About The Therapies
Physical Therapy
Physiotherapy
Treating a wide range of musclo-skeletal injuries using various techniques, such as electrotherapy, sports massage, exercise and stretch therapy.
A treatment will consist of taking a full medical past history, followed by examination using muscle, joint and neural tests to diagnose your injury.
A full lower limb, foot biomechanical and gate analysis examination can also be carried out to prescribe foot orthotics.
Functional stretch and strengthening exercises will be prescribed with all injuries.
A treatment package will be designed personally for you, from the various therapies available at this clinic.
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy - www.csp.org.uk
Sports Therapy
Treatment of a wide range of sporting musclo-skeletal injuries using various techniques, such as electrotherapy, sports massage, exercise and stretch therapy.
A treatment will consist of a full medical past history, examination using muscle, joint and neural tests to diagnose the injury.
A full lower limb, foot biomechanical and gate analysis examination can also be carried out to prescribe sports foot orthotics.
Functional stretch and strengthening exercises will be prescribed with all injuries in combination with specific sport rehabilitation.
Each patient's sport is always taken into consideration when diagnosing, treating and prescribing exercises to enable the athlete to return to their sport with ease and fully functional.
Society of Sports Therapists - www.society-of-sports-therapists.org
Sports Massage
Sports Massage is a stronger form of massage, utilizing special techniques to help alleviate stress and tension, often the result of physical activity. It can be used to prepare athletes before and after events to relieve swelling, muscle tension and to help promote flexibility to prevent injuries. Sports Massage can also be used on general injuries including work related injuries, i.e. computer tension. It is used as part of all treatments within the clinic.
Traditional Chinese Medicine
A full Western medical history is taken in addition to a full Chinese medical history to ascertain the state of the body's natural energy, called QI (pronounced chee). Once the history has been taken, a Chinese diagnosis is made and a prescription of acupuncture, patent herbs and tui-na is made. Within the history taking, pulse and tongue diagnosis are carried out to confirm the patient's state of health from a Chinese perspective.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture has been used in the orient for many thousands of years to treat ailments, disease and injury. It is carried out using fine (one-use) sterile needles to regulate and balance the body's natural energy system (QI) This helps strengthen the body’s immune system and allows the patients own body to help repair and fight disease . The needles are inserted into various acupuncture points on meridians (channels) where the energy flows. Patients may feel a slight sensation on insertion of the very fine needle. If a patient has a needle phobia, using tui-na maybe a needle less option.
British Acupuncture Council - www.acupuncture.org.uk
Chinese Herbal Patent Formulae
Traditional Chinese herbs prescribed in tablet form, as a tonic, and to assist acupuncture treatment. All Patent herbs used are natural and only purchased from manufacturers with approval from The Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine.
Tui-Na (Chinese Medical Massage)
Tui-Na is carried out with the patient fully clothed. A full Chinese and western history is taken, and tui-na and acupressure techniques are applied to the patients body to allivate pain and tension from trauma or sports injuries. It can also be used for internal problems such as IBS. Tui-Na uses the same meridians (channels) as in acupuncture and can be used instead of needles.
“THE COMPLETE TREATMENT PACKAGE”