Pirate Fitness
Therapy Rooms
Physiotherapy -Remedial Massage
Natural Therapy – Aromatherapy – Reflexology
Orthopaedic Rehabilitation - Sports Injuries
GP Referrals - Personal Training
Weight Loss Programmes – Pilates
What is Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy uses a variety of techniques to help your muscles and joints work to their full potential. It can help repair damage by speeding up the healing process and reducing pain and stiffness.
What problems can physiotherapy help?
Virtually any condition that affects your muscles, joints or nerves.
Sports Injuries
Painful conditions such as arthritis - Back and neck pain, including whiplash
Problems affecting children including cerebral palsy
Pregnancy related symptoms such as back pain and stress incontinence
Upper limb work related problems, also know as repetitive strain injury (RSI)
Asthma and other breathing difficulties,
Strokes and other neurological problems.
What does treatment involve?
Before any action is taken, the physiotherapist will assess your condition, diagnose the problem and help you understand what's wrong.
They will work with you to develop an effective treatment plan that takes into account your lifestyle, leisure activities and general health. Using manipulation, mobilization and massage along with exercises and electrotherapy. This will include advice on how you can help yourself, for example, you may be shown exercises that you can do between treatment sessions to aid healing.
Back Pain
At least 60% of adults have back pain at some point in there lives. Because most of our movements involve the back to some degree, this can affect mobility and make life very difficult. There are many causes of back pain and you will be assed accordingly.
Orthopaedic Rehabilitation
Physiotherapy has a vital role to play in the rehabilitation of patients who have suffered fractures or dislocations or undergone surgical procedures.
After orthopaedic surgery has fixed the structural defects of an injury, it is important that that the appropriate activities and exercises are performed in order to regain normal function. This often does not return automatically and requires careful guidance and monitoring from a physiotherapist, as well as hard work of the patient.
Weight Management Programme
Many injuries occur due to bad posture and excess weight, Pirate Fitness can assist in your education on healthy living. Our goal is to help you lose weight, keep it off and to improve your quality of life. Our Nutritional & Weight Management Programme can either be in private consultation or delivered to a small group looking for guidance.
Alternative Therapy’s
Naturopathic treatment is a totally holistic approach which enhances your body's own healing powers. Naturopathy is treatment by natural therapies such as Reiki, Massage, Manipulation, Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Pressure Points, Exercise, Diet, Relaxation, Meditation, Breath Correction and Posture Correction.
Naturopathy will use one or more of these methods during a treatment session to achieve your well-being.
Remedial/Sports Massage
Massage is widely recognised as providing many benefits to aid good health, relieving both mental and physical fatigue. Massage can assist in;
Maintaining and improving flexibility
Reducing Stiffness and soreness of training
Boosting performance
Improve circulation to the muscles, reducing inflammation and pain.
Induce deep relaxation, relieving both mental and physical fatigue.
Release chronic neck and shoulder tension.
It helps sprains, fracture; breaks and dislocations heal
Improves directly or indirectly the function of every internal organ
For any further information or book an appointment please call or email:
01993 705533
physio@piratefitness.co.uk
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