What is Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy is a health care profession involving the treatment, management and prevention of a variety of conditions. These may result from everyday activities, work-related conditions or sports injuries. We use a broad range of skills to provide the highest level of specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapy. Physiotherapy is a treatment which helps restore normal movement and function when someone has been affected by injury, illness or disability. A number of methods are used to help people of all ages, whether they have been in a car accident and have whiplash; have had a stroke; have suffered a sports injury or have long term conditions that affect movement.
Treatments Given
Manual therapy, stretching, strength work, manipulations, acupuncture, proprioception exercises, balance work, gait analysis and correction techniques.
Conditions Treated
As a Chartered Physiotherapist I treat a huge variety of musculoskeletal conditions including:
- Back Pain – Sprains, strains, disc injuries, sciatica, postural pain, sacroiliac joint pain.
- Neck Pain – Whiplash, sprains, strains, disc injuries, referred pain
- Sports Injuries – Muscle and ligament tears/strains, recent or long standing eg hamstring strains, achilles tendon injuries, golfer’s/tennis elbow, shin splints
- Work-related / Occupational Injuries – Repetitive Strain / Overuse Injury (RSI) or sudden traumatic injury eg wrist or elbow pain related to computer use, back pain related to poor work postures / positions, lifting injuries, falls.
- Pre / Post-operative Rehabilitation – Arthroscopy, joint replacements, tendon / ligament repairs, fractures and trauma
- Arthritis – Pain and stiffness resulting from arthritis/wear and tear of various joints eg hip, knee, low back, neck, hand
- Shoulder – Frozen shoulder, tendonitis, impingement, sprains and strains
- Hand & Wrist – Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, sprains and strains, arthritis
- Hip, Pelvis & Groin – Bursitis, arthritis, sprains and strains, sacroiliac joint pain, piriformis syndrome
- Knee – Pain from running, locking knee, pain under the knee cap, knee giving way, ACL injuries, Ligament injuries
- Foot & Ankle – Fallen arches, sprains, Achilles Tendonitis, bunion pain
- Headaches
- Sciatica
If you are unsure whether you would benefit please feel free to ring or e-mail for advice. Your injuries, aches and pains are best resolved by having early treatment. Contact us at the onset of your problems and we can help you return to full function in the quickest possible time. Most conditions can be treated and resolved faster the earlier you come in. Long-standing problems often require more treatment than those diagnosed and treated early.
Home Exercise Programme
Following a detailed examination we will prescribe specific exercises or self-treatment techniques in the form of a home exercise programme. This will be tailored to your individual needs. It may include core stability training, muscle imbalance correction, specific stretching techniques or various others. We may also give you ergonomic advice regarding certain positions and activities which may be affecting your condition. To back up the treatment given in clinic, the home exercise programme will be given to further enhance the treatment effects.