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Physiotherapy for children and adults
Physiotherapy helps to restore movement and function when someone is affected by injury, illness or disability. It can also help to reduce your risk of injury or illness in the future.
It takes a holistic approach that involves the patient directly in their own care.
Physiotherapy can be helpful for people of all ages with a wide range of health conditions, including problems affecting the bones, joints and soft tissue – such as back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain and sports injuries
Physiotherapists consider the body as a whole, rather than just focusing on the individual aspects of an injury or illness.
Some of the main approaches used by physiotherapists include:
- education and advice – physiotherapists can give general advice about things that can affect your daily lives, such as posture and correct lifting or carrying techniques to help prevent injuries
- movement, tailored exercise and physical activity advice – exercises may be recommended to improve your general health and mobility, and to strengthen specific parts of your body
- manual therapy – where the physiotherapist uses their hands to help relieve pain and stiffness, and to encourage better movement of the body
Sport Remedial Massage
Massage treats the soft tissues of our bodies including muscles, fascia and tendons with the aim to speed up recovery, relieve pain and improve posture and movement. A range of techniques are used within the session to reduce the tension in the soft tissues. These include traditional massage, Soft tissue release, trigger point release, positional release, Muscle energy technique as well as movement based therapies. Techniques are chosen depending on the tissue involved as well as the patient.
Sports and Remedial Massage benefits everyone. For those involved in sport helping to prevent injuries before they occur to rehabilitation of specific muscle and tendon injuries. It is also a great way to prepare and recover from an event or improve your sporting performance.
Generally, massage therapists work with people from all walks of life with pain or dysfunction caused by life’s “stresses” and work related issues. For example back pain, poor posture and headaches can all be addressed with massage therapy.
A well qualified Sports and Remedial Massage Therapist has the knowledge of anatomy, injuries and illness to be able to work alongside Physiotherapists to support successful treatment. They are qualified to assess injuries, use advanced treatment techniques and provide remedial exercises and advice to support recovery.
Let’s also not forget that by working with you to relax your muscles massage can have a very calming and de-stressing effect. It helps your mind get into balance with your body.
Manual Lymphatic Drainage
Manual Lymph drainage (MLD), is a technique developed by the Vodders (Dr. Emil Vodder and his wife, Estrid) in 1936 in Paris for treatment of swollen lymph nodes.
Lymphatic diseases, especially lymphedema, represent a serious problem in the health community.
MLD is a light, skin-stretching massage that helps promote the movement of lymphatic fluid out of the swollen limb. It should not be confused with a traditional massage. MLD is specifically focused on the lymph vessels to help the flow of lymphatic fluid. Therapy is applied to your unaffected areas first, making it possible for the fluid to move out of the affected area, or “decongest” the region.
MLD helps open the remaining functioning lymph collectors and move protein and fluid into them, as well as to help speed up lymph fluid flow through the lymphatics.
Deep breathing techniques call diaphragmatic breathing are usually done at the beginning and end of a therapy session to help open the deep lymphatic pathways. It’s not only relaxing, but it helps increase movement of fluid toward the heart.
MLD:
- is intended to stimulate lymph nodes and increase rhythmic contractions of the lymphatics to enhance their activity so that stagnant lymphatic fluid can be rerouted.
- MLD is composed of four main strokes: stationary circles, scoop technique, pump technique, and rotary technique.
- Is effective both as a preventative treatment and as a postoperative rehabilitation treatment, and has optimal results when it is combined with the other elements of CDT (Complete Decongestive Therapy)
- MLD also increases blood flow in deep and superficial veins.
- Other than lymphedema, MLD may be useful in conditions such as Lipoedema, post-traumatic and post-surgical edema, and palliative care.
The most appropriate techniques, optimal frequency and indications for MLD, as well as the benefits of treatment, all remain to be clarified, but the different methods have several aspects in common:
- Usually performed with the patient in the lying position
- Starts and ends with deep diaphragmatic breathing
- The unaffected lymph nodes and region of the body are treated first
- Moves proximal to distal to drain the affected areas
- Slow and rhythmical movements
- Uses gentle pressure
Pilates
Mat pilates involves performing pilates exercises on the floor using a pilates, or yoga mat. Exercises in mat pilates can also involve basic pilates equipment such as a pilates ring, resistance band, or weighted balls. Mat pilates exercises are performed in a slow, controlled, precise manner and require an intense concentration. These exercises help strengthen the body's core by developing pelvic and scapula stability, and abdominal control, using focused breathing patterns. The main fitness goals of a mat pilates program include improved flexibility, muscle tone, body balance, spinal support, low back health, sports performance, and body-mind awareness.
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PRICE LIST
Physiotherapy
1 hour initial consultation £60
30 minute follow up £45
Virtual Health questionnaire appointment £15
In person assessment/treatment
45 mins £40
Combined Physio/Sports remedial massage:
1 hour £60
45 minutes £50
Sports/Remedial Massage
1 hour £60
45 mins £50
Manual Lymphatic Drainage
1 hour £60
45 mins £50
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