Telehealth
If you are a BC resident and have an internet connection with audio and visual, we can connect over a secure server, giving you undivided attention and care.
- Evidence to support the effectiveness of TeleHealth continues to grow. Some of the research suggests that this mode of delivery can be just as effective as conventional, in-person care, for conditions such as musculoskeletal conditions, joint replacements, chronic disease and more!
Read more about how Telehealth works here
- Although there are limitations, this can be suitable for many patients, whether it be a new injury or claim requiring assessment, or a scheduled follow-up appointment.
Assessment and treatment
- Exercise programs for injury rehabilitation and prevention
- Back pain
- Post-operative education and recovery exercises
- Management of a chronic disease
- Concussion management
- Functional movement screening and training
- And more
Some evidence to support the use of TeleHealth
- Cottrell et al. found real-time TeleHealth to be comparable to conventional, in-person care for a variety of musculoskeletal conditions
- Agostini et al. discovered TeleHealth to have favourable outcomes for people recovering from orthopedic surgery
- Pietrzak et al. concluded that TeleHealth is a suitable option to manage and improve outcomes of individuals with osteoarthritis
- Iles et al. compared management of lower back pain through usual physiotherapy plus telehealth coaching with usual physiotherapy, alone. Significantly greater improvements were found in those who had usual care and telehealth check-ins