ConnectTherapy

ConnectTherapy™ is a total body whole person approach for your problem, whether it is pain, lack of mobility or other symptoms.  The ConnectTherapy™ approach was developed and is taught by Vancouver physiotherapist LJ Lee.  Ross has taken a series of courses in the ConnectTherapy™ approach over the last few years.

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The ConnectTherapy™ approach looks at how all the different regions of the body are interconnected. All these  interconnections mean that there are many influences that can contribute to how you move and feel.  

New injuries, old injuries, previous surgeries, the types of sports, work, habits and hobbies that you do (or have done in the past) all contribute to how you move and feel.  All these factors can result in compensations either large or more subtle that can change how you move.

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The underlying causes of your symptoms and pain could be other areas of your body that are not supporting and/or not moving enough during activities. The region and/or regions that are the underlying cause for your pain and or altered mobility, are called “Drivers”.  

A “Driver” is an area of the body that may or may not be painful but is not moving like it should.  This results in excessive stress at your painful symptomatic sites.

In a ConnectTherapy™ assessment, Ross uses a clinical reasoning process to determine the best way to treat you.  This combines listening to your story, a physical examination getting you to move and an explanation of what is happening.   

Ross will help you identify the influences that are most important for your body.  Once your Driver(s) are identified a targeted treatment program can be started.  Ross is trained in a wide variety of manual therapy techniques and IMS dry needling to help regain mobility.  By discussing treatment options we can find the optimal treatment techniques to help you.

As well as providing treatment to regain mobility Ross will provide exercises to to learn how to release your old, non-optimal movement patterns as well as regaining your lost mobility and movement control.  

The second step is to start to strengthen and challenge your muscles in these new movements.  These exercises are progressed to help you meet your goals.