Therapies
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy What is Occupational Therapy? “Occupational therapy helps you live your best life at home, at work – and everywhere else. It’s about being able to do the things you want and have to do. That could mean helping you overcome challenges learning at school, going to work, playing sport or simply doing the […]
Shockwave Therapy
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is a ‘game changing’ treatment for musculoskeletal soft tissue and sports injuries including chronic tendon pain (tendinopathy). It can be effective where other treatments have not been, in the treatment of a range of tendon problems including plantar facsiitis, ankle, shoulder, knee and elbow pain and often in only 3-4 treatments.
Osteopathy
Osteopathy is a safe and natural approach to healthcare. Patients of all ages may benefit, and the osteopaths within the clinic have varying experience of treating newborns through to octogenarians and above!
Osteopaths look at the body as a whole and aim to find and treat (using a variety of hands on techniques) the cause of a problem, thus aiming to minimise the likelihood of recurrence.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a system of healing which focuses on improving the overall wellbeing of the patient. According to Traditional Chinese philosophy our health is dependent on the body’s motivating energy (qi) moving in a smooth and balanced way through a series of channels beneath the skin. It is when this becomes unbalanced that illness may result and pain may occur.
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy uses a ‘physical’ approach that involves manual assessment and treatment techniques, which aim to:
Encourage tissue healing by controlling and reducing pain and inflammation
Restore normal range of motion by integrating the muscular joint and nervous system.
Identifying and treating problems and reduce the risk of re-occurrence.
Hand Therapy
Hand Therapy is a specialism within Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy and focuses on evidence based treatment of the hand and forearm. This includes bespoke splinting (rigid supports), specific exercise programmes, scar management, oedema management (swelling), neoprene off the self supports, sensory education after nerve injury, functional assessments, activity modification advice, pain management techniques and much more.
Sports Massage
Sports massage is geared toward athletes of every kind, from the elite to the recreational athlete, world-class professionals to weekend joggers.
Ergonomic Assessments
Ergonomics looks at the relationship between people and their work. It seeks to ensure that tasks, equipment, information and the environment suits each worker. There are five aspects of ergonomics – safety, comfort, ease of use, productivity/performance, and aesthetics.
