What to Expect at your appointment
- Your first appointment will involve an initial verbal assessment which gives you the opportunity to provide information about your injury or condition, past medical history, and any other relevant details.
- This will be followed by a physical examination to in order to provide a diagnosis of the problem. We will then discuss the assessment findings and make a plan for treatment.
- The initial session will always include some treatment following the initial assessment. Follow up sessions may be recommended depending on the individual presentation.
- Treatment will vary from one person to the next, but could include any of the following; deep tissue massage, joint or spinal mobilisation, exercise instruction and performance, postural/ergonomic retraining, taping, dry needling, advice/education.
- Depending on the area of the body being treated, you may required to remove some clothing. Generally wearing shorts and females wearing a small top with arms and shoulders exposed is helpful.
- Following treatment there would usually be something for you to work on - this could be exercises to improve strength or flexibility, advice on how to move, sit or perform a repetitive action differently than before, reducing less helpful habits and focusing on more helpful ones.