At Elite Performance Center, Progressive Sports Medicine, and Total Health Link, our highly skilled Burlington Chiropractors will conduct a comprehensive assessment and present to you an individualized rehabilitation program that is customized to your injuries and goals and may include an active exercise component. Your Chiropractor will then work with you to determine which adjusting style will best suit you and your conditions. They will vary the style of adjusting and the pressure used to ensure you achieve their goals safely and efficiently.

At Elite Performance Center, Progressive Sports Medicine, and Total Health Link, our physiotherapy treatment encourages your independence and involves you in setting your own treatment goals. It provides preventive, diagnostic and rehabilitative services to help you achieve optimal function after injury or disease.

Today, massage therapy is known for its combination of techniques and science. It can be preventative or restorative, helping to maintain, rehabilitate, augment physical function and relieve pain. Massage can also help alleviate soft tissue discomfort associated with everyday stress, muscular overuse and many chronic syndromes.

Athletic Therapy is the prevention, immediate care, and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries by a Certified Athletic Therapist. A musculoskeletal injury is damage to a muscle, ligament, bone or joint structures.

A Certified Athletic Therapist assesses injuries and conditions, utilizes contemporary rehabilitative techniques, therapeutic modalities, soft tissue mobilization, physical reconditioning, and supportive strapping procedures to promote an environment conducive to optimal healing in preparing the individual for safe reintegration into an active lifestyle.
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User groups of this service are varied and can include but are not limited to people with a musculoskeletal injury that may be active individuals, injured workers, motor vehicle accident injuries, recreational athletes, professional athletes, and competitive amateur athletes.

Progressive Sports Medicine incorporates acupuncture into its treatment plans because it is very effective in treating a variety of painful disorders, both acute and chronic. It is particularly useful in resolving physical problems related to tension, stress and emotional conditions.

Dry Needling is a medical technique performed by a skilled physiotherapist to immediately reduce pain, muscle tension and improve mobility. It is used in a variety of musculoskeletal problems including, but not limited to: acute or chronic injuries, headaches, neck pain, back pain, tendonitis, muscle spasms, Sciatica, Hip or knee pain, muscle strains, fibromyalgia, tennis or golfer’s elbow, overuse injuries, and much more.

Physiotherapists may sometimes use cupping as a technique of tissue distraction release. The cups are glided across different areas to lift and separate tissue. It enhances the release of the interfaces between the neural tissues, fascia, skin, ligaments, muscles, and tendons. Some patients with myofascial pain report resolution of pain after just one session.

The Graston technique uses a set of stainless steel instruments to help soft tissue injuries to the connective tissues, muscles, neurological tissues and skin. It is effective for soft tissue injuries like repetitive stress injury, strains, sprains and subluxations.

Ultrasound is a type of mechanical energy that has been used for many years to treat chronic pain and improve the healing process. There are several specific ways a Burlington physiotherapist can use ultrasound therapy to treat injuries and reduce pain

Shockwave therapy is a state of the art therapy, which uses pneumatic pressure to deliver rapid pulses creating a “shockwave” that can penetrate deep into tissues. These rapid pulses or shockwaves safely and effective break down scar tissue and adhesions, which increases blood flow and stimulates tissue repair, which in turn will speed up the healing process.

Laser therapy is a safe, effective, and non-invasive way to treat pain and aid in the recovery of many conditions. Laser treatments work by releasing photons into the tissues surrounding the affected area that is being treated. These photons help in relieving pain, energizing cells, and increasing circulation to the injured area.

While it may sound a bit intimidating, electrical stimulation really isn’t at all! When used correctly and provided under the guidance of a licensed and skilled physiotherapist, electrical stimulation is a safe and efficacious modality that can be used to treat a variety of conditions.

We offer a unique, private, judgement-free setting where you can safely and effectively work toward improving your health and wellness. Our professionals of certified trainers, Physiotherapists, and Physiotherapist Assistants, have a wide variety of expertise that allows us to help clients from all walks of life. Whether you have an old injury that has held you back from exercise, a medical condition that causes you apprehension about making changes to your health or an athlete looking to gain an edge over your competition.

Are you looking for a challenging environment to push your body to the limits? Are you tired of trying to design your own programs, waiting for machines at your gym and not seeing the results you think you deserve?

EPC’s Boot Camp is an exclusive private boot camp class designed to make you work, make you sweat and to push your limits.

We have gone above and beyond the “Boot Camp Standards” and have designed and one of a kind Boot Camp Adult Jungle Gym along with having an EXCLUSIVE Boot Camp training area within our facility!!!!

ACL prevention programs have been proven to work, helping athletes not only while they are on the field, but also while they are training. Our Burlington physical therapy practice is dedicated to helping athletes recover from ACL injuries, in addition to preventing further injury in the future.

When you say the words “physiotherapy” most people automatically assume you have had surgery. Yet physiotherapy goes beyond post-surgical care restoring strength, endurance, flexibility, and stability to people who have been injured, are in pain, or have experienced an illness. Through therapeutic exercise, it is possible to have your function restored and live a life that is pain-free.

Also known as “hands-on therapy,” manual therapy is a specialized treatment performed by licensed physiotherapists. During this treatment, your Burlington physiotherapist will manipulate joints and soft tissue with nothing more than their hands. That means no intimidating machines or equipment involved – just hands!

Manual therapy is used as a way to relieve pain, reduce swelling, decrease restriction, improve range of motion, and mobilize joints. In order to do so, your physiotherapist will conduct targeted massages and stretches to the affected part(s) of your body.

Spinal decompression is a non-surgical, effective, and usually painless therapy. Whereas more traditional treatments can include drugs, difficult exercises, and even surgery, spinal decompression treatment at Total Health Link is a non-invasive alternative designed to produce results.

Whole Body Cryotherapy (WBC) uses Nitrogen gas to create intense cold which instantly reduces or eliminates pain and inflammation, while increasing athletic performance and recovery WBC stimulates the nervous system through the rapid cooling of the skin receptors which causes dramatic peripheral vasoconstriction, inducing adaptive changes that produce a dramatic reduction in pain and inflammation and increased recovery and healing rates.

ART® is a patented, state of the art soft tissue system/movement based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, and nerves. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee problems, and tennis elbow are just a few of the many conditions that can be resolved quickly and permanently with ART. These conditions all have one important thing in common: they are often a result of overused muscles.

We provide vestibular therapy for our patients suffering from balance disorders in Burlington. Balance disorders refer to a broad range of conditions, but they are all connected by the effect they have on the vestibular system, also known as the inner ear.

There is a dangerous trend of equating an injury with how visible the problem is. Of course a broken bone or a torn ligament is going to create a scene, but this isn’t a failsafe way to judge an injury. When an athlete blows out their knee it becomes something that everyone can see, and the pain on the player’s face merely confirms what everyone else is already thinking: that injury is real, that injury is painful, that person is going to need medical attention.

Our knee braces are custom made for you and we are able to provide bracing for all types of knee, shoulder and other joint problems such as the elbow or wrist. Custom braces are light-weight, comfortable, easily adjustable and can be worn during most sporting activities. Custom knee, wrist, elbow, and shoulder braces are covered under most extended health care plans.

Have you suffered from an injury or condition that is affecting your everyday life? Pain can sometimes be so debilitating that it makes daily tasks much more difficult than they used to be. Fortunately, the treatments provided within Elite Performance Center, Progressive Sports Medicine, and Total Health Link have been proven to help alleviate pain, promote healing, increase strength and range of motion, and most importantly, get our patients back to comfortably living their normal lives.