Physiotherapy:
Physiotherapy is a health care profession directed at evaluating, restoring and maintaining physical function of the body.

What is a physiotherapist?
Also known as physical therapists in the United States, physiotherapists have a detailed understanding of how the body works and our physiotherapists are specially educated and trained to assess and improve movement and function and relieve pain. Physiotherapists promote good health by encouraging their clients to improve and increase control over their own lives.

What can our physiotherapists offer you?
· Physiotherapists do assessments of movement, strength, endurance and other physical abilities
· Physiotherapists do assessments of the impact of an injury or disability on physical function
· Our physiotherapists do assessments of physical preparation for work and sports
· Physiotherapists do program planning and education to restore movement, reduce pain
· Physiotherapists give individualized treatment of an injury or disability based on scientific knowledge, a thorough assessment of the condition, environmental factors and lifestyle.

What is pain?
Pain is your body's way of telling you that something is wrong. It is often caused by swelling of tissue, which creates pressure on nerves and leads to discomfort. Pain is a useful mechanism to alert you to a problem, and stops you from damaging your body further. It should always, therefore, be taken seriously.
Pain can affect many areas of the body, but particularly the lower back, head, neck, joints and legs. It can result from injuries and arthritis, and can also manifest itself in the form of rheumatic pain and period pain.

Your physiotherapist's role in your complete health care
Physiotherapists provide valuable health care for people throughout their lifespan - from birth to old age. For instance, physiotherapists can:
· physiotherapists can prevent and treat sports injuries
· You can restore and increase range of motion in joints with physiotherapy
· physiotherapists can increase coordination
· physiotherapists can counsel and educate in pre and post-natal care
· physiotherapists can design 'user friendly' homes and workplaces
· physiotherapists can educate clients in the use of devices such as canes, crutches and wheelchairs
· Pain can be alleviated with physiotherapy

Our physiotherapists are very much hands on, and our physiotherapy services may include the provision of the following elements as appropriate to each patient:

• assessment of posture and movement
• ergonomic assessment and correction
• joint mobilisation
• orthopaedic manipulative therapy
• McKenzie method
• soft tissue mobilisation (massage)
• stretching
• biofeedback training of abdominals
• core stability exercises or 'body control'
• Swiss ball exercises
• postural taping
• electrophysical treatments such as heat, ice, laser therapy and ultrasound.

Our physiotherapists:
Rob Galloway, physiotherapist and applied kinesiologist:
Rob is a state registered Physiotherapist with ten years of musculoskeletal experience practicing in corporate and private clinics, now exclusively in the Central London Osteopathy and Sports Injury Clinics..
He is not an ordinary physiotherapist, but using a broad range of treatments such as soft tissue work, massage, mobilising, manipulation, ultrasound, acupuncture, stretching and strengthening to release stiff joints, regain muscular strength and balance, aid healing of strained or sprained muscles and ligaments, also to mobilise bound neurological structures with the aim of restoring pain free movements of the body so you can return to your work sport or leisure activities as soon as possible.
Pilates based core stability exercises, ergonomic advice and aids, coupled with rehabilitation exercise programmes are given to strengthen the body and alter habits, which may cause re-injury with the aim of making the effect of the treatments long lasting.
Post graduate courses include Acupuncture, Applied Kinesiology, Myofascial work and Cranial Sacral systems in order to offer treatment when required which taps into the subtle systems in the body with the intension of releasing, unblocking and allowing the body to return to healthy patterns of being.
Rob is registered with all the major private health insurances incl. AXA PPP BUPA.
Trecia Smith, physiotherapist and World Champion:
Trecia is the current World Champion in the Triple Jump, chasing the World Record and her second World Title this year.
She is also a very much “hands on” physiotherapist, and a specialist in rehabilitation and injury prevention - what she doesn't know about training progammes is not worth knowing.
Trecia is registered with all the major private health insurances apart from PPP and BUPA.
Sabrina Baudrexl, physiotherapist:
Sabrina qualified as a physiotherapist at the University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Germany in 2004.
During the last couple of years she was working in a rehabilitation center and some private clinics with all different kinds of patients (mainly sports injuries and orthopaedical problems, some neurological and gynaecological patients).
Some of her post graduate courses are: Manual Lymphatic Drainage (important with gynaecological patients), Triggerpoints, Equipment-supported Physiotherapy and Manual Therapy.
She uses mobilising, stretching, strengthening, massage and manipulation depending on the patients problems to give each patient an individual treatment.
To improve her treatment skills even further Sabrina decided to become an osteopath and started studying at The International Academy of Osteopathy in 2006. She will graduate 2011.
Sabrina is registered with the hpc and a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists.
Michael Smith, physiotherapist:
Michael has gone back to further his physiotherapy qualifications and sends his best wishes to all his patients. He hopes to come back and in the meantime please see one of our other physiotherapists, who will live up to the high standard of physiotherapy you are used to.
Michael graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from the University of Queensland, Australia.
He joined the Central London Osteopathy and Sports Injuries Clinic last year after working for various sporting clinics in Australia.
With a special interest in sports injuries, Michael has been involved in providing sports physiotherapy to a wide variety of athletes including football, rugby union/league, Australian football, athletics, basketball and swimming.
He is very much a hands-on physio and has a special interest is pelvic instability and lower limb biomechanics.
Michael is registered with all the major private health insurances apart from PPP and BUPA, but he has left for further education in Australia.