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PODIATRY AND BIOMECHANICS
Podiatry is the medical discipline that deals with the foot in health and disease. Bio mechanics is one aspect of podiatry. It addresses the alignment of the lower limb and its effect on normal movement and muscle balance.
Pain and injury can arise when structures of the lower limb are not quite in line. This is referred to as 'mal-alignment'. If the foot does not strike the ground properly muscular strain and/or increased wear and tear on the joints can occur in the foot, ankle, shin, knee, hip or back.
Poor foot mechanics can be treated successfully with 'orthotics', custom-made shoe inserts. These insoles re-align the foot or lower limb to an optimal position and help improve posture. They effectively relieve pain and prevent further joint damage in the long term.
Just because your feet don't hurt doesn't mean they are not the cause of the problem.
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
Modern life is stressful and few are immune to the pressures. This creates tension, anxiety, aches and pains. There is a simple solution: therapeutic massage.
Massage therapy offers numerous benefits:
- reduces stress levels
- stimulates blood circulation and lymphatic systems to rid the body of waste toxins
- reduces the build-up of aches and pains
- maintains muscle tone
- prevents injuries and loss of mobility in potential trouble spots
- restores mobility to injured muscles.
Massage has the ability to ease all kinds of conditions - everything from headaches to backache. It could be just what you need.
AROMATHERAPY MASSAGE
A deeply relaxing treatment involving the therapeutic power of touch combined with the properties of the individual essential oils chosen and blended specifically for you.
MODIFIED PILATES
Pilates
is an exercise method that targets the deep postural muscles, building
strength from inside out, while re-balancing the body. Pilates can transform
the way your body looks, feels and performs. It teaches body awareness,
good posture and easy, graceful movement. Pilates improves flexibility,
agility and economy of motion.
Based on a well-constructed philosophical foundation, the core of Pilates
centres on 'awareness of your own body'. It is built around eight principles:
concentration, breathing, centring, control, precision, flowing movements,
isolation and routine.
Pilates
is suitable for all ages and fitness levels, and is particularly recommended
for those who suffer from low back pain, sports injuries, women's health
issues, osteo-arthritis, RSI and stress.
At Blunsdon Abbey Physiotherapy, we offer you Modified Pilates on a
one-to-one basis or as part of a small group.
ACUPUNCTURE
Acupuncture has been used for over 3000 years. Here at Blunsdon Abbey Physiotherapy, we use both Traditional Chinese Acupuncture and Western Acupuncture.
Traditional Chinese medicine is based on the view that Qi (energy) flows freely when the body is in a healthy state. If there is a problem, energy stagnates. The stimulation of appropriate acupuncture points frees this stagnation.
Research has now shown that acupuncture stimulates the brain to produce natural pain relieving chemicals - endorphins. These assist the body to heal itself and gain pain relief.
We are able to offer acupuncture as part of a physiotherapy treatment programme and it can be used in conjunction with other treatment modalities, e.g. manual therapy exercises to achieve a beneficial outcome.
Acupuncture can be used for many conditions, including:
- whiplash
- acute and chronic spinal problems
- headaches / migraines
- soft tissue problems
- arthritis
All the physiotherapists here who use acupuncture are members of the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (AACP). They are committed to ongoing professional development and to maintaining the standards of clinical practice as developed by the AACP.
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