Movement-led physiotherapy
We work with stubborn pain and slow-healing injuries — the ones that settle with rest and return the moment you ask anything of them. Every plan starts with an unhurried assessment and ends when you can trust the limb again.
What we treat
If your problem is listed below, we see it most weeks. If it is not, say so in the enquiry and we will tell you honestly whether physiotherapy is the right first step.
Pain that has outlived the original strain and now flares with sitting, driving or a long day on your feet.
Tendon and bone-stress problems that track your training volume rather than any single incident.
Structured progression after surgery, working to the surgical timeline rather than around it.
For anyone who lifts, climbs, swims or works overhead and has lost confidence in the position.
How care works
Most people need between four and eight appointments. You should know at every stage what we are testing, what you are working on at home and what has to happen before the next step.
History, strength and movement testing, and a plain explanation of what we think is driving the pain — including what we have ruled out.
Hands-on treatment where it helps, load adjustments where it matters, and two or three exercises you will actually do between sessions.
Progressive strength work until the tissue tolerates more than your sport or job asks of it. This is the longest stage and the one that holds.
A written maintenance plan, the early warning signs to watch, and an open door if the problem returns. No rolling appointments by default.
Inside a session
No treatment happens before the assessment is finished, and nothing is done to you without an explanation of why it should help.
Appointments
Everyone starts with a first assessment. After that, choose the follow-up that matches what you are working on — we will recommend one at the end of each session.
| Appointment | Length | Best for | You leave with |
|---|---|---|---|
| First assessment Start here | 45 minutes | A new problem, a second opinion, or pain that has not moved in weeks. | A working diagnosis, a written home plan and a realistic timeline. |
| Rehab follow-up | 30 minutes | Mid-course progression, hands-on treatment and adjusting load week to week. | Updated exercises, new targets and a note on what changed since last time. |
| Strength review | 40 minutes | Late-stage rehab, return to sport, or a check before a season or event. | Side-to-side test results and a clear yes, not yet, or yes with limits. |
Questions
No. You can enquire directly and we will see you without a referral. If your funding arrangement or insurer needs one, check with them first, and if we think a scan or a medical opinion is needed we will say so and write to your doctor.
Most problems run to four to eight appointments spread over six to ten weeks, with longer for post-operative work and bone-stress injuries. You will get an estimate at the end of the first assessment, and we revise it out loud if the problem is not tracking as expected.
Both, in the proportion the problem justifies. Hands-on work, needling and taping are useful for buying comfort and range early on. Strength and load work is what keeps the problem away, so it takes over as you improve.
Usually yes, with adjustments. Complete rest tends to leave you deconditioned and no less sore. We will agree what you can keep, what to reduce, and the specific signals that mean back off this week.
A short flare after new loading is common and not a setback on its own. The plan you leave with includes what a normal reaction looks like, how long it should last, and what to change if it does not settle within a couple of days.
No. Your plan is written from your own test results, with the loads and targets you were measured at. It is deliberately short — two or three things done properly beat a dozen you will abandon by Thursday.
Reply to your booking confirmation and we will move it. We ask for a day's notice where you can manage it, so the slot can go to someone waiting on an assessment.
Book an assessment
A few lines is enough. We read every enquiry ourselves and will offer you the first assessment slot that suits, or tell you if someone else is a better fit for the problem.