Physiotherapists in Colchester

Physiotherapy in Colchester

Colchester physiotherapists treat a variety of issues including tension headaches and also slipped disc among many others.

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

Tendon Bone and Ligament Bone Junctions

Tendons and ligaments have important functions in the body and their ability to perform their functions depends on their connections to the skeleton, on which they exert their forces or their restraining influences. The junction between a tendon or ligament and the bone is called an enthesis and inflammation of that area is known as enthesitis. There is an important group of arthritis conditions where the enthesis is the main site of inflammatory change, as well as normal musculoskeletal problems secondary to injury or degenerative changes. Typical conditions include ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis and reactive arthritis.

Entheses vary in their structure: fibrous ones have the ligament or tendon continuing in their normal structure until they contact the bone; fibrocartilaginous ones have a piece of fibrocartilage on the site of attachment and it is this latter group that are mostly of interest in arthritic diseases. The cartilage makes the end of the tendon stiffer and cushions the sudden changes from flexible tendon or ligament material to the hardness of the bone. The management of the stresses which are transmitted through ligaments and tendons to the bone are complex and the body has adapted with a series of anatomical modifications.