Mobility Enhancement

Mobility Enhancement In Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire

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The Mobility Enhancement is particularly for people who had a recent illness or hospital admission which affected their walking. It focuses on assessments and interventions for older adults (with or without an assistive device) who have difficulty with gait, balance, falls, and endurance. A geriatric assessment will be part of the evaluation and Consult Physio will assist in the development of a comprehensive treatment plan including an exercise program.

● Pre and Post Operative Rehabilitation

Consult Physio specializes in optimizing patient recovery from herniated disc surgery, lower back surgery, hip surgery, knee surgery, ACL reconstruction, neck and shoulder surgery, and foot and ankle surgery.

For patients with more extreme injuries or conditions, restoration of strength and function may only be achieved through surgical intervention. As a Peterborough's Physiotherapy expert Consult Physio works closely with athletes and active adults to optimize pre-surgery conditions and speed post-surgery recovery. 

Pre- and post-surgical therapy helps patients:
  • Recover faster
  • Reduce pain and soft tissue swelling
  • Increase strength and improve range of motion
  • Restore balance and stability
  • Build endurance

● Pre-Surgery Physiotherapy

During treatment, Consult Physio will address your pain symptoms and focus on strength and mobility therapies. For some patients, this pre-operative care is highly effective and may even eliminate the need for surgery. Those with a more extensive injury or debilitating disorder may ultimately require surgery.

Using a range of therapy techniques, Consult Physio will work with you to conservatively and carefully prime your joints, muscles, and other soft tissues for the procedure. Readying your body before surgery will better position you for rehabilitation later.

Physiotherapy After Surgery

Physical rehabilitation is a critical component of the success of your surgical procedure. Following your joint or soft tissue surgery, Consult Physio will ease and speed your transition back to daily activity, recreation, and sport by optimizing your levels of Fitness, Endurance, Strength, Flexibility

Patients recovering from musculoskeletal surgical procedures are encouraged to begin conservative, expert-guided therapy as soon as they are able. Early integration of Consult Physio's restorative methods will ensure joint mobility, stability, and muscle strength.
Athletes, in particular, benefit from the advanced sports therapy techniques. By co-managing your recovery needs with your surgeon and teaching you proper strengthening and stretching exercises, it will foster your healing and help you prevent re-injury.

Restoring optimal performance includes specific therapeutic and manual techniques, rehab exercises, and the application of progressive physical therapy techniques and modalities. At Consult Physio we integrate relevant, evidence-based researched techniques to help our patients achieve their goals.

● Chest Physiotherapy

Chest physiotherapy is important because it helps to prevent the thick, sticky lung secretions from blocking the air tubes. This helps to reduce infection and prevent lung damage.

There are a wide variety of airway clearance techniques and Physiotherapist will assess a person with Chest infection and advise on the most appropriate technique to use, and also on the length and frequency of treatment sessions. The technique used may change as you get older or as your disease changes. The amount of mucus you clear will also vary as your disease progresses.

Some techniques are done without any equipment and focus on specific breathing exercises:
Active Cycle of breathing Techniques (ACBT)
Autogenic Drainage

Other techniques use a device to aid clearance of mucus, by using positive pressure to hold open the airways, and some also create vibrations within the airways:
Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP)
Oscillating Positive Expiratory Pressure - e.g Flutter®, Acapella®

How much physiotherapy is needed?

The length of treatment sessions varies according to need. Daily physiotherapy is usually required and if you have a chest infection you may need to increase the amount of airway clearance you do. If there are few or no secretions, treatment sessions may only need to last 10-15 minutes. If there are many secretions, it could take as long as 45-60 minutes.

The number of treatment sessions should be varied. Most people do two a day when all is well, increasing to four a day when necessary. If no secretions are present, some people only need physiotherapy once a day.

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