Why do we use technology in your treatment?

PhysioActive utilizes the most up-to-date technology to enhance our clients’ healing and optimize outcomes. It is our goal to enhance healing using technologies and modalities that reduce swelling and pain, promote circulation and thus speed healing. Technology is never used as the sole treatment but rather is used in addition to manual therapy, exercise, and education. Most modalities use biological energy (light, magnetic or electromagnetic, vibration, or electrical) to reduce pain and inflammation and maximize cell health and recovery.

Laser Therapy

We have several cold lasers at Physioactive that we employ to improve your recovery. Most famous is the Bioflex laser quoted in Norman Doidge’s The Brain Way of Healing. Light therapy or laser therapy transmits photonic energy from our laser to your cells. Your cells use this photonic energy to repair more quickly, reduce inflammation, and restore health.

Magnetic Biostimulation (MBS) and PEMF

MBS for PEMF is another modality that is unique to PhysioActive. It uses electromagnetic energy to stimulate health. Unlike laser, which can only penetrate so deep, our MBS unit can penetrate all the way through the body, even to the bone. By vibrating your cells at a particular frequency this modality is able to improve coherence, bring energy to the cells and promote recovery of your healing tissues. This can be very powerful for deep healing such as bone.

Shockwave or Radial Shockwave (RSW) or Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT)

Shockwave or extracorporeal shockwave therapy uses a to transmit an energetic wave into your healing tissue. This modality is primarily used for very chronic and non-healing or recalcitrant tissues and bone spurs. It was originally used and most effective for chronic plantar fasciitis. It is now being employed for other chronic tendon conditions such as patellar tendinosis, Achilles tendinitis, tennis elbow, and other chronic conditions. It is also showing some evidence for ligament repair.

Integrated Listening Systems (iLS)

Physioactive is always trying to do it’s best for its clients. With a state of the art concussion rehabilitation program, we introduced the integrated listening systems device to help improve neural recovery. I’ll last has been used for a long time in the treatment of autistic children and either hyperactive or poorly coherent nervous systems. At Physioactive we use this for anyone with balance disorders, concussion, vertigo, neural plasticity challenges. Most recently we have had great success treating toe walkers and other adolescent motor dysfunctions. It uses the vibration of the hearing bones, as well as modulated frequencies of skull vibration to retrain the vestibular system and ultimately the nervous system.

Game Ready Cold Therapy and Compression

Our Game Ready unit is recommended for postoperative care. It uses the combination of graded intermittent compression as well as ice therapy to quickly and effectively remove swelling from any body part. We use this most frequently with our post-operative or acutely injured knees and ankles to effectively and rapidly remove the swelling from our clients’ joints and legs.

This unit can be rented for post-operative care.

Vibration and percussive therapy

Early evidence is showing that vibration can improve the coherence of the nervous system, improve fluidic flow. By improving lymphatic drainage, venous drainage, as well as arterial blood supply, this technology is able to speed up healing, reduce pain and inflammation, and improve range of motion.

Zach Apter

2024-06-05

I saw Pooria. He was great all 4 sessions and so were the rest of the staff. Got me back to normal in no time! Highly reccomend.

Leonora Buskin

2024-05-05

I highly recommend Chiropractor Zachary Starr. Highly professional and his treatment resolved my TMJ for the long-term. He also supported with supplying exercises to carry on the treatment at home in relation to treatment of TMJ and improvement of posture.

Bayla Perelman

2024-05-02

After many months of being in pain and countless of doctor’s appointments and tests, no one was able to understand my pain or help me. However, during my first appointment with Thomas he was able to locate and finally ease my pain! Thank you!

Li You

2024-04-22

After finishing treatment from Monica. I have felt that any symptoms of sourness and stiffness in me just disappeared by themselves. During the miracle treatment, I feel her kindness and passion for medical treatment methods. Beyond, those, her combined knowledge of acupuncture and massage is the fact that she is so focused on the results of the treatment that after one or two sessions, I have already gotten the best outcome that I have ever experienced. I would say that she has an angel's fingers. It is an incredible wonder. It is an ancient way that she understands and practices so well to heal your health from the physical body to the eternal soul. I highly recommend this rehabilitation center and Monica to someone who is looking for the best medical treatment from the most caring practitioner.

Inna Kakoian

2024-04-08

Highly recommend PhysioActive. Winnie (physiotherapist) helped me a lot following my knee injury (injured ACL & MCL). She is very knowledgeable and one of the areas she specializes in is nerve work all over the body. Words can’t describe how amazing Winnie is at what she does. Originally she did ultrasound massage to reduce inflamation and swelling in my knee. Then she started doing some work with her hands. At the end of each appointment she would put my legs into a magnetic wheel that works at a cellular level and actually helped reduce pain. She also assigned exercises to do at home which helped too. Later I also started seeing Mina (osteopath), and he’s also very talented, knowledgeable and gentle. My foot, even though it wasn’t injured, was having trouble adjusting after many months of inactivity and was achy, so I ordered orthotics to put inside my shoes, which made a huge difference, and this was done through their chiropodist Vincent (the pair of orthotics he ordered for me is perfect). The front desk staff is great too, especially Negin and Armine. If you’re newly injured and lost, please hang in there as it will get better, and this is one great clinic that can help.

Melanie Heilbronn

2024-03-20

Nicholas Biasini is the man with magic hands. Thanks so much for your exercises and hands on work. Really appreciate the speedy and effective resolution of my neck pain.

Melissa Custoreri

2024-03-14

I have been a client at Physioactive since 2010 and continue to have a wonderful experience. My bookings are always easy and efficient via telephone and in person, through Physioactive’s organized, knowledgeable and friendly staff members. Appointment booking emails and reminders are always provided, as well as follow-up check ins between longer visits. The clinic is clean and organized. Physiotherapists, Nick and Aparna, and Massage Therapist, Shirley, have been critical in my physical healing from injuries and and preparation and recovery postpartum. I constantly leave the clinic AMAZED by their knowledge, ultimate care, and physical relief. I would HIGHLY recommend Physioactive to all!

Sheena Weisman

2024-03-14

Amazing clinic, would highly recommend! After a very sudden onset of severe sciatica, Thomas and the physioactive team were increadible. No appointments were available for 5 days, but once Thomas realized the degree of discomfort I was in he made extra appointment time to see me that same day and the next few days. His assessment was thorough and treatment very quickly reduced my nerve pain. He explained in detail the physiology likely causing the problem, and his plan to tackle not only the acute pain but over time to eventually resolve the underlying musculoskeletal problems that were likely causing it. I am increadibly grateful to him and his team and would definitely recommend Physioactive.

Amanda Chan

2024-03-13

Since my left fibula fracture was cleared for physio, while I was in crutches I have been going to Physioactive since last November. I cannot say anymore good things about this place, each physiotherapist I had seen in the beginning were good at working together to ensure my file was consistently up to date. Fast forward March, I walk now as if I have never sustained a fracture. Highly recommend and lots of exercises that cater to each phase of healing!!

Technological Treatments