Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been used as far back as 1000BC. There is a flow of energy through the body called Qi, which is normally in a balanced state. This flow of energy is made up of Yin (negative) and Yang (positive). If there is an injury the flow of energy stagnates.

Conditions Treated with Acupuncture:

• Acute injuries
• Chronic injuries
• Sports injuries
• Osteoarthritis
• Whiplash
• Back pain
• Joint pain
• Neck pain
• Headaches

The use of acupuncture stimulates the brain to produce natural pain relieving chemicals (endorphins). This assists the body to start the healing process, offer pain relief and improve the flow of energy. If you would like to know more about acupuncture please contact our clinic or visit www.aacp.co.uk.

Early treatment can mean a quicker recovery with less time off work. We are often able to provide prompt treatment to speed recovery and most patients simply contact us direct.

Interferential therapy is the use of low and high frequency electrical stimulation on muscle and nerve tissue. Stimulation of this tissue can effect its normal behaviour. The main clinical applications for Interferential are for Pain Relief and Muscle Stimulation. The pain control systems are very complex and delicate. Pain nerve endings, when stimulated transmit messages to the spinal cord and the brain to alert us. It has been suggested that high frequency interferential stimulation has an effect on the Pain Gate mechanism which in turn helps to mask the symptoms of pain. Alternatively low frequency interferential stimulation can have an effect on the bodies opioed mechanisms for the release of natural chemicals which may provide a degree of pain relief. Muscle Stimulation. Stimulation of muscle tissue or the motor nerve endings within muscle tissue will cause that muscle to twitch or contract involuntarily. The main effect that muscle stimulation has, is to increase the muscle metabolism and local blood flow, the contraction and relaxation of the muscle as it twitches can also help reduce local oedema with the muscles pumping action. If you would like to know more about interferential therapy please please refer to the web site developed by Professor Tim Watson of the University of Hertfordshire at www.electrotherapy.org.

Philip Yeates, Colette McLaren, and Sarah Deller are members of PhysioFirst and offer specialist expertise, convenience, flexibility, educational resources and individual attention and treatment.

Early treatment can mean a quicker recovery with less time off work. We are often able to provide prompt treatment to speed recovery and most patients simply contact us direct.

Mobilisation can be an oscillatory or sustained stretching movement about a joint or soft tissue. (G.P. Maitland. Vertebral Manipulation, 5th ed 1986) Soft Tissue Mobilisations Mobilisation of soft tissues, (which are muscles, ligaments and tendons). Effects of this treatment are: decrease muscle spasm improve circulation to the area decrease pain lengthen the soft tissue. If you would like to know more about manual therapy please don't hesitate to contact us.

Philip Yeates, Colette McLaren, and Sarah Deller are members of PhysioFirst and offer specialist expertise, convenience, flexibility, educational resources and individual attention and treatment.

Early treatment can mean a quicker recovery with less time off work. We are often able to provide prompt treatment to speed recovery and most patients simply contact us direct.

Once you have been assessed,it maybe appropriate that an exercise programme is developed to help improve your symptoms. The physiotherapist will consider which exercises are appropriate for you relative to your age and condition. They will discuss the reasons for the exercises and take the individual through them so they understand how to to perform the exercises.

The physiotherapist will be pleased to answer any questions you may have with regard to exercises. The physiotherapist will continue to reassess your symptoms at each visit and the exercises can be modified or progressed accordingly. Exercise sheets will be provided to patients to assist with rehabilitation.

Ultrasound is one of the most commonly used electrotherapy modalities used by Physiotherapists in clinical practice. The principles behind its effects are based on the delivery of sound wave energy to the target tissue, which will cause it to vibrate and absorb that energy. Each living tissue and cell has natural energy system and a function to perform within the body. The aim of ultrasound is to deliver further energy to each tissue to excite and stimulate it. The excited tissue will perform its function at a higher level of activity and quicker. Therefore damaged or injured soft tissue is stimulated to enhancing the body's natural ability to activate and control the healing and repairing processes. If you would like to know more about therapeutic ultrasound please please refer to the web site developed by Professor Tim Watson of the University of Hertfordshire at www.electrotherapy.org.

Philip Yeates, Colette McLaren, and Sarah Gillespie are members of PhysioFirst and offer specialist expertise, convenience, flexibility, educational resources and individual attention and treatment.

Early treatment can mean a quicker recovery with less time off work. We are often able to provide prompt treatment to speed recovery and most patients simply contact us direct.