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Conditions

What we treat, and what we don't.

Sixteen common conditions below, grouped into the six areas we work in. If yours is not listed, ring reception: physiotherapists assess the whole musculoskeletal system and the answer is usually yes.

A physiotherapist assessing a seated patient's shoulder, lifting the arm to check range of movement
  • Low back painAcute and long-standing
  • SciaticaPain below the knee
  • Neck painStiffness, whiplash
  • HeadachesNeck-related
  • Shoulder painFrozen, cuff, impingement
  • Tennis and golfer's elbowLoading programmes
  • Hip painArthritis, bursitis
  • Knee painRunner's knee, ligaments, arthritis
  • Achilles and calfTendinopathy, tears
  • Ankle sprainsAnd the ones that never settled
  • Plantar fasciitisHeel pain
  • Pelvic girdle painPregnancy
  • Pelvic floorLeaking, prolapse
  • Abdominal separationPostnatal
  • Post-surgeryJoints, ligaments, spine
  • Balance and fallsOver 65s

Six areas

Who sees what.

01

Back and neck pain

The most common thing through the door: a back that went, a neck that will not turn, sciatica down one leg. Assessed in forty-five minutes, treated hands-on, and strengthened so it stays better.

Initial assessment £68, follow-ups £52.

02

Sports injuries

Hamstrings, knees, Achilles, shoulders, ankles. Diagnosed properly, treated hands-on, and rehabilitated with a loading plan and a return-to-sport date rather than rest and hope.

Initial assessment £68, follow-ups £52.

03

Post-surgery rehabilitation

Getting you moving properly after a joint replacement, a ligament reconstruction, a shoulder repair or spinal surgery, to your surgeon's protocol and at your pace, in a clinic gym built for it.

Initial assessment £68, follow-ups £52, six together £288.

04

Shoulder, elbow and hand

Shoulders that will not lift, cuffs that have torn, elbows that hurt to grip and wrists and hands after fractures. Diagnosed with the right tests, treated hands-on, and strengthened in the right order.

Initial assessment £68, follow-ups £52.

05

Pelvic health and pregnancy

Pelvic girdle pain and back pain in pregnancy, the postnatal check and return to exercise, pelvic floor rehabilitation for leaking and prolapse, and the abdominal separation nobody talks about. With Jane, in a private room.

Initial assessment £68, follow-ups £52.

06

Older adults and balance

Arthritic hips and knees, balance that has gone, confidence lost after a fall, and the strength to keep doing the garden and the stairs. Gentle, measured, with a weekday morning group and a concession fee.

Initial assessment £68, concession follow-ups £46 for over 65s.

Not for us

What we refer on, and how fast.

Part of the first forty-five minutes is checking for the things physiotherapy is not for: a fracture, a disc pressing on a nerve with weakness, cauda equina symptoms, an inflammatory arthritis, an infection, a tumour. They are rare and we check everyone. When we find one, we write to your GP the same day or send you to A&E, and we say so plainly.

  • Red-flag screening questions asked of every new patient
  • Private scan referral where it changes the plan, usually within the week
  • Working relationships with orthopaedic surgeons at Llandough and the Spire
A physiotherapist's hands performing manual therapy on a patient's lower back

Book an assessment.

Forty-five minutes with a physiotherapist: history, assessment, a diagnosis in plain words and treatment on the day. £68, no GP referral needed, most insurers recognised. Acute injuries seen within 48 hours.

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