Most Veterans are entitled to 20 physiotherapy sessions per calendar year through Blue Cross. If additional sessions are needed, your therapist can request approval to extend your programme with LiquidGym.
Your treatment sessions can be land-based, water-based, or a combination of the two. Which suits you depends on your injury, your stage of recovery and what you are working back toward.
We bill Blue Cross directly for Veterans Affairs, RCMP and Canadian Forces coverage. To proceed we need your ID number and, where applicable, your case manager's contact information.
Water immersion allows patients to perform movements they may be unable to perform on land. Exercises can be performed with greater ease and less pain, because of the buoyancy the water creates.
Standing neck-deep in water, your body weight can be reduced by up to 90 percent.
Someone weighing 200 pounds on land may weigh as little as 20 pounds in the water, which is what makes it possible to safely perform exercise therapy that land would not allow.
Land-based exercise builds on what you achieve in the water by gradually reintroducing gravity and full body weight. It helps develop the strength, balance, stability and confidence needed to carry improved movement into everyday activities.
Call LiquidGym at 613-820-8228 to book your initial appointment and ask about VAC coverage.
