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ICBC Kinesiology Active Rehab in Vancouver | Car Accident Recovery

Clinical Movement Rehabilitation After a Motor Vehicle Accident

Car accident injuries may involve whiplash, soft tissue injuries, headaches, stiffness, weakness, reduced mobility, balance changes, and difficulty tolerating work, driving, sleep, exercise, or daily activities.

ICBC Kinesiology Active Rehab may include clinical movement assessment, therapeutic exercise prescription, tissue mobilization when appropriate, movement correction, and progressive functional rehabilitation.

What Does ICBC Kinesiology Active Rehab Include?

Your Clinical Kinesiology sessions may include:

  • Whole-body movement and functional assessment
  • Active and assisted tissue mobilization when appropriate
  • Postural and movement restoration
  • Therapeutic exercise prescription
  • Mobility, strength, stability, balance, and endurance rehabilitation
  • Progressive return to work, driving, exercise, and daily activities

Treatment is adjusted to your symptoms, recovery stage, functional limitations, and response to movement.

Why Is Early Kinesiology Active Rehab Important After a Car Accident?

Pain reduction alone does not always restore function. After an accident, stiffness, weakness, tissue restrictions, protective movement patterns, and reduced activity tolerance may persist even as symptoms improve.

Starting Kinesiology Active Rehab early can help maintain movement, improve tissue mobility, reduce deconditioning and compensatory patterns, and begin restoring strength and functional capacity before longer-term limitations develop.

When Should ICBC Kinesiology Active Rehab Begin?

Your Active Rehab is generally best started early, as soon as it is medically appropriate.

Early rehabilitation can help maintain function, reduce the risk of secondary musculoskeletal problems, and support better recovery outcomes.

ICBC Kinesiology Active Rehab in Kitsilano and Vancouver

ICBC Kinesiology Active Rehab is available in Kitsilano, West Broadway, Point Grey, UBC, and surrounding Vancouver communities.

Approved ICBC clients may be eligible for covered Active Rehab services with direct billing.

Ready to begin your recovery? Book your initial Kinesiology assessment here or contact us with your ICBC claim details.

Looking for a different type of movement therapy? View our full range of our whole-body Kinesiology Services.

ICBC Active Rehab FAQ

Active Rehab refers to targeted movement therapy that results in overcoming injury and pain while building strength.
Active rehab is essential for achieving long lasting result in any pain management, injury recovery and injury prevention journey.

During an active rehab session, a registered kinesiologist will guide and help you through specific exercises that are designed to address your current injury, pain, or strength needs.
The initial meeting with a kinesiologist serves as an evaluation session. During this session, the kinesiologist instructs the patient to execute specific movements and conducts a comprehensive examination of the entire body to pinpoint the fundamental factors contributing to the present condition.
During the following sessions, the kinesiologist will employ methods like precise therapeutic exercises, along with mobility techniques and other suitable approaches, to facilitate the body’s rehabilitation.

If you have an approved ICBC claim, ICBC covers 100% of the cost of your active rehab kinesiology sessions, and direct billing is available; so there is typically no out-of-pocket cost for treatment.

Accidents that have occurred on or after May 1, 2021 are eligible for pre-approved free kinesiology active rehab treatment sessions within the initial 12 weeks after the accident. All you need to provide us with is your claim number. This will allow us to process your request and grant you access to the free treatment sessions without any hassle.

When contacting us for treatment, it is important that you have your claim number available. This number is necessary for us to get approval from ICBC, which will allow us to proceed with your treatment plan. Once we have received approval from ICBC, we will be in contact with you to schedule your sessions.
Please note that we cannot proceed with scheduling until we have received the necessary approval, so we appreciate your patience during this time. Thank you for choosing us for your treatment needs.

ICBC accepted cases are pre-approved for 12 sessions within the first 12 weeks from the date of the accident.

Yes. If your ICBC claim is approved for active rehabilitation, ICBC typically covers the full cost of approved kinesiology sessions, so there is usually no out-of-pocket expense for the authorised visits.

Yes. Direct billing to ICBC is available for approved claims, which means eligible sessions are billed directly to ICBC on your behalf.

In many cases, a doctor’s referral is not required to begin kinesiology active rehab under ICBC. However, approval through your ICBC claim is still needed before treatment begins.

Simply contact us with your ICBC claim number and date of accident. We can then request approval for an initial kinesiology assessment and guide you through the next steps.

es, kinesiology active rehab not only allows the body to heal and become much more resilient, but also leads to long lasting results; this is because aside from healing the body, targeted active rehab exercises reprogram the body to achieve optimal movement qualities that are carried to everyday life.

Kinesiologists are movement experts and exercise specialists. They may use other therapeutic modalities during a session, but their treatment is focused on helping the body become self-efficient at producing optimal movement.
Kinesiologists serve a broad spectrum of clients, ranging from individuals seeking pain relief and recovery from injuries to elite athletes striving to enhance their performance.

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