Physiotherapy, also known as physical therapy, is the treatment provided to promote, maintain, rehabilitate, and strengthen physical health and overall well-being through careful examination, diagnosis, and a customized treatment plan which includes education, exercise, and hands on treatments. At LIFT we use an innovative and multimodal approach to physiotherapy, providing more effective and more efficient treatments to our clients. At LIFT, patients get a fully individualised rehab program to target their individual issues while keeping in mind their lifestyle and goals. The goal is to help our patients return to their active life as quickly (and safely) as possible with a key understanding of how to mitigate the risk of future regression.

Key benefits of physiotherapy are:

• Gain an understanding of how your body is currently functioning and how to optimize your body’s functional capacity

• Strengthen muscles and joints

• Improve mobility and flexibility

• Promote healing of injured tissues

• Manage and modulate pain perception

• Enhance quality of life

• Improve self confidence

Physiotherapists are medical professionals who specialize in treating injuries and conditions that impact movement. Treatment methods include education, manual therapy, therapeutic modalities (Shockwave Therapy, Ultrasound Therapy, Therapeutic Taping, and Electrotherapy), exercise therapy, and custom knee braces. If you’re looking for the best physiotherapy in Mississauga, at LIFT, we use our knowledge in helping patients understand their problems so that they can make the necessary changes in achieving an empowered healthy lifestyle. We have the added feature of an in-house gym so that we can work with patients on their exercise hands-on, rather than through passive modalities on a table.

Issues that our Physiotherapists treat include, but are not limited to:

• Pelvic floor dysfunction

• Sports injuries (Hip flexor strains, Groin strains, ACL tears, Mid-back strains, Achilles tendinitis, Shoulder injuries, Hand injuries, Concussions, Ankle sprains, Achilles ruptures, Hyper mobility, Hyperextension injuries etc.)

• Post-surgical complications (Ankle fractures, ACL reconstruction, Knee replacement, Hip replacements, Arthroscopic surgeries, Shoulder repairs, Osteochondral allografts)

• Persistent pain (Chronic pain, Acute pain, Nerve pain, Phantom pain, Local pain, Referred pain, Mechanical pain, Chemical pain)

• Concussions

The frequency of your follow-up appointments will depend on your specific situation and will be determined by your physiotherapist during your first appointment.

Once you have been assessed, you’ll receive a rehabilitation program based on your needs and goals.

​​A standard session is our most popular and most recommended service. These sessions last up to a maximum of 40 minutes.

A comprehensive session is an in-depth session which will include exercise therapy and will last up to a maximum of 60 minutes.

If it has been longer than six months since your last appointment, you’ll need to book an assessment appointment.

Even if you are returning for the same injury, we will need to evaluate your current condition thoroughly. This is a best practice set in place by the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario.

Definitely. Our number one priority is to maintain your mobility and get you moving as soon as possible. After your initial assessment, you’ll receive a customized program tailored to your unique demands and lifestyle! In order to facilitate quick recovery, we involve you in the process by prescribing safe and effective exercises that you can do in between appointments. With at-home exercise therapy, you’ll be able to improve mobility, decompress and stabilize joints, improve muscle balance, and enhance flexibility, so that your body can recover and pain may naturally subside.

Immediately after casting: A therapist can help you understand typical healing timelines and how to navigate the immobilization period to minimize the negative impact immobilization has on the rest of your body as well as the limb that was fractured.

After Cast removal: Immediately after the cast is removed, physiotherapy can commence. This typically includes passive stretching of the joint and specific exercises targeting any deficits that can be safely addressed.

Physiotherapists can help teach proper technique and exercise programming for individuals with chronic arthritis. We know that exercise is the most beneficial form of therapy for arthritis when it comes to managing pain and improving the longevity of the joints in your body. The only issue is that most exercises can be painful, especially if there are dysfunctions in other regions of the body, causing more strain on the joint(s) in question. A physiotherapist can identify and treat these movement dysfunctions to allow an easier progression through the exercise routine.