General Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy is a governed and protected professional title. Physiotherapy aids in restoring movement and function when someone is affected by injury, degeneration, illness, or disability.
Physiotherapists help people by utilising a few key aspects of therapy including:
- Exercise Therapy
Ranging from basic movement reintroduction to the highest sporting performance recovery.
- Manual Therapy Techniques
Specific manipulations, joint, soft tissue, or nerve mobilisations
- Supporting Techniques
Such as Taping techniques, ultrasound, extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT), TENs or Acupuncture.
- Education and Advice
It is a Physiotherapist’s target to ensure that each patient is well informed, conscious of all therapy benefits, and therefore can provide informed consent. A well-informed patient enhances their own target achievements in the short or long term.
Areas of speciality include:
The spectrum of complaints include
- Paediatrics (the care of children)
- Respiratory (breathing/chest)
- Care of the elderly
- Orthopaedics
- Neurology
- Women & men’s health
- Musculoskeletal (skeletal frame, joints, muscles, ligaments, discs, nerves)
- Sports injury/therapy
- General lower backache
- Specific spinal issues
- Knee pains
- RSI conditions
- Neck pains
- Shoulder pains
- Hip & thigh issues
- Headaches
- Hand, wrist, and forearm issues
- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatism
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoporosis
- Sports injuries
What happens at your first appointment?
Your Physiotherapist will:
- Take a full medical history
- Discuss your condition you wish treated as also your desired outcome/target (s)
- Carry out tests to examine the condition
- Provide a diagnosis where required
- Discuss the proposed treatment plan
- Initiate your treatment