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, including:
Joint mobilisation is a passive hands-on movement technique applied to a stiff spinal or peripheral joint. It aims to restore full range of motion to the joint and causes relaxation of surrounding tight muscles. Simply, it helps to restore normal pain free motion. Joint manipulation is an advanced form of mobilisation, and those who respond well to mobilisation will usually respond to manipulation. Joint manipulation is a sudden small movement performed at high speed at the end of joint range.
This includes massage and stretching techniques, which are generally aimed at releasing areas of tension. These techniques can:
Professional sports taping is used for support and protection of an injured area. It is also used to re-educate joint movement, improve function and reduce pain.Postural Assessment / Movement AnalysisA thorough posture examination is carried out, and where necessary positions are improved. Analyses of specific movements are also performed and may be re-educated to achieve correct function.
We use electrotherapy along side manual therapy and exercise prescription to accelerate healing and ensure pain and injury resolves as quickly as possible.
Uses a form of high frequency sound waves to aid the increase of local blood flow, stimulate the healing of collagen tissue in ligaments and tendons, and improve the extensibility of collagen, thereby having a positive effect on scar tissue. The benefits of ultrasound are widely accepted in the clinical world, and are constantly under scientific review to fully assess their benefit.
Is the acronym for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. A TENS unit sends electrical impulses to certain parts of the body to block pain signals. The electrical currents produced feel like a mild tingle and can prevent pain messages from being transmitted to the brain thus giving pain relief.
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. Following our advice and your exercise programme carefully at home will hugely enhance the benefits gained from treatment and often may prevent the initial problem from reoccurring in the future.
Acupuncture is one of the many skills used within physiotherapy as an integrated approach to the management of pain, inflammation and as a means of enhancing the body's own healing chemicals in order to aid recovery and enhance rehabilitation. Acupuncture within physiotherapy is used within the background of clinical and research evidence. The concept of Traditional Chinese Medicine [TCM] is an ancient system of written scripts as far back as 1000BC, founded on the holistic concept of treatment and an acknowledgement of the body's ability to return to its balanced state of health, given the correct stimulus to do so. Read more ....