How do you know if physiotherapy treatment will help me ?
Now this is a really important question to focus on as it is likely to be a common question for many potential clients who are looking to access treatment for their condition or look to enhance sports performance ….
And the very honest answer is that physiotherapy doesn’t come with a 100% iron-clad guarantee of success … But no healthcare treatment in the world does !!! But read on and we will outline why under our expert care at Active Therapy you VERY LIKELY to achieve OUTSTANDING OUTCOMES …….
So let’s discuss the first aspect of this question … Pain
Pain is most likely the most common reason why you may contact a healthcare practitioner for treatment and it is also the main reason many patients contact Active Therapy each year …. Pain gets in the way of you living your life, playing your sport, spending quality time with your family and getting much needed sleep !!
So quite rightly pain reduction quite often becomes the primary focus of our treatment plan initially as this is YOUR main issue that you want resolved …..
At Active Therapy we start this process with our in-depth clinical assessment which asks lots of questions about how your pain and how it affecting your life …. We can then discuss appropriate treatments that effectively reduce pain to more comfortable levels and allows you to live your life, perform your sport and remain consistent with those all important self-management exercises we discussed in the last article !
Another important aspect of this process is educating you about the nature of pain and often this doesn’t mean harm or damage and you can move within certain parameters with guidance. All the available research informs us that early mobilization and pain management brings about more efficient results …..
So the key question is ‘Will physio work for me?’
Well ….. That depends upon several factors ……
But what we can say is that physiotherapy treatment is non-invasive, low risk and effective in most cases we treat… It is the minority that require more invasive treatments such as injections and surgery for example ….
So I hear you say ‘what are the factors that influence success’
Well you have made the first important step … Getting your condition assessed! Therefore you already have an improved probability of a great outcome …
The next factor would be attaining an accurate diagnosis of your condition … Believe it or not many patients have condition for months/years and they still aren’t clear on ‘exactly what is my problem?’
Knowledge of your condition is very important in your road to recovery !!
Thirdly receiving the right treatment at the right time is vital along with you committing to the prescribed exercises you will receive to maintain treatment effects… We have several patients each year who are inconsistent with their exercise plans and these typically are the patients who take longer than anticipated to get the outcomes we are looking for ….
Finally there are no guarantees with any form of healthcare as we are treating human beings who’s life is complex and therefore this can affect treatment outcomes… But be assured that you are in expert hands and we push ourselves EVERY DAY to deliver the best quality care we can to our patients…. We set defined transparent timescales for acceptable outcomes to be achieved … If this is not being met we firstly re-evaluate the treatment plan and adjust as required … We are constantly aiming to make treatment as effective as possible and achieve great outcomes for you in the safest and shortest possible timeframe to get you out of pain back you your normal life !!
So when you take all of these combined factors you can be assured that each is being addressed when you are under our care and you are receiving the highest level of physiotherapy care ….
And if we don’t achieve the outcome we planned then we can refer you to our network of leading consultants for further management in the knowledge that physiotherapy care has already been optimized at that stage of your care
I hope you have found this information useful
Please contact me at admin@active-therapy.com or 07970110526 and I’d be happy to help further
Look forward to meeting you soon and helping on your journey toward a pain free, active lifestyle
Andrew Caldwell
Consultant Physiotherapist
Clinical Director