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Welcome to our Services Page, where we outline the comprehensive range of offerings designed to cater to your unique needs. Explore a diverse array of specialized services meticulously crafted to address various health concerns and elevate your well-being. From personalized physiotherapy sessions and targeted rehabilitation to innovative wellness programs, we are dedicated to providing exceptional care tailored to your individual journey. Discover how our expert team combines skill, compassion, and cutting-edge approaches to help you achieve your health and fitness goals. Browse our services and embark on a path to a healthier, more active life with us.

Manual Therapy

Manual therapy has a long history within the profession of physical therapy and physical therapists have greatly contributed to the current diversity in manual therapy approaches and techniques. Mechanical explanations were historically used to explain the mechanisms by which manual therapy interventions worked. Contemporary research reveals intricate neurophysiologic mechanisms are also at play and the beneficial psychological effects of providing hands-on examination and intervention have been substantiated.

Neurological Rehabilitation

Neurological Physiotherapy is a specialist area of physiotherapy focused on the treatment of individuals with neurological conditions. Neurological disorders affect the functioning of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.

Neurological physiotherapists are experienced and trained to treat neurological conditions with the aim to provide interventions which assist an individual to regain or maintain their maximum movement and functional independence. This is achieved by aiding in the development of new pathways through repetition and exercise.

Cupping Therapy

Cupping therapy is one of the oldest and most effective method of releasing the toxins from body tissue and organs. It is also known as vacuum cupping, hijama cupping, horn treatment etc. It is a practice in which the therapist puts special cups on the skin to create suction. This causes the tissue beneath the cup to be drawn up and swell causing increase in blood flow to affected area. Enhanced blood flow under the cups draws impurities and toxins away from the nearby tissues and organs towards the surface for elimination.

ElectroTherapy

Electrotherapy is a method of medical treatment which uses electric current to the affected areas. It is mostly used by experienced physiotherapists to treat a variety of conditions ranging from muscle pain to arthritis.

This treatment option is useful for treating chronic pain, muscle wasting, musculoskeletal injuries, and nerve pain by using targeted and controlled electrical stimulation.

Joint Pain, Arthritis

Arthritis may be a disease of the joint but it also has systemic repercussions. The management of arthritis is ideally done by an interprofessional team that includes a nurse, dietitian, rheumatologist, physical therapist, orthopedic surgeon, pain specialist, pharmacist, and a Physician.

Almost all patients may benefit from a physical therapy. Ample evidence indicates that water-based exercise can diminish pain and improve joint function. Further, loss of weight also decreases the stress on the joint.

Back Pain

Recent guidelines recommend advice and non-pharmacological management such as physiotherapy interventions that include exercise and manual therapy. Acupuncture is now only recommended by the ACP for the management of individuals with back pain. A recent study carried out by Ford et al suggests that individualised Physiotherapy for people with LBP, utilizing a Specific Treatment of Problems of the Spine (STOPS) approach, may be more effective in managing LBP. To direct these treatment plans stratified care has been suggested as an appropriate approach.

Neck Pain

Physical therapy is one of the most common treatments for chronic neck pain. Most physical therapy programs for neck pain involve applying treatments to reduce pain and/or stiffness enough to begin an exercise program of strengthening and stretching the neck. The specific methods and exercises used in physical therapy, as well as the duration of the treatment plan, can vary from person to person.

Exercise Therapy

Exercise therapy is best defined as a treatment plan of physical activities through gait training, neuro reeducation, and therapeutic activities. This exercise regime is designed and prescribed to assist patients in recovering from diseases and conditions that interfere with their movement, daily activities or maintaining a state of well-being.

Exercise therapy is a type of rehabilitation that uses physical activity to help treat injuries or conditions. It can be used independently or with other treatments like medication or surgery.

Deformity Treatment

A deformity is an abnormality in the musculoskeletal make up. Deformities can cause pain, discomfort and restriction to normal movement. There can be a variety of causes for deformities to occur, varying in the level of disability caused to the individual. Physiotherapy treatment can offer assistance to improve function and independence.

There are a variety of conditions and injuries which can cause deformities to occur in a person. Some of the most common causes are:

Birth defect ( underdeveloped limbs and foetal position)
Neurological conditions (contractures)
Acute injury (fracture / dislocation)
Sarcoma removal
Amputation
Arthritis

Depending on the severity of the deformity will depend on the affect it has on the individual’s life. Physiotherapy can assist improve independence and functional daily activities.

Slip Disc

Physiotherapy treatment for disc prolapses is very effective and aims to reduce pain, stiffness and muscle spasm, as well as sciatic leg pain. Once your disc prolapsed symptoms ahave been reduced your physiotherapist will help to improve your muscle strength and flexibility. Your physiotherapist at Edinburgh Sports & Spinal will develop an individually tailored exercise plan, which will help relieve pain, keep you strong and flexible and help prevent any further problems being caused to your back. In the acute phase, physiotherapy treatment will involve being given plenty of advice on how to modify activity, how to reduce pain, as well as guidance on the use of painkillers.

Needling

Trigger-point dry needling is an invasive procedure where a fine needle or accupuncture needle is inserted into the skin and muscle. It is aimed at myofascial trigger points (MTrP) which are hyperirritable spots in skeletal muscle that are associated with a hypersensitive palpable nodule in a taut band. Trigger point dry needling can be carried out at superficial or deep tissue level.