ConnectTherapy™ Physiotherapy Approach To Care

ConnectTherapyTM is an innovative physiotherapy approach that focuses on the assessment of the whole  body through movement. It was developed by Dr. Linda Joy Lee, a Vancouver based physiotherapist, who has received worldwide recognition for this approach to rehabilitation. The ConnectTherapyTM  assessment involves observing the body, initially in standing, to assess posture and then again assessing with specific movement that causes discomfort (i.e. forward bending when the client reports lower back pain with leaning forward). 

The goal of treatment is to improve specific movement tasks that cause pain or discomfort. The whole body is continually assessed to determine how to make the specific movement most optimal. This approach differs from a more traditional approach which tends to assess a region of the body instead of the whole. The approach of ConnectTherapyTM views the rehabilitation process as being more complete and cohesive when the whole body is assessed for dysfunction. Compensation for an injury can occur anywhere in the body so it is important to assess and monitor how the whole body reacts to treatment. 

I have included an example of a theoretical client who initially fractured her right ankle and then later developed lower back pain. Please see the diagram below.