Physiotherapists in Leighton Buzzard

Physiotherapy in Leighton Buzzard

Leighton Buzzard physiotherapists treat a variety of issues including ruptured disc and also back pain among many others.

Finding a physiotherapist in Leighton Buzzard is easy with the Physiotherapy Site. The Physiotherapy Site confirms the Health Professions Council registration details of all physiotherapists listed on the site. The practitioners are, in almost all cases, also members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy which is a professional member organization with its own high standards. The physiotherapists have a minimum of 5 years experience, although most have in excess of 10 years post-qualification experience. Our helpful team will advise clinic opening hours and arrange an appointment with you at a convenient time with a local clinic.

Physiotherapists in Leighton Buzzard treat many different issues including the condition profiled below.

Fatigue and Tiredness - The Management of the Condition

Drug therapies given for arthritic condition, known as disease modifying anti rheumatoid drugs and the new biological treatments, have been shown to reduce the fatigue reported by patients, perhaps partly at least by reducing inflammation and pain levels which have some effects on fatigue levels. While fatigue can be improved by these drugs and by antidepressants, it can occur in the absence of depression or inflammation. Exercise therapy in groups has shown some trends towards improvement of fatigue, although the effects of exercise therapy on chronic fatigue syndrome are not clear.

Group therapy may be included in self management programmes which combine this with education and psychological interventions. Both these therapies have shown some effects in particular circumstances. Acupuncture however has shown no effect in chronic fatigue syndrome. Evidence for non-drug treatments is limited by the number of good quality research trials available, most of which are not set up to examine the fatigue nor the potential treatments for it. A good definition of fatigue does not yet exist nor is there any possibility of logically grading the degrees of tiredness from slight to exhaustion, limiting meaningful work on the condition. Pain management programmes, which often have a physiotherapist and a clinical psychologist, presently address these patients.