ICBC Mobility Exercises in Surrey.
Stiffness and restricted movement after a motor vehicle accident can make everyday tasks harder. You may notice difficulty turning, bending, reaching, walking, using stairs, getting in and out of a vehicle or returning to exercise.
Therapy Now Wellness Clinic provides personalized ICBC mobility exercises and active rehabilitation in Surrey based on your movement assessment, current abilities and recovery goals.
What are mobility exercises?
Mobility exercises are movements designed to help you move more comfortably through the ranges needed for daily activities. They may involve individual joints, multiple body regions or functional movements.
Neck Movement
Exercises may focus on turning, looking up and down and movements needed for driving.
Shoulder Movement
Mobility work may help with reaching overhead, behind the body or away from the body.
Back Mobility
Exercises may focus on bending, rotation and changing positions more comfortably.
Hip Mobility
Hip mobility can support walking, sitting, stairs and lower-body movement.
Knee Movement
Knee exercises may focus on comfortable bending and straightening for walking, stairs and squatting.
Functional Movement
Exercises may combine several joints to prepare you for reaching, bending, lifting or everyday tasks.
Why can mobility decrease after a car accident?
After a collision, people often reduce movement because certain activities feel painful, stiff or uncertain. Over time, reduced activity may influence range of motion, strength, endurance and confidence.
Stiffness
Movement can feel more restricted after periods of reduced activity.
Pain
Discomfort may lead you to avoid movements that previously felt normal.
Weakness
Lower activity levels can reduce the strength available to control movement.
Lower Endurance
Activities may feel more tiring when physical conditioning has decreased.
Movement Hesitation
You may become unsure about movements that have felt uncomfortable since the collision.
Balance Changes
Reduced strength or confidence can influence standing, walking and stairs.
Compensation
You may change how you move to protect another painful area.
Reduced Activity
Work, exercise and recreation may temporarily decrease while you recover.
Mobility is more than simply stretching.
Flexibility is only one part of movement. Functional mobility also involves the ability to control movement comfortably and use it during real-life activities.
Flexibility
Flexibility generally refers to how much a muscle or joint can lengthen or move.
Functional Mobility
Mobility also involves control, strength, coordination and the ability to use movement during meaningful activities.
Control
Being able to control movement through a comfortable range.
Strength
Having enough strength to support the movement you are trying to perform.
Coordination
Combining movements smoothly during daily tasks.
Mobility exercises are one part of recovery.
Depending on your assessment, mobility work may be combined with strengthening, balance, endurance and functional exercises to support a broader return to activity.
Your rehabilitation may also include:
- ✓Progressive strengthening
- ✓Balance training
- ✓Core and trunk exercises
- ✓Walking progression
- ✓Endurance training
- ✓Return-to-work or activity exercises
Your exercises should match your life.
A useful mobility program should connect directly to the movements you need for work, driving, home activities, exercise and recreation.
Driving
Work toward the neck, shoulder, back or hip movement needed for driving comfortably.
Reaching
Progress toward overhead reaching, dressing and work-related upper-body movements.
Bending & Lifting
Build mobility and control for picking objects up and completing everyday tasks.
Walking & Stairs
Improve lower-body movement needed for walking, stairs and community mobility.
Work
Exercises can be selected around the movements required for your occupation.
Exercise
Mobility work can help prepare you for returning to the gym or recreation.
Household Tasks
Rehabilitation can address the bending, reaching, carrying and movement needed at home.
Sport & Recreation
Your program can gradually progress toward the movement demands of activities you enjoy.
How your mobility program is built.
Movement Assessment
Your kinesiologist assesses movements that feel restricted or uncomfortable.
Identify Your Goals
Discuss the activities you want to return to, such as work, driving, exercise or walking.
Select Exercises
Mobility exercises are selected according to your current movement and tolerance.
Progress Movement
Range, control or complexity can be gradually progressed as your abilities improve.
Add Strength & Function
Your program can progress toward strengthening and functional rehabilitation.
Mobility exercises should be adapted to you.
Exercises should match your current abilities and response. Movements should not be forced simply to achieve a larger range.
Your kinesiologist may adjust:
- ✓Range of movement
- ✓Speed
- ✓Resistance
- ✓Repetitions
- ✓Body position
- ✓Exercise difficulty
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Explore Hip & Knee Pain →ICBC mobility exercises FAQs.
What are mobility exercises after a car accident?
Can mobility exercises help stiffness after a car accident?
How often should I do mobility exercises?
Should mobility exercises hurt?
Can mobility exercises help me return to work?
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Are mobility exercises enough on their own?
Where can I get ICBC mobility exercises in Surrey?
Build comfortable movement close to home.
Therapy Now Wellness Clinic provides ICBC mobility exercises, kinesiology and active rehabilitation from our clinic at 240–13711 72 Avenue in Newton, Surrey.
We serve patients from Newton, West Newton, Fleetwood, Panorama Ridge, Guildford, Surrey Central, Cloverdale, North Delta and surrounding communities.
Therapy Now Wellness Clinic
240–13711 72 Avenue
Surrey, BC V3W 2P2
Conveniently located in Newton near Newton Exchange, the Newton Bus Loop and King George Boulevard.
Ready to move more comfortably? Start with a personalized mobility plan.
Therapy Now Wellness Clinic provides ICBC mobility exercises and active rehabilitation in Surrey to help improve movement, strength, balance and everyday function after a motor vehicle accident.
