What Is A Trigger Point? We’ve all experienced sore muscles, sometimes as the result of exertion or exercise and sometimes for no reason we can identify. People often describe trigger points, also known as myofascial trigger points as the feeling of having “knots” in their muscles. These “knots” are actually trigger points. They’re specific spots…
What Is Muscle Stimulation Therapy? At the Apex Centre, muscle stimulation therapy is used in conjunction with other disciplines to both reduce pain and retrain muscles. Electrical current is passed through the muscle to stimulate it or cause it to fire. In treating for pain, a comfortable electrical current passes through electrode pads placed on…
What Is Acupuncture Treatment? Most people are familiar with the use of acupuncture treatment in traditional Chinese medicine, where the treatment was thought to alter the body’s flow of energy, with disease being caused by the disruption of the natural energy flow, or qi. At the Apex Centre, acupuncture treatment is a complementary therapy which centres around…
What Is Therapeutic Ultrasound? Most people are familiar with the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool — to diagnose fetal development during pregnancy or for injury diagnosis by using sound waves to create images. The Apex Centre uses therapeutic ultrasound to help relieve pain and speed healing in soft tissues by using sound waves to stimulate…
What Is Cold Laser Therapy? Cold laser therapy, also known as low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has long been a staple in the therapist’s toolkit. Unlike hot medical lasers, which are designed to cut or remove tissue, or the penetrating lasers used in the esthetics industry, cold laser therapy is pain-free and is used to help relieve pain and…
What Is Shockwave Therapy? Shockwave therapy is newer to the world of orthopedics, sports medicine and physiotherapy. ESWT (Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy) is applied locally to specific body areas and sends acoustic shockwaves into bone or soft tissue, which reinjures the area on a cellular level, by breaking up the scarring that has developed in tendons and…
At the Apex Centre we recognize the importance of concussion testing. Because concussion symptoms vary so widely between individuals, we encourage baseline testing, particularly for individuals engaged in competitive athletics. To do this we use the ImPACT concussion testing tool. The only way to measure changes in brain function after a concussion is to know what they…
