General physiotherapy
Back and neck pain, joints, sprains, recovery after an injury or an operation. We find where the pain comes from, then work so it does not come back.
- Respiratory physiotherapy
- Chronic or acute conditions, in adults and in children, including bronchiolitis in infants: clearing the airways, learning to breathe more efficiently, recovering after an infection. It is also why I open on Saturdays.
- Neurological rehabilitation
- After a stroke, or living with a neurological condition: rebuilding balance, walking, strength and everyday movement, at your own pace.
- Geriatrics and older patients
- Keeping mobility and independence, preventing falls, getting back on your feet after a hospital stay. At the practice, or at your home.
How a session works
The first session starts with your prescription. Then I ask questions: where the pain comes from, how long you have had it, how it is changing, what it stops you doing. Then the assessments, which say where we are going to work. You leave with first advice and exercises to ease it.
Depending on what the assessments say: mobilisation, active exercise, strengthening, stretching, relaxation work, trigger points.
You always leave with exercises to do at home. We do them together in the session first, which is the only way to be sure they are right before you repeat them on your own.
What the practice has
At the practice there is more to work with than my hands:
- Pressotherapy
- Shockwave
- Treadmill
- Exercise bike
- Weight cage
- Resistance bands
- Gait retraining
- Balance work
Your goal decides the rest
Whatever the field, the goal comes first. Someone who plays sport and wants to be back on the pitch as fast as possible will not have the same session as someone who, after a stroke, wants to walk their dog again. We set it together at the start, and check it is reachable rather than wishful.
What I do not treat
Some care needs a specialisation I do not have: urology, obstetrics, vestibular rehabilitation, osteopathy. Pregnancy and post-partum are among them, and need a specialist physiotherapist. I see children for respiratory physiotherapy; for anything else a paediatric physiotherapist will serve them better.
Prescription, loose clothing, a large towel: the appointment page has the detail.
Appointment