Wandsworth Physiotherapy

read morePhysiotherapy is a discipline involving hands-on treatment of injuries and the prescription of rehabilitation exercises to help people overcome their pain and dysfunction.

Your initial appointment with the physiotherapist will normally be 30 minutes. In that time you will be asked to explain your injury, how it happened, how long you have had it and how it makes you feel. You will be asked to set some goals about what you want to achieve from your time spent with the therapist. Your therapist will also run through your past medical history finding out about any medical diagnoses or medicine that you take.

Next your therapist will carry out a physical examination looking at the affected area plus carry out an assessment of your posture and how you move. Once they have carried out this assessment they will put together a treatment plan for you.

In the remaining time of your initial assessment and on subsequent treatment sessions they will carry out this treatment plan and also give you home exercises to do to either resolve your problem or to give you a management strategy to keep your symptoms under control.

Your therapist will endeavor to give you an accurate diagnosis and give you realistic expectations of how many treatments you will require. Most problems can be resolved within 4 to 6 treatment sessions. On occasion your therapist may refer you to a consultant for a second opinion to verify the initial diagnosis and treatment plan.

read moreFor those with on going back and neck pain, 1:1 Clinical Pilates is a great investment to maintain your spinal health and core stability after your physiotherapy has reduced the acute pain.

We offer you a bespoke 1:1 Pilates course designed for your individual problem. We do not provide classes as this does not give you the individual attention you need to perform the exercises correctly and activate the right muscles.

In your initial Pilates Assessment and 1:1 Session your core muscles and movements patterns will be assessed, after which your Pilates plan will be designed.

read moreOver the last few years, Steve has taken me to full recovery for sporting injuries on my knee, back and shoulder. He's currently giving treatment for an RTA neck injury, without which I literally wouldn't be able to get through the week. This includes manipulation, massage and acupuncture with advice on physio exercises and activity outside the sessions.

His work is extremely effective and I very much recommend him.

read moreSteve is a great physiotherapist and he treated my tennis elbow last year with neck mobilisation and acupuncture in 2 sessions. I've not had a problem with it since.

read moreHaving done our training together in London we highly recommend Steve and his clinic. We refer all of our London based clients to Wandsworth Physiotherapy as we know they will be looked after well. We can't recommend Steve and his services highly enough!

read moreYour back is stiff and sore in the morning. You're not sure if you've slipped a disc or trapped a nerve and now you're worried what's going on and if it will get better. Our Better Back Programme will establish your problem, get the symptoms under control and quickly improve your daily life. Having children is your dream but you didn't sign up for pelvic girdle pain, incontinence, tears, a prolapse or the tummy gap. You want to get back to exercise and get your body and mind back in shape after giving birth.

read moreMany people suffer with headaches at some point in their life, there are a variety of reasons for your headaches and most of these are not serious. Once the causes of your headache has been established, they can often be helped. If you are suffering from headaches an appointment may help to ease your symptoms. During your appointment your practitioner will take a detailed case history, asking many questions, some of which may seem irrelevant to you. These questions are necessary to decide whether treatment is appropriate or whether onwards referral may be needed.

read moreAt Wandsworth physiotherapy and osteopathy our highly experienced vestibular physiotherapists treat people just like you and help them get back to what they love doing without the fear of further episodes of dizziness or vertigo. There are a number of different conditions that can affect balance and require vestibular physiotherapy. We do not attempt to diagnose any of these problems, you will need to see your GP. BPPV is the most common vestibular disorder. This happens when crystals become dislodged in the inner ear.

read moreWow it was very hard work. I did 4.50 which actually I am so pleased with as at one point I really thought I might give up. Thanks for all your help in the prep. Steve treated me for recurrent headaches caused by working with computers. He used a combination of massage and acupuncture, and gave me a series of follow-up exercises that quickly solved the problem. I would recommend him highly. Thank you for all the help, the massage and exercises you gave me made all the difference when I had so much pain.

read moreAt Wandsworth physiotherapy and osteopathy our highly experienced team of physiotherapists treat people just like you every day and help them get back to what they love doing without the fear of further aches and pain. We see people recovering from different types of surgery and after major trauma and broken bones. Here's how we can help you. We see people recovering from foot and ankle surgery including bunionectomy and toe fusion, open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) of the tibia and fibula if you have fractured your ankle, ankle ligament repairs and Achilles rupture repair.

read moreAt Wandsworth Physiotherapy our Sports Massage sessions consist of traditional sports massage, with the option of Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Massage (IASTM) and dry needling. This is suitable for professional and recreational athletes who experience pain and tension points in their muscles and for office workers who suffer from a stiff neck, back and shoulders. This is the type of sports massage extensively used to prepare Premier League footballers and rugby players prior to training and games.

read moreMassage is probably the oldest and most effective form of treatment that we are able give to, and receive from one another. Watch animals in their natural environment and see how they spend time grooming one another. Think about how your pet loves to be stroked and the calming meditative state it stimulates. Humans also enjoy this deeply relaxing form of body contact. Just think about the last time you had an ache in your neck and shoulders. You instinctively rub the affected area to make it feel better, or ask a loved one to rub the area for you.