Spinal pain refers to symptoms stemming from injuries and conditions that affect our neck and back.
Here at Elevation Physiotherapy, our team of physiotherapists works closely with medical specialists in Edmonton who perform injection therapies called interventional procedures for painful conditions. These injection therapies can include corticosteroid injections, lidocaine trigger point injections, radio frequency ablations, spinal nerve blocks, pro-inflammatory injections like prolotherapy and platelet-rich plasma and joint injections like hydrodilation and hyaluronic acid. Complex conditions sometimes require complex solutions, and our team of physiotherapists have extensive years of experience providing rehabilitation care for patients undergoing these procedures.
Here are Elevation Physiotherapy, we have years of experience guiding patients through the decisions on whether or not to pursue injections and also which injections are best for your condition. We will work closely with you and your family doctor and injection specialist like Physiatrists and Sport Medicine Physicians to help you make the right decisions including the type of injections, timing of injections and the rehab and exercise implications for each type of injections.
Absolutely. Our Team has close collaborative relationships with many physician specialists in Edmonton. We will optimize your rehab so that you are prepared for your injection and create a personalized plan of care after your injection. Some injections like trigger point injections are ongoing. Our Team has the knowledge and expertise in rehab to support these injections to maximize their effectiveness.
No. Injection therapies are the scope of practice of physicians only and not physiotherapists. We provide the necessary rehab in order to optimize their success.
