Physiotherapy in the Heart of Downtown Edmonton

No – Since 1999 legislation across Canada came in to place that eliminates the need for a doctor’s referral to access physiotherapy.  This means that you can walk in and receive treatment without seeing your doctor.

However, some health benefit plans may require a doctor’s note to access your benefits.

Our primary focus is to provide you with quality one-on-one physiotherapy care.  Your entire session will be spent with your physiotherapist – we do not use assistants at our clinic.

Your initial assessment will be approximately an hour and will consist of a taking your health history, a thorough physical examination to determine the root-cause of your problem, and education about your condition with a clear plan of action to get you better.  In most cases your initial assessment will include your first treatment.  Most follow-up sessions are 25-30 minutes in length.

We can direct bill to a large number of extended health insurers including:

• Alberta Blue Cross
• Alberta School Employees Board Program (ASEBP)
• Alberta Retired Teachers Association (ARTA)
• Sunlife
• Canada Life
• Manulife
• Greenshield
• Chambers of Commerce
• Medavie Blue Cross
• Veterans Affairs
• RCMP
• Canadian Armed Forces
• Desjardins
• Johnson
• Johnston Group
• Industrial Alliance Financial (iA Group)
• CINUP
• COWAN
• Manion
• Group Health
• Maximum Benefit
• Group Source
• First Canadian
• Cooperators
• Equitable Life
• QuikCard
• ClaimsSecure
• People Corp.
• Honeybee
• Empire Life
• Benecaid
• Union Benefits

Due to funding changes, as of April 2022, Alberta Health Services no longer covers most physiotherapy visits. 

There is limited funding available if you have had a recent fracture, surgery, or qualify under certain low income programs at a limited number of clinics around the city.  For more information, please contact the Rehabilitation Advice Hotline at 1-833-379-0563.