Virtual Care: Online Physiotherapy
Providing one-on-one, convenient, comfortable, evidence-based and personalized pelvic health and whole body physiotherapy anywhere in Ontario, Canada.
Why Choose Virtual Care?
What is involved in a virtual assessment?
It all starts with a conversation about your past medical history, current symptoms, contributing factors and goals. Feel free to share as much or little as you like, and there is no such thing as TMI or “too much information”!
Be ready to move! Through videoconferencing, your posture, breathing, mobility, flexibility, strength, balance and function may be observed.
Guided self-palpation (this is externally and only if you feel comfortable doing so) of tender areas and core muscles to ensure correct activation during exercises.
Questionnaires may be administered to get an idea of your thoughts, feelings and beliefs about your symptoms to address your concern holistically.
How will my symptoms be treated virtually?
All Physiotherapy conditions can be treated in a substantial way by education and knowledge transfer, by movement and exercise, by collaborating with other healthcare providers and by actively participating in your own care (self-efficacy).
- Education - Empowering you with knowledge by discussing mental and physical birth prep, returning to exercise safely postpartum, urge delay techniques, bladder irritants, timed voiding strategies, lifestyle interventions, pelvis and pelvic floor anatomy and function, persistent pain… you get the picture!
- Exercise - learning how to relax and/or contract your pelvic floor properly, improving flexibility via stretches, strengthening your core and extremities (because your pelvic floor is only as strong as its environment), novel movements to relax the nervous system, etc.
- Holistic strategies to unwind the nervous system and reduce tension - mindfulness, breathwork, stress management, self-compassion, gratitude and forgiveness training.
- Self-manual therapy techniques - perineal stretching, self-massage, desensitization techniques and learning how to use vaginal dilators and wands properly.
- Collaboration with healthcare professionals - when appropriate and with consent, discussions with family doctors, naturopathic doctors, mental health supports, dieticians, etc. may be warranted.
Why Choose Us
Northern Pelvic Connection provides pelvic health and whole body physiotherapy for underserved areas of northern Ontario. As per the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario, virtual care may be a good option for those who live in remote communities, who have transportation issues and who cannot access a Physiotherapist in person. Virtual care is offered province-wide, but is especially applicable for northern Ontario residents where services are limited within local communities.
- Telehealth has been adopted successfully in patients with urinary incontinence, uncomplicated urinary tract infections and pelvic organ prolapse.
- Women treated remotely vs. face-to-face had reduced number of incontinence episodes and voiding frequency, as well as improved pelvic floor muscle strength and quality of life.
- Internet-based treatment of stress urinary incontinence improved health-specific quality of life and usage of incontinence aids.
- 70% of women reported complete lack of leakage or reduced leakage episodes by greater than 50%.
FAQ
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Northern Pelvic Connection has physical clinic locations on Manitoulin Island and Elliot Lake. Kelly provides mobile/homecare services on Manitoulin Island and Espanola. Services are also delivered virtually through videoconferencing anywhere in Ontario, Canada.
Services are covered under physiotherapy if you have private health insurance. Double check with your provider to see if you require a doctor’s referral for coverage and the amount of coverage available as not all insurance plans are the same. Northern Pelvic Connection does not directly submit to insurance companies at this time. Receipts can be submitted to your insurance company for reimbursement of funds.
Yes, absolutely! Kelly has been practicing as an orthopedic and pelvic health physiotherapist since 2017.
Get The Help You Need
Say goodbye to planning your day around bathroom visits, frequently changing your underwear, packing extra clothes, excessive laundry, missing out on public outings, smelling like urine, leaking with exercise or coughing or laughing, endless purchasing of pads, worrying about whether your parts work and/or experiencing painful periods, intercourse or poops. Don’t wait to invest in your pelvic health physiotherapy journey today.
