PHYSIOTHERAPY

TOP-RATED PHYSIOTHERAPY IN SURREY, BC

The Motiva Physiotherapy Studio Approach is specifically crafted for individuals with challenging pain, injuries, and physical health conditions. Through our physiotherapy, we achieve results even in persistent or severe cases by addressing every contributing and affected system in the body with a holistic, comprehensive process. This approach demands specialized training and expertise—exactly what we provide at Motiva.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS?

  • Why does my injury keep coming back, even if I feel better temporarily after physio/chiro/massage?

    Reducing pain is only one part of your complete recovery process. Motiva specializes in helping you address every system affected or contributing to pain and reinjury so that you make a complete and lasting recovery. Broadly, these systems are: pain and inflammation, joint and muscle mechanics, neuromuscular control, strength and flexibility, and safe return to sport, work, and life.

  • I have back/neck pain. Should I see a physiotherapist, massage therapist, or chiropractor?

    Your Motiva team is composed of physiotherapists and kinesiologists. Why? An

    important part of what makes Motiva more effective is that our process is multi-

    dimensional. These approaches can include: a wide range of manual therapy,

    such as spinal adjustment or soft tissue mobilization, advanced exercise

    instruction, biomechanics retraining, ergonomics and movement analysis (for

    sport, work, and gym), and application of numerous physical tools, such as

    ultrasound, traction, and electrotherapies. The specifics of each approach evolve

    as research improves. Physiotherapists are the only physical rehabilitation

    professionals who are uniquely educated and trained to provide the wide-ranging

    treatment approaches we use at Motiva necessary to address every dimension of

    your problem or injury to full resolution and to prevent recurrence. In our

    experience, kinesiologists are the best suited to work together with

    physiotherapists as we are educated in the same (university and science-based)

    system. Together, your Motiva physiotherapist-kinesiologist team will help you

    optimize all affected systems to help you achieve your best and fullest recovery.

  • I’ve been to physio/massage/chiro/acupuncture, but I still have pain. My doctor doesn’t recommend surgery. Am I permanently injured?

    Many therapies address only a component of all the body’s systems that either contribute or are affected by pain, injury, disease, or degenerative change. Addressing only a part of what’s affected can lead to chronic pain or incomplete recovery of strength and function. Have you fully addressed pain and inflammation, joint and muscle mechanics, neuromuscular control, strength, flexibility, and safe return to sport, work, and leisure activities?

CALM PAIN & INFLAMMATION

Calm Pain and Inflammation

Pain is a normal consequence of injury, disease, and degenerative change. Pain can
be acute and inflammatory. It can also be the result of a persistent disruption of the
body’s pain-reporting system. The best way to address pain depends greatly on the
type and cause.
 Your Motiva team has specialized training specifically in pain science
and can help you navigate this to conquer acute or persistent pain.

restore joint &
muscle mechanics

Restore Joint and Muscle Mechanics

Not just overall flexibility but also the mobility vs stability of each individual joint, body part, and system of body parts can greatly affect your function and how susceptible the body is to pain and injury. Injuries and other conditions can lead to lasting hyper- mobilities, which can then lead to stiff joints above and below the affected area and is often also the cause of stiff muscles. This is why just addressing stiff muscles does not cure the problem! This is also why just ‘adjusting’ the neck and back repeatedly does not lead to lasting relief. Both too much and too little flexibility, not just in the body as a whole, but also in each specific joint, can lead to lasting or recurrent pain and injury. A detailed biomechanical examination is part of the Motiva process to identify what needs to be strengthened and what needs to be stretched to truly get you better.

RESTORE

neuromuscular CONTROL

Restore Neuromuscular Control

Neuromuscular control refers to the body’s finely-tuned control of each individual muscle and thus how each joint, bone, body part, and then whole body as a system moves in synchrony. Much more than just strength and speed, it’s neuromuscular control that separates elite athletes from weekend warriors in sport, or experts from novices in other work and life skills. Pain and injury disrupt the body’s neuromuscular control and can prevent full recovery and optimized function in sport, work, and life, without specialized intervention. The Motiva recovery process focuses hard on restoring and optimizing neuromuscular control so that, in addition to resolving your pain and mobility, you get back to optimal physical function for work, sport, and living life to the fullest.

strength & flexibility

Strength and Flexibility

Working diligently at the gym but your body still hurts? Bewildered by the volume of complex and sometimes conflicting advice on the internet? In fact, research on protocols for optimal strength training results has improved by leaps and bounds in recent years. Motiva therapists are specially trained in helping you navigate the key research findings to optimize your results, with the education background combined with training to give advice specific to the context of your injury, condition, and lifestyle.

SAFE RETURN TO

SPORT, WORK & LIFE

Safe Return to Sports Work and Life

Every sport, every job, and every individual’s life has different physical and mental

demands that require a different emphasis to return to optimal performance. Your team

at Motiva includes runners, hikers, soccer players, baseball players, basketball players,

volleyball players, and dancers. Each is a regular at the gym. Motiva prioritizes

understanding your specific sport, work, and life demands to customize your treatment

to your needs. In combination with academic theory, Motiva’s team-based approach is

designed to take advantage of the full range of our collective experience to get you back

to what you love to do safely, effectively, and without pain.

Motiva Team

Services

Our services include, but are not limited to these, click to learn more.

Active Release & Myofascial therapy for effective injury treatment, relieving pain fast.
Manages a wide range of concussion symptoms within our fully equipped studio.
Supporting knee pain & injury recovery , starting with prescribing & fitting a custom knee brace. 
Complete in-house system to prescribe, cast, and manufacture custom orthotics
Specialized shockwave therapy as part of a personalized, comprehensive treatment & rehab plan.
Utilize spinal decompression therapy as an essential tool in your recovery journey. 
Motiva provides complete care with a range of treatments & exercises. 
Motiva specializes in work-related injury physiotherapy as contracted providers with WorkSafe BC (WCB).
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