Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation

Pre and Postnatal Physiotherapy

Women's Health

Men's Health

Movement Training

The “core” is a highly complex structure that requires efficient timing of muscles, fascia, nerves and connective tissue from your feet all the way up to your head. With an effective “core” comes internal stability, buoyancy and freedom of movement.

As a result of ageing, injury and repetitive unilateral movement we notice that the “core” and its efficient timing “blows a fuse”. In order to regain pain free movement, improved functioning and longevity your “core” may need some “rewiring”. 

The brain needs to re-connect with how to isolate a “correct” muscle contraction, then it needs to learn how to integrate this muscle contraction into coordinated movement to allow for automated firing and activation. We tailor this integration of “core” into our clients’ specific required movement patterns throughout their day, at work or during exercise. To do this we “talk to the brain” which effectively reinforces the connection from isolation to integration.

Back / Hip and Pelvic Pain

Our physiotherapists offer a wide range of manual techniques and devices to loosen and restore function to stiff areas and settle painful tissues. These include:

• Manipulation
• Mobilisation of joints 
• Soft tissue release and massage
• Muscular and Fascial stretching
• Cellu M6 Endermologie (LPG) – French device effective in the treatment of fibrosis, oedema, inflammation and tissue tension 

After an area has been relaxed, our aim is to restore correct posture, improve the internal support systems (“core”) and integrate correct movement patterns back into our clients’ every day required activities. 

Musculoskeletal and Sports Injury Physiotherapy

• Spinal - low back, thoracic and neck
• Shoulder, elbow and hand
• Hip, knee and foot
• Strength and Conditioning
• Performance Enhancement
• Post surgical rehabilitation

Lymphoedema / Cancer Management

Gait Assessment and Correction

Think of your feet as the foundations for your body – if they are unstable or uneven we can experience pain or dysfunction further up the chain.

Our physiotherapists are highly skilled in assessing dysfunctional walking and running patterns which might be the key to unlocking your pain

Barefoot Training

Our physiotherapists and massage therapist have extensive knowledge and experience in barefoot training.

We guide our clients in strengthening the arch of the foot and improving the firing and timing of muscles required for a correct gait pattern which allows for improved walking, running and every day functioning

Respiratory Therapy

Breathing is THE essential process of life. The mechanical process of breathing is the KEY motion in our bodies. Oxygen is taken in and waste gases released from the body with efficient breathing. Nervous systems are balanced by appropriate breath. Movement is facilitated by effective breathing patterns. Elite athletes and dancers are “Expert Breathers”. Poor breath can result in poor movement ability and the onset of a cascade of negative effects caused by immobility.

Due to it’s mechanical nature, just like any other mechanical system breathing can become imbalanced and need strengthening and tuning. Complicating this picture are lung conditions such as asthma and bronchitis. Physiotherapy has a long tradition in respiratory therapy, starting with the gassed soldiers of WW1, through the Polio epidemic and now into modern day high tech therapy.

We offer one to one therapy and retraining with a therapist with decades of special interest and postgraduate training in this area.

Real Time Ultrasound and Computerised Biofeedback

Our highly skilled physiotherapists utilize ultrasound equipment to assess the function of the abdominal, gluteal and pelvic floor muscles. We take the time to explain our findings to clients so that they have a detailed understanding of their diagnosis and dysfunctional patterns. Following assessment, the scanner is used as a biofeedback device to assist our clients in restoring correct muscular function.

Intra vaginal / anal computerised biofeedback and electrical stimulation is available for pelvic floor rehabilitation. We offer our clients easy to use, compact electrical stimulation devices to take home to improve the firing and correct activation of pelvic floor musculature.

Chronic Pain Consultations

Chronic pain is unfortunately a common problem. There are multiple chronic pain triggers, some physical and some psychological/emotional. Interestingly the way our brain functions when trying to “work” a body that has been insulted in some way and developed a chronic pain syndrome is surprisingly similar. Recent advances in the understanding of the changes in the brain’s function when chronic pain is being experienced/generated have allowed for the development of effective treatment strategies. This is a multidisciplinary team approach with physiotherapy playing a significant part in the maintenance of efficient movement and fitness. Alchemy In Motion has a special interest in this new and exciting area of rehabilitation medicine and offers a bespoke programme for each patient.

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