Physiotherapy • 188 Spadina
Your body has a story. Physiotherapy reads it.
Not just where it hurts — why it hurts, how long it's been building, and what it takes to change the pattern.
The practice of understanding.
Most people arrive at physiotherapy after something goes wrong. A back that finally gave out. A knee that never quite recovered. A shoulder that's been limiting more than movement.
LYV physiotherapy starts before the complaint. It starts with how you move — the compensations you've built, the patterns you've normalized, the places your body has been quietly working around something for longer than you realize.
The assessment comes first. Treatment follows it. Not the other way around.
Your First Visit
What your first appointment looks like.
The Initial Assessment
Your first session is a conversation as much as an examination. We will take the time to understand your history, your movement patterns, and what you're trying to get back to — or get to for the first time.
Movement Analysis
Before any treatment begins, we look at how your body moves as a whole. Not just the site of pain — the system around it. Where compensation has been built in. Where mobility has quietly reduced.
Your Care Plan
Treatment at LYV is never one-size. Your physiotherapist designs a plan around your specific pattern — and shares it with you, clearly, so you understand the logic behind every session.
Ongoing Collaboration
If another LYV modality can support your recovery — kinesiology for movement rebuilding, massage for tissue preparation, naturopathic care for inflammation — your physiotherapist will coordinate it. You don't have to manage the connections yourself.
What We Address
Physiotherapy Conditions we addresses at LYV
- Acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain
- Post-surgical rehabilitation
- Sports and movement-related injuries
- Neck, back, and spinal conditions
- Hip, knee, and ankle dysfunction
- Shoulder and rotator cuff conditions
- Postural assessment and correction
- Workplace and repetitive strain injuries
- Pre- and post-natal movement support
Meet your Physiotherapist
Sofia Marchetti
Sofia Marchetti, PT, MSc
Physiotherapist
Sofia came to physiotherapy through sport — a knee injury at nineteen that gave her more time on treatment tables than she'd planned for, and a physiotherapist who changed how she understood her own body. That experience is the reason she works the way she does.
Her practice is built around the belief that the most important thing she can do in a first session is listen — not just to the complaint, but to the whole picture of how someone moves, compensates, and has learned to work around what hurts. Treatment follows understanding. Not the other way around.
Sofia has a particular focus on complex movement dysfunction, post-surgical rehabilitation, and working with people who've been through the system without finding a clear answer. If that's you, she'd like to hear about it.
FAQ
Frequently asked Physiotherapy Questions
No referral is required. You can book directly. If you're claiming through extended health benefits, check your plan — most cover physiotherapy without a referral.
Begin Your Care
Ready to understand what's actually going on?
188 Spadina • Toronto • By appointment