Conditions and Treatments

The types of conditions I can help with:

  • Persistent pain in those who do sports/dance
  • Low back pain
  • Neck pain
  • Shoulder pain
  • Knee pain
  • Other joint pain
  • Tendon pain
  • Muscle strains
  • Ligament sprains
  • Other soft tissue injuries
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Fibromyalgia syndrome
  • Polymyalgia
  • Chronic pain
  • Pain in young adults
  • Ehlers-danlos, hypermobility
  • Persistent post-surgical pain
  • Persistent post-traumatic pain
  • Persistent neuropathic pain
  • Headaches/migraines
  • Covid 19 rehabilitation and recovery

This list is not exhaustive so, if your pain condition is not on this list, please contact me, Hannah, on: hannah@painreliefphysio.co.uk and 07387755294 and we can chat about whether or not I can help you.

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Treatments and approaches I can provide

  • Motor-control analysis – a method of observing how the body moves when performing different activities.
  • Strength training – research has shown that being active and strong can influence pain. I design individualised movement and exercise plans that will improve your strength and help you work towards doing the things that you would like to do.
  • Stretches – sometimes being in pain results in feeling stiff and tense in different parts of the body.  Research has shown that stretching the body regularly can influence levels of pain.
  • Yoga: Through combining physical postures with mindful breathwork, yoga helps to improve mobility, build strength, and promote relaxation offering a gentle yet powerful way to support both physical and mental wellbeing. This ancient practice also encourages greater body awareness, allowing you to understand how you move and where you may be holding tension or discomfort.
  • Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT) – is a form of behavioural therapy.  It’s about taking action guided by your core values and in a mindful way. It is about working with your painful condition and working on how your life can become much, much better despite your situation. I try to apply the processes of ACT to myself as I find that I can work better with people if we are both working in the same way.
  • Motivational Interviewing (MI) – is a person-centred counselling style that encourages communicating in a compassionate and collaborative way.  Since learning about MI, I try to follow the spirit and use the techniques in my everyday life.  Consequently, I have found that conversations are much more meaningful and enjoyable.
  • Pain neuroscience education – Understanding the science behind pain can help you understand what is happening in your body and this sometimes helps to take away some of the uncertainty that is often experienced when experiencing pain. I can explain and discuss with you, as an individual, why you might be experiencing pain.
  • Core stability training – sometimes core muscles (transversus abdominus, multifidus, pelvic floor) can become deconditioned and weak.  This can contribute to a difficulty in performing some movements and activities.  Undertaking some specific strengthening exercises can help.
  • Biomechanical assessment – a method of observing and considering the alignment of the body.
  • Gait analysis – a method of observing walking and running and considers how your painful problem might be related.
  • Mobilisations to joints – a manual technique that can help ease pain and restore movement in a painful and stiff joint.
  • Soft-tissue massage – a manual technique that focuses on soft tissues including muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia to ease pain and encourage healing.
  • Trigger point release – a manual technique that involves placing direct pressure over the trigger point to the release the discomfort and ache that it might be contributing to.  Trigger points are specific areas in a muscle that are sensitive, feel tight and can cause a widespread ache.

What is pain?

I believe that pain is a whole-body, unpleasant sensory and emotional experience that is unique to everyone and can affect how you think, feel and what you do.

If pain is taking over your life, I can help you overcome your problems so you can live well and flourish in the life that you want.

Get in touch and we can work together to ease the physical pain AND mental suffering that comes with it and transform your quality of life!

 

Get in touch

If you’d like to find out more or you think I can help you,
please contact me, on: hannah@painreliefphysio.co.uk
and 07387755294