What is Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy is the treatment and diagnosis of injury, overuse problems, or disease, by non surgical means but it is often an essential part of your rehabilitation program to prepare and help you recovery from surgery. Michelle aims to help you recover from your injuries. Whether that be; getting back into competitive sports, improving your performance, recovering from surgery, adapting with disability or dealing with those everyday aches and pains from a day in the office.
Watch Michelle in the below video explain all about what physiotherapy is.
Musculoskeletal physiotherapy specialist in sports injuries and rehabilitation
On your initial appointment you can expect a detailed assessment. Michelle uses a biopsychosocial approach. Which means she really gets to know the person behind the injury and considers the biological, psychological and social factors and how their complex interactions help us get a holistic understanding of your health, illness and injury recovery. She will work with you to insure you have a full understanding of your injury and treatment plan which you could expect to include a combination of management advice, exercises and manual therapy.
She is also an athlete and has completed several triathlons including Ironman. She can relate to the demands of training and how frustrating injury can be having recovered from various injuries herself. Whilst she appreciates that to reach optimal performance athletes often push their bodies hard in training and competition. Michelle will works with you and where appropriate, with your consent, she will liaise with your coaches and other health care professionals to ensure a multi-disciplinary and holistic approach to your rehabilitation. Helping you optimise your performance.
Whatever your physical ambitions, Michelle is dedicated to helping you recover from injuries and prevent future problems to ensure you achieve your own personal goals.
Physiotherapy
50 MIN •INITIAL ASSESSMENT £90
80 MIN•COMPLEX ASSESSMENT OR £130
50 MIN•FOLLOW UP £80
80 MIN•FOLLOW UP £120
121 physiotherapy assessments and Pilates screening for Men and Women. Wether you are an athletes, officer workers or couch-potato, physiotherapy will help you recover from injury or iron out any imbalances and ‘niggles’.
Sports Massage
80 MIN•Full body massage £120
50 MIN•FOLLOW UP £80
Michelle appreciates the benefits and results from ‘hands on’ treatment, especially when carefully combined with skilled mix of treatment modalities. After your initial assessment of any injuries you can discuss the options of booking in for a sports massage with Michelle. She will take into consideration any underlying issues found on assessment and will use massage techniques specifically to release areas of muscle or soft tissue tightness, thickening or scarring.
Michelle will use a variety of techniques best suited to your needs. These may include a combination of
Longitudinal glides and efflurage
Myofascial release
Kneading
Trigger Point release
Deep transverse frictions
Cupping
PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation)
Compression
Cross fibre massage