At Granville Physiotherapy, our approach starts with a thorough evaluation customized to address chronic pain. We thoroughly explore your medical history, lifestyle factors, and specific pain manifestations to uncover underlying causes. Understanding how past injuries or conditions contribute to ongoing discomfort, we develop a personalized chronic pain treatment plan. 

Our therapists meticulously analyze how daily activities, work conditions, exercise habits, and ergonomics affect your chronic pain levels. We conduct a detailed examination of the location, intensity, triggers, and factors that relieve your pain, guiding a precise treatment strategy tailored for chronic pain management.

At Granville Physio, our manual therapy techniques are finely tuned to provide targeted relief for chronic pain:

Massage Therapy: 

Our therapeutic massages focus on easing muscle tightness and knots, enhancing relaxation, and improving blood circulation to effectively relieve chronic pain.

Joint Mobilization: 

Through gentle, specific movements, we aim to reduce stiffness, enhance the range of motion, and restore optimal joint mechanics, crucial for managing chronic pain.

Spinal Manipulation: 

Controlled adjustments to spinal joints alleviate pain, enhance spinal alignment, and improve mobility, particularly beneficial for chronic conditions like lower back pain.

Soft Tissue Mobilization: 

Approaches such as myofascial release and trigger point therapy target tight muscles, tendons, and connective tissues, reducing chronic pain and enhancing flexibility.

Muscle Energy Techniques (METs): 

Active engagement of muscles against resistance, coupled with precise positioning and breathing exercises, helps restore normal muscle function and joint alignment, essential for chronic pain management.

Our holistic approach integrates specialized exercises to enhance strength, flexibility, and mobility, tailored to your individual needs. Our programs are designed to alleviate pain and prevent future issues by targeting specific areas of concern. 

• Stretching exercises focus on elongating muscles and improving flexibility, minimizing stiffness and enhancing range of motion. 
• Strengthening exercises target key muscle groups to build stability and support joints, reducing strain and improving overall function. 
• Aerobic conditioning includes low-impact activities like walking or cycling to enhance cardiovascular health and endurance without exacerbating pain. 
• Core stability training enhances core muscles, promoting better posture, balance, and spinal support.
• Mind-body exercises such as yoga are incorporated to promote relaxation, reduce stress, and enhance body awareness, complementing our physical therapy efforts.

Depending on your needs, we may incorporate treatments like ultrasound therapy, electrical stimulation, or acupuncture to enhance your recovery and chronic pain relief.

Ultrasound Therapy:

Uses high-frequency sound waves for tissue penetration, promoting circulation, reducing inflammation, and easing chronic pain.

Electrical Stimulation (E-Stim):

Applies controlled electrical currents to stimulate nerves and muscles, aiding in pain reduction, muscle strengthening, and enhancing healing processes for chronic pain relief.

Acupuncture:

A traditional Chinese medicine technique involving precise needle placement at specific body points to alleviate chronic pain, induce relaxation, and restore energy flow.

Dry Needling: 

Targets muscle trigger points with fine needles to alleviate chronic pain, minimize muscle tension, and improve range of motion, similar to acupuncture but with a focus on specific pain areas.

Laser Therapy (Low-Level Laser or Cold Laser):

Non-invasive treatment using focused light energy to alleviate chronic pain, reduce inflammation, accelerate tissue repair, and improve circulation.

TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation):

Portable device delivering electrical impulses through skin adhesive pads to alleviate chronic pain and promote muscle relaxation.