Physiotherapy Treatment for Optimal Function
54 Washington Street | Boston | Bellville | Cape Town | 7530
Providing education and rehabilitation during and after injury so that you can obtain your optimal functional abilities.
Whether it be a home visit or at her practice, Cape Town based, Monika Love aims to provide relief for those who are suffering from an acute episode of injury or incapacity. Service is available to adults and children who need to improve general strength and functional abilities for daily activities, as well as, to provide treatment for those with chronic pain, using therapeutic neuroscience education as one of the treatment modalities.
Monika Love has a special interest in treating children with orthopaedic conditions and sports injuries to obtain normal function and improve their performance on the sports fields
What is Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapists help people affected by injury, illness or disability through movement and exercise, manual therapy, education and advice. A physiotherapist maintains health for people of all ages; helping patients to manage pain and prevent disease. The profession facilitates recovery, enabling people to stay in work and helping them to remain independent for as long as possible.
There is also a need at times for treatment done at patients’ homes and patient outcomes are maximized by providing outpatient therapy in their home after their discharge from hospital as well as with onset of acute pain which renders them immobile.
About Monika Love
Monika qualified as a physiotherapist in 1997 at Stellenbosch University. In the past 20 years she has worked for three different private practices where she gained a plethora of knowledge and experience.
Monika has previously worked at a private hospital in the United Kingdom and on her return to South Africa at a practice which specializes in hand injuries and all orthopaedic rehabilitation. After treating a wide variety of patients in and out of hospital Monika has developed a special interest in orthopaedic post operative rehabilitation and manual therapy.
Services
- Rehabilitation after orthopaedic surgery, specifically when transport from home is difficult or when bed rest is still required.
- Acute onset of back pain.
- Recovery after general surgery or prolonged hospitalisation – strengthening and improvement of mobility.
- Physiotherapy for respiratory conditions.
- Stroke rehabilitation.
- Thorough assessment to identify the cause of restriction or hindrance in participation.
- Treatment includes strengthening weak muscles & stretching those that are tight.
- Making use of appropriate techniques which could include sports taping.
- Foundational core exercises, balance & coordination training, as well as, plyometrics (a type of exercise training that uses speed and force of different movements to build muscle power).
- Chronic pain is defined by the IASP as pain that persists or recurs for longer than 3 months.
- Pain is experienced uniquely by every person. When it is understood and managed at an acute stage, it can be prevented from becoming chronic.
- It is important to assess pain as a bio-psycho-social experience. It affects an individual in different dimensions – sensory-specific, emotions, control, memory and behaviour.
- Thorough examination to determine the mechanism of the pain and symptoms are key to implementing an individual treatment plan.
- It is less common for children to complain of ongoing pain.
- There are quite a few factors that can contribute to this. Putting the pieces of the puzzle together involves careful exploring of health pillars, personality (personal experience and understanding of pain), ongoing emotional, physical and cognitive loads, and the link between pain & fear/anxiety of movement.
- Thorough examination to determine the mechanism of the pain and symptoms are key to implementing an individual treatment plan.
- This is often a complicated and broad diagnosis and challenging to treat. It can be influenced and triggered by structures in and around the face – muscles, jaw & neck joints, nerves stimulating the muscles, joints, and skin.
- Related symptoms and signs could be ear pain, the sensation of pressure, and sometimes even vertigo. Pins & needles and temporal headaches can also occur.
- Thorough examination to determine the mechanism of the pain and symptoms are key to implementing an individual treatment plan.
Services
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OFFICE HOURS | Monday – Friday | 8:00 – 17:00
