Welcome to Flaman Physiotherapy
Your first physiotherapy visit is the beginning of your recovery journey. At Flaman Physiotherapy, we focus on understanding your injury, movement patterns, and goals so we can create a treatment plan tailored specifically to you.
Whether you are dealing with back pain, a sports injury, workplace injury, motor vehicle accident or chronic pain, our team will guide you through a professional assessment and treatment process designed to help you recover safely.
Serving Saskatoon and surrounding areas.
Experienced Physiotherapists
Personalized Treatment Plans
Direct Billing Available
What Happens During Your
First Physiotherapy Visit
Your initial appointment typically includes several key steps that allow your physiotherapist to understand your condition and begin treatment.
1. Health History and Injury Discussion
Your physiotherapist will begin by asking questions about your symptoms, medical history, lifestyle, and activities. This helps identify possible causes of your pain or injury.
2. Physical Assessment
Next, your physiotherapist will assess movement, strength, flexibility, posture, and joint mobility. This evaluation helps determine the source of your discomfort and how it affects your daily activities.
3. Diagnosis and Treatment Plan
Based on the assessment findings, your physiotherapist will explain the likely cause of your condition and outline a treatment plan designed to help restore mobility and reduce pain.
4. Initial Treatment
In many cases, treatment begins during the first visit. This may include therapeutic exercises, mobility techniques, or other physiotherapy interventions designed to support recovery.
5. Education
Your therapist will discuss the likely prognosis for recovery, activities you should avoid, how hard you are allowed to push the injury, and answer any other questions you may have.
How Long Does the First Appointment Take?
Your first physiotherapy visit typically lasts between 50 and 60 minutes. This allows enough time for a detailed assessment and to begin treatment as appropriate.
Bringing the right information helps ensure your first visit runs smoothly.
Items to Bring
What Should You Bring to Your First Physiotherapy Appointment?
Do You Need a Referral to See a Physiotherapist?
In Saskatchewan, patients can book physiotherapy appointments without a doctor’s referral. However, some insurance providers require referrals for reimbursement.
If you are unsure whether your plan requires a referral, our clinic can help clarify before your appointment.
Will My Insurance Cover Physiotherapy?
Many extended health insurance plans include physiotherapy coverage. Flaman Physiotherapy supports direct billing for many providers when available.
Coverage details vary depending on your policy, yearly limits, and provider rules.
We provide assessment and treatment for a wide range of conditions.
Our physiotherapists regularly help patients recover from:
Neck, upper back and lower back pain and limitation from injury, postural strain, disease process such as arthritis or congenital factors such as scoliosis.
Upper extremity and lower extremity pain and limitation from traumatic injury (sprains and strains), overuse injury (tendonitis and tendinosis), repetitive strain injury (carpal tunnel syndrome) and disease processes such as arthritis.
Sports injuries including concussion treatment and management with direction on return to sport.
Whiplash-type injuries often incurred from motor vehicle accidents.
Workplace injuries, whether traumatic or repetitive in nature, including return to work guidance.
Chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia.
Post-surgical rehabilitation including spinal surgeries, ligament repairs, tendon repairs, and joint replacements.
First Visit Physiotherapy FAQs
What should I wear to my physiotherapy appointment?
Wear comfortable clothing that allows movement and access to the area being treated. We can provide shorts and a gown to allow us to thoroughly examine areas that are injured, but you are welcome to bring your own appropriate clothing as well.
Will I receive treatment during the first visit?
In most cases, treatment begins during the first appointment after the assessment is completed. The initial treatment helps us confirm the findings of the assessment, so we consider it important to get started immediately.
How many physiotherapy sessions will I need?
The number of sessions varies depending on the injury, severity, and recovery goals. Your physiotherapist will discuss an estimated treatment plan.
Is physiotherapy painful?
Physiotherapy is designed to reduce pain and improve movement and physical performance. Some exercises may feel challenging but should not cause excessive discomfort. Your therapist will discuss what are reasonable and unreasonable levels of pain, including ways for you to monitor yourself to ensure you are pushing hard enough to get results and not so hard as to be counter-productive.
Start Your Recovery Today
If you are ready to begin physiotherapy treatment in Saskatoon, our team at Flaman Physiotherapy is here to help.