Ottawa sports physiotherapy

Achieve your peak performance

People of all ages and abilities can enjoy the benefits of exercise and a healthy lifestyle by participating in sports. But with any physical activity, there can be a risk of injury. Depending on your sport of choice, you could be putting significant stress on your muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments and bones.

Of course contact sports have a risk of injury, but even non-contact sports can see unintended contact or collision with others. With any activity that involves jumping, running, pivoting or quick changes in direction, there’s always going to be an injury risk.

While injuries will always be possible, there are things we can do to minimise the risk and severity. Whether you’ve experienced an injury or want to stay on top of your game, sports physiotherapy is the key to strong performance, and healing or preventing injuries for both elite and recreational athletes.

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What is a sports injury?

Sports injuries can occur due to either acute, sudden trauma (like an accidental collision or twisting a knee or ankle) or develop over time through overuse and inadequate recovery of muscles or joints from physical activity.

Depending on the type and severity of your sports injury, there can be a wide range of symptoms and complications. Some of the most common sports injuries our team of licensed physiotherapists can treat include:

  • Shoulder separation and rotator cuff injuries
  • Running injuries like shin splints
  • Contusions, sprains and strains
  • Fractures and dislocations
  • Heel and foot pain
  • Swollen muscles
  • Tennis elbow
  • Knee injuries

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    Hours of operation

    Monday to Thursday: 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM
    Friday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
    Saturday: Appointment only
    Sunday: Closed

    Please be aware of our cancellation policy.

    Our sports physiotherapy approach

    Our physiotherapists value and promote an active lifestyle to improve and maintain your quality of life. Elysian therapists not only treat all of the above sports injuries and more, but will develop your own customised sports physiotherapy plan and help treat and prevent injuries from reoccurring. We provide education and advice on safe participation in sport and exercise, while helping athletes of all ages and all levels of ability to enhance their performance.

    Over the course of your sessions, your treatment plan will incorporate the most up-to-date techniques and tools to assess, diagnose and treat any injury or condition you’re experiencing.

    Our treatment methods include:

    • Manual manipulation and soft tissue release
    • Dynamic taping and kinesiology taping
    • IFC (interferential current)
    • Ultrasound
    • Personal training
    • Percussive therapy
    • Thermophore heating
    • Acupuncture stimulator
    • Acupuncture and dry needling
    • Cold laser therapy/low level laser therapy
    • EMS machine (electrical muscle stimulation)
    • Exercise prescription and home exercise prescription
    • TENS machine (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation)

    Don’t wait until a sports injury becomes unbearable. Meet with a physiotherapist right away to treat and diagnose your injury and start working towards getting back in the game.

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