Physiotherapy

Unfortunately, many people have had a not-so-great experience with physiotherapy on the NHS, or even in some private clinics, which ends up tarring all of us with the same brush, thinking that physio doesn’t work. The reason most people come away from the NHS physio system feeling this way is that the physios in the NHS just don’t have the time to give you the treatment you need and deserve. They are pressured with meeting departmental targets and are so snowed under with expanding waiting lists, which means you are likely to either get a telephone assessment or get a quick face-to-face assessment and then be sent home to practice some basic exercises for about 6 weeks until they can fit you in their diary again. Have you experienced this? Or do you know someone with this exact story?

Here at WDC Physiotherapy, we would like to distance ourselves from physiotherapy like this, as our treatment is at the opposite end of the spectrum. We take the time to listen to you and your concerns. We want to get to know you and your situation, meaning we can fully assess and diagnose what is going on. We will sit with you and fully explain what is causing your pain, how we can help ease it and get you back to the active life you long for.

We have been helping people like you for over 19 years now, and our solutions are completely natural. This means we can help you side-step the need for possible medication, wearing supports and seeing your GP. We understand that all of these things can be frustrating as they don’t feel like a permanent solution.

All of the physios here at WDC are expertly trained and specialise in helping people like you. We all use specialist hands-on treatment techniques to bring a FAST END to your suffering. Manual realignment and restoring normal movement are vital to successful recovery, and this is something we do every day. It’s easy to do as well, as we have been doing this for years.

Imagine how good life will be once you feel less pain and can move so much more easily. It would make a big difference to your life and happiness, right?

To be brief, a Physiotherapist looks for a cure. Our aim is to help you so much that you will not need to constantly keep coming back to us. A physio will work out a plan of how to end your pain and suffering, and then we will give you a plan to work on stopping the injury from happening again.

We use a range of techniques throughout your personalised plan of care. These may include soft tissue release, massage, joint mobilisation and nerve mobilisation. We will also create a unique home exercise program for you, which will be progressed and adapted as needed. The physiotherapists will challenge your strength, functional movement and work on your proprioception to ensure we can keep your pain at bay and keep you moving better for years to come.

Osteopaths and chiropractors are both fantastically effective at reducing back pain, and many of the good ones will even refer their patients to a physio for things like massage and exercises that they sometimes don’t do.