What is Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy is a science based health care profession, using the movements of the human body to judge the well-being of individuals. Physios assess the entire human body, its movements and restrictions, before diagnosing a problem or injury. They then manipulate the body to work and move correctly, to strengthen the weaker areas that cause injury or pain to the patient.

A variety of techniques are used to determine problems. Treatments consist of: manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, massage, movement analysis and ultrasound.

Physiotherapists view each case individually and take psychological, cultural and social factors into consideration. These factors can often determine how the individual can help themselves, whilst receiving support, advice and treatment from the therapist. Physios also design home-based exercise programmes so the patient can improve their own symptoms and posture in between appointments.

Physiotherapy does not just involve curing the pain. It is important to find the underlying cause of the problem to prevent reoccurrence.

What do I wear?

For the upper body area e.g. arm, shoulder, neck - Please bring a vest or T-shirt that can allow the Physio to access the necessary
body part.

If it is lower limb e.g knee, ankle, please bring with you some shorts.

If it is a sports related injury, please bring with you any trainers, boots or shoes that you use for your sport.

Please note that we do have t.shirts and shorts within the clinic, should you forget any items, but please ask.

What do Physiotherapists do?

Physiotherapists work by assessing the complete human body and its movement and restrictions to form a diagnosis of a problem or injury and then teach the body to work and move correctly to strengthen the weaker areas that are causing injury or pain to the patient. They teach you the patient how to help themselves by designing home based exercise programmes so that whilst you are not in the clinic you can be constantly helping to improve your own symptoms/posture.