-training and return to work planning
  • Lifestyle recommendations, focusing on removing barriers to function

Is Physiotherapy covered by my extended health plan?

Fortunately physiotherapy is covered on most extended health plans or partially by MSP as it is one of the most widely recognized health professions in BC. Your extended health provider will be able to tell you what level of coverage you have.

Do I need a doctors referral?

Your extended health provider can confirm whether or not you require a doctors referral to use your extended health coverage.

Physiotherapy Treatment Plan

We will work with you to design a customized treatment plan for your specific condition or injury, so that you can get back to doing the things you love without pain or discomfort.

An Initial Visit involves detailed health history review, orthopedic physical testing such as range of motion, strength and flexibility and/or postural assessment. The information the tests provide, along with some clinical reasoning, establish a diagnosis. Based on this, a treatment plan is proposed and together you establish what that will look like. Treatment plans may vary depending on your functional ability and your treatment goals, availability and budget.

Who Goes for Physiotherapy?

Physiotherapy is appropriate for people of all ages and with a wide variety of health conditions and challenges.

"Whether it’s pain management and rehabilitation from an acute injury like a sprained ankle, or management of chronic conditions such as diabetes or heart disease, a physiotherapist can help." - PTABC

Physiotherapy Rates

Initial Visit (45 mins): $80
Follow Up Visit (30 min): $70