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Physiotherapists help people affected by injury, illness or disability through movement and exercise, manual therapy, education and advice.
They maintain health for people of all ages, helping patients to manage pain and prevent disease.
The profession helps to encourage development and facilitate recovery, enabling people to stay in work while helping them remain independent for as long as possible.
Why physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy is a degree-based healthcare profession. Physios use their knowledge and skills to improve a range of conditions associated with different systems of the body, such as:
- Neurological ( Stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s )
- Neuromusculoskeletal ( back pain, whiplash associated, sports injuries, arthritis.
- Cardiovascular ( Chronic heart disease, Rehabilitation after heart attack)
- Respiratory ( asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis).
Physiotherapists work in a variety of specialisms in health and social care. Additionally, some physiotherapists are involved in education, research and service management.
Rehabilitation is the process of helping an individual achieve the highest level of function, independence, and quality of life possible. Rehabilitation does not reverse or undo the damage caused by disease or trauma, but rather helps restore the individual to optimal health, functioning, and well-being.
Rehabilitation Helping you return to moving, working, and enjoying life!
Sport Rehabilitators treat injuries, alleviate pain and work on preventing re-injury. As well as treating sports injuries, Sport Rehabilitators treat everyday and occupational injuries, pain and musculoskeletal conditions affecting the joints, bones and muscles.
Sport Rehabilitators are degree trained, healthcare professionals. They use exercise rehabilitation, education, treatment programmes, biomechanics, manual therapy and other forms of ‘hands-on’ therapy to treat injuries and manage pain. Sport Rehabilitators help people to maintain and improve their health and fitness, recover from and prevent injury and reduce pain using exercise, movement and therapy.
Freeing you from pain and keeping you injury free.
Massage is a treatment that aims to relax, revive and heal the body. Using manual hands-on movements and manipulation of the soft tissues and muscles in the body, massage therapy works to promote healing and enhance a person’s overall well-being.
What is a massage?
A massage is the stroking, kneading, rolling, and pressing of the skin and muscles. There are many different styles, each with different origins and aims, but the premise of the treatment is the same – to relax and rebalance the body and to make you feel good.
Massage is a treatment that aims to relax, revive and heal the body. Using manual hands-on movements and manipulation of the soft tissues and muscles in the body, massage therapy works to promote healing and enhance a person’s overall well-being.
What is a massage?
A massage is the stroking, kneading, rolling, and pressing of the skin and muscles. There are many different styles, each with different origins and aims, but the premise of the treatment is the same – to relax and rebalance the body and to make you feel good.
Lymphatic drainage massage is a type of massage therapy that may help to relieve swelling that occurs when medical treatment or poor health causes blockages to the lymphatic system. This is the part of the body that protects us from infection and disease.
Manual lymphatic drainage function and effect
The lymphatic system is besides the blood circulation the most important means of transport in the human body. As an essential part of the immune system, it functions mainly as a defence mechanism against infections. The task of the lymphatic system is to continuously cleanse the tissue and supply cells with oxygen and nutrients. In the process, toxins, pathogens or old body cells are absorbed into the lymph, where they are rendered harmless by defence cells. Only with a functioning lymphatic system is the body able to protect itself against diseases and remain healthy in the long term. If the lymphatic system is damaged, symptoms such as swelling (oedema) or inflammation can become noticeable, which are often the result of a weakened immune system.