Physiotherapists in Carlisle

Physiotherapy in Carlisle

Carlisle physiotherapists treat a variety of issues including lumbar stenosis and also arthritic pain among many others.

Finding a physiotherapist in Carlisle 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 Carlisle treat many different issues including the condition profiled below.

The Curves of the Spine

A quick look at anyone's spine from the side clearly indicates that the spine is not a dead straight structure but has a series of curve. There are four spinal curves, the cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacral. The neck curve begins to develop when the young child starts to try and lift the head up to look around, while the lumbar curve may be secondary to an upright gait. During walking the curves vary in regular amounts and this may be so that the spine can absorb and release energy, allowing the curves to be increased and decreased rather than the spine just suffers compression. This makes the curve system a form of shock absorber.

During the gait cycles the large muscles of the abdomen and back are working hard to stop large changes in the spinal curves occurring as this would adversely affect stability, and it is these tendons that the energy is stored which would otherwise just be applied to the spine. Walking involves jarring up and down movements which could be harmful if they were transmitted up through the spine and arrived at the head. These forces are lessened by the absorption of forces which the curves provide.