“Physiotherapy is a science-based profession and takes a ‘whole person’ approach to health and wellbeing, which includes the patient’s general lifestyle. At the core is the patient’s involvement in their own care, through education, awareness, empowerment and participation in their treatment”
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
How can we help?
After a thorough, in-depth verbal and physical assessment for your presenting complaint (symptoms), we can use a variety of treatment and management options to you help achieve your goals. (Please note that patients may be required to remove appropriate items of clothing to assist with the diagnosis and subsequent intervention.)
This could include:
- Advice on management: Education and understanding are fundamental components to your treatment plan. We feel if you can increase your knowledge and understanding of your presenting complaint, this can help set appropriate expectations and time frames for recovery.
- Exercise based programmes: These can be tailored to fit your needs and goals. The Physiotherapist can provide written or electronic copies via email or text message in an accessible, interactive format. Exercise is often an integral part of a patient’s rehabilitation journey.
- Rehabilitation groups: We have several exercise groups that we run across our community gym-based settings. These can be an excellent tool to support you in your rehabilitation and empower you to achieve your goals.
- Mobilisation and manipulation techniques: These can be used if deemed appropriate as an adjunct to support a structured exercise and education based program. They are rarely used as a sole treatment.
- Acupuncture: This can be provided to help with pain relief where deemed appropriate from your physiotherapist. Acupuncture is rarely used as a sole treatment.
To Our Children’s Physiotherapy Families
We are writing to you openly and honestly about the current pressures facing our Children’s Physiotherapy Service.
Over recent months, we have seen a significant increase in appointments that are either rescheduled at short notice or not attended. As a result, our waiting list is growing, and some children are waiting longer than we would like to begin their treatment with physiotherapy.
We understand that family life is busy and that unexpected events happen. Illness, school commitments, transport difficulties, and work schedules can all affect attendance. We truly appreciate the many families who make great efforts to attend regularly and on time.
However, when appointments are missed or changed at short notice, it is often too late for us to offer that slot to another child. This means valuable clinical time is lost, and progress may be delayed not only for your child but for others who urgently need support.
