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If it is chronic in nature, other factors such as the amount of deterioration, compensation and neurological involvement of the injury have to be considered in your long term rehabilitation goals.</p> <p><u class="faqs">When can I make an appointment?</u><br />After you have contacted the office at fjsrehab@telus.net or by calling (780) 455-3052 we will find a mutually suitable time for the appointment.&nbsp; Accommodations can be made for those who are working full-time, in school or those who are out of town.</p> <p><u class="faqs">How often will I have to do my Independent Rehabilitation Plan (IRP)?</u><br />Again this depends entirely on your particular injury, history, amount of pain, length of convalescence, et cetera.&nbsp; Essentially, both you and your clinician decide the number of times to complete your IRP between the consultations.&nbsp; The frequency of your IRP may be increased as you continue to get well.</p> <p><u class="faqs">How often are my consultations?</u><br />Many factors determine how often you have a consultation.&nbsp; As each consultation builds on the previous one, how quickly you adapt physiologically is certainly a significant factor into determining the frequency of consultation.&nbsp; Pain is another significant factor as is fatigue.&nbsp; For some people, finances are an issue and have to be included in the determining the best IRP.&nbsp; Yet others are approved by their Health Plan for a certain number of visits within a specific period of time.&nbsp; The short answer therefore is that the total number and frequency of consultations determined by each individual s situation.<br />Each consultation provides you with a new IRP changing in biomechanical difficulty, variety, intensity or simply the plane in which you do the exercise.&nbsp; The consultations will bridge your present functional status to what you are required to do for your job functionally.&nbsp; This is done through a three dimensional approach, progressively moving toward work conditioning.</p> <p><u class="faqs">Is this covered by Alberta Health Care or my own insurance plan?</u><br />At this point in time, AHC does not cover the consultation nor the treatment costs.&nbsp; We are working to change this situation, particularly for those who have rehabilitation needs post-surgery.&nbsp; HOwever, some personal insurance plans may cover the fees under Discretionary Funds.&nbsp; When researching this with your Health Plan, please notify them that it is an Exercise Physiologist in Rehabilitation that is providing the assessment and treatment.</p> <p><u class="faqs">What is the cost of the consultation?</u><br />Seniors receive a 15% discount from the current rate.&nbsp; Please contact the office for the current rate.&nbsp; <i><b>Please note</b> that you are responsible for the entire fee, should you fail to show up or if you give less than 24 hours notice of your cancellation.</i></p> <p><u class="faqs">Do I have to do the unsupervised portion of my rehabilitation at the same pool as the consultation took place?</u><br /> No.&nbsp; You may complete your Independent Rehabilitation Plan (IRP) at the pool of your choice.&nbsp; However, you will need to check their schedule as to when Lane Swims are available.&nbsp; Public or Family Swim times can be available for doing your IRP, but generally they are too busy with active children for you to feel safe while doing your IRP.</p> <p><u class="faqs">Will I need any equipment for my rehabilitation?</u><br />You may need some equipment for the water rehabilitation portion of your program.&nbsp; Part of this is determined by availability of certain pieces of equipment at other pools.&nbsp; You may or may not have coverage for rehabilitation equipment, so you may wish to check with your insurance provider.&nbsp; Generally equipment costs are below one hundred dollars.&nbsp; If this is a hardship, sometimes other arrangements can be made.</p> <p><u class="faqs">What is the difference between an Exercise Physiologist and a Physical Therapist?</u><br />Many injuries may leave people unable to do Activities of Daily Living to some degree.&nbsp; Convalescence is spent trying to cope with pain and tolerance so activity of any sort can be dramatically reduced.&nbsp; Learning to functionally strengthen the injured area simultaneously while improving the overall condition of one s body is the primary goal of an Exercise Physiologist.&nbsp; In some cases, Exercise Physiologists are required to provide work conditioning and simulation for people who are go back to jobs which require physical demands other than sedentary.&nbsp; A Work Site Assessment may be required for certain scenarios to determine which tasks within the job might need modification, special attention/equipment or which are no longer suitable.<br />As in many professions there are overlaps in areas of expertise.&nbsp; Typically, the Physical Therapists are working with the injury site per se and are the only practitioners to our knowledge, who may use Electrical Modalities.</p> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>