Chiropractic Care
At Optimize Physiotherapy, our Edmonton chiropractic team provides personalized care designed to help you move better, recover from injuries, and support your long-term physical goals.
Our chiropractor Dr Gillian Altheim uses various chiropractic techniques and a combination of other treatments for the highest level of care. Dr Gillian treats a wide range of different injuries and conditions so you can move freely and in the ways that you want.
Whether it’s supporting you through acute injury, helping you return to sports training or finally kicking an old nagging injury, we’re here to provide you with the most comprehensive, hands-on, science-backed movement and functional rehabilitation available.
What Does A Chiropractor Do?
A Chiropractic treatment can include:
- mobility assessment
- movement evaluation
- manual techniques
- soft tissue work
- acupuncture
Why choose optimize for Chiropractic Care in Edmonton?
Chiropractic Care with Optimize is personalized for each patient. We learn about your concerns and history before any treatment is done. A chiropractor will complete a thorough assessment at your first appointment before providing an initial treatment.
An individualized treatment plan tailored to your concerns is created to help you achieve your goals.
Your First Chiropractic Treatment
At your initial appointment, we perform a complete assessment, including medical history and a physical examination. A clinical diagnosis is established to identify the nature of your case.
Based on your assessment, we initiate a personalized treatment just for you. This can include soft tissue mobilization, acupuncture, and chiropractic adjustments to alleviate pain and restore movement.
Once the specific problem is identified, the joints are adjusted by hands-on or instrument assisted techniques. It’s all about optimizing your health by restoring your movement and function, while alleviating pain.
what to expect at a chiropractic treatment
Each Chiropractic treatment is personalized for your specific condition and concerns. Your treatment may include soft tissue mobilization, acupuncture, and chiropractic adjustments.
Chiropractic Adjustments
Acupuncture Treatment
Soft Tissue Mobility Work
Meet Dr Gill
Dr. Gillian Altheim is passionate about improving the mobility and overall quality of life for her patients through excellent chiropractic care.
She has a special interest in women’s health, in particular postpartum rehabilitation. This passion has led her to pursue additional education and certifications around women’s health during pregnancy and after birth.
In addition to her Chiropractic treatments, Dr Gill leads Postpartum Exercise classes that are designed to fill the gap in postpartum care.
Credentials:
- Doctor of Chiropractic
- Neurofunctional Acupuncture Certificate from McMaster University
- Postnatal Rehabilitation Certificate and GrowCo Rehab Ambassador
- Clinical and Athletic Taping
- Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM)
- CCMI Concussion Certification
Concerns That Chiropractic Care Can Help With
Chiropractic Care is For More Than Back Pain
When people think of Chiropractic care, they often associate it with back pain or spinal adjustments. Chiropractic care actually works on the entire body and how it functions as a whole. It can help you feel better, move more freely in your daily activities and stay active in the long run.
You may benefit from Chiropractic care if you are:
- experiencing pain in your back or neck
- dealing with tension headaches
- noticing restricted movement, stiffness, or range of motion
- spending lots of time seated at a desk or doing repetitive motions
- training in your sport or living an active lifestyle
- recovering from a sports injury
- dealing with a concussionsports injury rehab
- rehabbing a workplace injury
- dealing with a motor vehicle injury
- wanting to improve range of motion
Chiropractic care is a proactive step in your overall wellness that helps your body function at it’s best. If you’ve been experiencing any of these symptoms, Chiropractic care may be for you.
Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy
Dr. Gill uses diversified Chiropractic Care and the Webster technique to treat her patients during their pregnancies.
The Webster technique is focused on reducing stress in the nervous system, releasing tension in ligaments and muscles, and promoting balance in the pelvic girdle. It optimizes a mothers pelvic function during pregnancy and birth.
This customized chiropractic approach targets the physical discomfort that may be experienced during pregnancy and promotes emotional well-being so expectant mothers can experience a more comfortable pregnancy.
Postpartum Chiropractic Care
Dr Gill has a passion for working with prenatal, pregnant and postpartum patients, keeping them healthy and moving freely at all stages of this period in their lives. As a certified Postpartum Rehabilitation Specialist with GrowCo, she helps to fill the gap by providing a comprehensive postpartum checkup and progressive healing. Her Postpartum Group Exercise Classes use exercises that target the full body but also have a special focus on core and pelvic floor.
The classes give new parents the ability to return to exercise in a comfortable, baby friendly environment that helps build strength and confidence over the 4 week program.
Chiropractic Direct billing
You do not require a doctor’s referral to access chiropractic services.
Some extended health benefits (EHB) insurance companies may require a doctor’s note in order to bill for chiropractic. Check with your EHB provider to determine this.
We offer direct billing to a variety of extended health benefit plans such as:
- Alberta Blue Cross
- Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan (ASEBP)
- Canada Life
- Chamber of Commerce
- Co-operators Group Insurance
- Desjardins Group Insurance
- Empire Life
- Equitable Life
- First Canadian Group Insurance
- Greenshield
- Group Health
- Industrial Alliance
- Johnston Group
- Manulife
- Maximum Benefit
- Medavie Blue Cross
- People Corporation
- RCMP
- RWAM
- Simply Benefits
- Sunlife
- Veterans Affairs
Some extended health care providers do not accept direct billing. In this case, the protocol would be to pay for your session and then submit the receipt we provide you to your insurance company for reimbursement.
WCB
We work with the Workers Compensation Board (WCB) to get you the care you need after a workplace injury. If you’ve been injured at work and require treatment, your medical doctor may recommend you to attend chiropractic care.
When you come to Optimize for treatment, Dr Gillian will perform a detailed assessment of your injury to establish a treatment plan for your rehabilitation. WCB will cover the initial assessment and treatment, but the claim will have to be approved before further treatments will be authorized.
We’ll get you back to work safely and give you the tools you need to prevent your injury from recurring.
get started with chiropractic care at Optimize Physio
No matter what you’re looking for, our objective is to align with your movement goals. We create a customized plan to get you feeling better, back in the activities you want to, and optimizing your life!
Book online by clicking below or call us at 780-455-5068.