Physiotherapists in Newton Abbot

Physiotherapy in Newton Abbot

Newton Abbot physiotherapists treat a variety of issues including inconsolable crying and also sciatica among many others.

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

Acute Joint Management

An acute joint is a joint which has suffered an insult, either trauma or arthritic, and has flared up into an inflammatory phase with pain, swelling, loss of range of movement and limited function. Physiotherapists routinely manage acute joints in a variety of situations. The initial management of an acute joint concentrates on controlling the pain and inflammation with analgesics, anti-inflammatories, compression and ice. Reduction in pain and swelling allows the patient to start to get their joint moving so that mechanical stimuli can start to be received by the nervous system. Compression may be a very important treatment as the development of an effusion, fluid within a joint, is known to compromise the muscular control of the joint.

After the initial period the patient is instructed to perform regular contractions of the muscles around the joint to restore control, and to move the joint gradually through a greater and greater range of motion until full range is achieved. Once the ranges of motion are improving and the joint is settling more functional work such as weight bearing or loaded exercises can be started to stress the joint in a graded programme to restore the joint.s full strength and function.