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At Battle River Physiotherapy, it is core to our practice to know the latest science in Physical Medicine. Our senior Physiotherapist maintains licenses in both USA and Canada. Since the USA is at the hub of science innovation, Crystal and her staff travel to the American Physical Therapy Association’s yearly forum to learn about the current and upcoming therapies that can help our patients, right here in Central Alberta. 

At Battle River we regularly apply treatments and share innovations that we bring from the US conferences we have attended, and our patients see the benefit.
Make no mistake, much of this great science comes from Canadian researchers at our own Universities, however, it is presented at the American yearly education event to gain the widest worldwide audience.  This is the case for much of the pain and concussion science as well as neurological elasticity work that is underway at institutes in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. This is what keeps our therapists up to the current standards of therapy around the world while practicing right here in Camrose.
Some of the latest Physical Medicine is described right here on our website. Other applications are discussed only with the individuals attending therapy. Feel free to ask your Battle River therapist about the latest scientific evidence that relates to your injury.
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Have you heard about tVNS? 

At Battle River Physiotherapy, we are giving patients access to an emerging technology, tVNS.

tVNS (or transcutaneous Vagus nerve stimulation) is a non-invasive technique that involves the application of electrical currents through surface electrodes at select locations, most commonly targeting the auricular branch of the vagus nerve on the external ear and the branch of the vagus nerve in the neck. 

The use of tVNS has stemmed from the research into VNS (same name, without the t- for transcutaneous).   VNS is already an FDA-approved therapy for the treatment of both depression and epilepsy. It is also being studied for application into other disorders,  but it is limited to the management of more severe, intervention-resistant cases.  This is due to  risks involved with implantation of the device, under the skin. Needless to say, it’s not optimal to have electrodes under your skin if you can avoid it. So many scientists and clinicians were motivated to apply the same science in a gentle, easy to trial method. They began looking at tVNS, which is simply applied to the surface of the skin. 
 

Their research is bearing fruit, and now the FDA has approved a noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation device for headaches in the USA. At Battle River Physiotherapy we use it for pain that is affecting the daily lives of our patients.

 
The respected Mayo clinic had this to say about the emerging research on tVNS: Researchers are studying vagus nerve stimulation as a potential treatment for a variety of other conditions. Current research is looking at the potential benefits of the therapy for rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, [and] obesity.

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