certified ims therapy at Harbourside
Your Physiotherapist at Harbourside Physiotherapy and Health is registered with the College of Physical Therapists of British Columbia to deliver IMS. This ensures you are getting a trained, highly-qualified professional to deliver you a safe, and effective treatment.
Like all of the services offered at Harbourside Physiotherapy and Health, to determine if IMS (Intramuscular Stimulation) is an appropriate treatment for you, your Physiotherapist will start with an in depth assessment. To ensure you get the most out of your treatment, we want take into consideration not only where you may presently be symptomatic, but also what may be contributing to these symptoms. In doing so, we are better able to alleviate your pain, and get you back to what you want to be doing.
Like all of the services offered at Harbourside Physiotherapy and Health, to determine if IMS (Intramuscular Stimulation) is an appropriate treatment for you, your Physiotherapist will start with an in depth assessment. To ensure you get the most out of your treatment, we want take into consideration not only where you may presently be symptomatic, but also what may be contributing to these symptoms. In doing so, we are better able to alleviate your pain, and get you back to what you want to be doing.
about ims
Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS), or Dry Needling, is a needling technique used to decrease neuropathic (irritated nerves) pain following injury. This is done by stimulating stretch receptors in the muscle, producing a reflexive relaxation, or muscle lengthening. The electrical potential produced by activating the stretch receptor in the muscle stimulates the irritated nerve to function normally again. This treatment helps to address a number of tissues in the body including muscle, fascia, and nerves, all of which can contribute to pain and dysfunction.
Receiving IMS as a treatment can often be described as experiencing a muscle cramp. This sensation is the result of the stretch receptors in the muscle being stimulated.
Receiving IMS as a treatment can often be described as experiencing a muscle cramp. This sensation is the result of the stretch receptors in the muscle being stimulated.
Conditions and Questions
IMS can be a great additional tool for most musculoskeletal issues, both acute and chronic. Please feel free to have a look at our Physiotherapy tab under our services page to see all of the conditions we can help with.
IMS is not recommended for those with bacterial endocarditis, localized and systemic infection and fever, uncontrolled bleeding disorders, compromised immune systems, or those undergoing anticoagulant, immunosuppression and/or cancer therapies, or pregnant women.
If you have any additional questions that are not answered here, please feel free to contact us.
IMS is not recommended for those with bacterial endocarditis, localized and systemic infection and fever, uncontrolled bleeding disorders, compromised immune systems, or those undergoing anticoagulant, immunosuppression and/or cancer therapies, or pregnant women.
If you have any additional questions that are not answered here, please feel free to contact us.
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