Movement Over Medicine

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08/05/2021

The world is an ever-changing place but no one has experienced a time when their world has changed as quickly as at the moment. Due to the coronavirus, people’s lives have had to alter dramatically because of the need to socially distance or to isolate completely. So we have had to adapt to react to these unprecedented times. We can no longer treat people face to face but we can continue to help and manage people remotely. Remote consultations have been happening for a while already but our current situation requires a more sudden change. It will also require a change in culture and in beliefs and expectations of what physiotherapy is and what it can offer.

How do online physio video consultations work in physiotherapy, and what does it involve?

To some, physiotherapy is a very ‘hands-on’ treatment. But although necessary or desirable in some circumstances it isn’t absolutely necessary in most cases. Although manual therapy has its place, better long-term improvements in pain and function can be achieved with the right exercise therapy. Whether that’s trying to strengthen muscles, stretch things that have become a bit tight or improve movement patterns and postures to make them more efficient, this is all best achieved by graded exercise. This can be achieved remotely via video consultations. We can take the same detailed history to make sense of your symptoms and we can even do a detailed physical assessment of you by watching you move. It’s only the touching bit that is missing for now. We can even give you advice about your ergonomic set up whilst working from home in spaces that haven’t been specifically designed for it and how to protect against neck and back pain resulting from that sudden change.

How can we help?

Recovery from a painful problem, injury or operation can be positively influenced by avoiding too many of the wrong things and doing enough of the right things. This helps guide natural biological processes and create an environment in which healing and recovery can occur. Just understanding the problem and reducing some of the anxiety that can accompany painful problems can go a long way.. So just because we can’t be in the same room as each other for now, physiotherapy can still be hugely beneficial.

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