What we Treat

We treat lots of conditions here at West Wight Physiotherapy & Yoga Clinic in the Isle of Wight.

Neck pain

Neck pain can occur from whiplash injuries or ergonomic, posture related causes. Sometimes pins and needles or burning pain can refer down the arms and even cause weakness in the upper limbs. Such conditions respond well to joint mobilizations with movement, soft tissue mobilizations, neural mobilizations, range of movement and strengthening exercises

Back pain

Back pain can occur from a sudden lifting incident or progress gradually over time due to ergonomic, postural dysfunction and or weakness. This can be treated with a variety of methods including soft tissue and joint mobilizations, stretches, core strengthening exercises and yoga therapy poses.

Soft tissue sprains

Soft tissue sprains, strains and injuries such as ankle sprains can be treated with range of movement exercises, Joint mobilizations and taping.

Joint pain

Joint pain and arthritic conditions respond well to manual therapy including joint mobilizations, soft tissue mobilizations, range of movement exercises, strengthening exercises and yoga therapy poses.

Posture related conditions

Posture related conditions respond well to spinal mobilizations, education, exercise therapy and yoga therapy poses.

Sports injuries

Sports Injuries can include a variety of injuries most commonly knee and ankle sprains and strains, achilles tendinitis or plantar fasciitis, which respond well to joint and soft tissue mobilizations, range of movement, stretching and strengthening exercises.

Work or sport related injuries

Work and or sport related overuse injuries such as tennis elbow and golfers elbow respond well to joint and soft tissue mobilizations and strengthening exercises. Tendinopathies of the lower and upper limbs (such as Achilles tendinitis, tennis elbow, golfers elbow, shoulder rotator cuff and patellafemoral syndrome)are common.

Post operative rehabilitation

Post operative rehabilitation commonly includes Total Hip replacements, Total Knee replacements, shoulder and ankle surgeries, which respond well to exercise rehabilitation programs.

Headache management

Headache management can be treated with cervical/neck joint mobilizations, deep neck flexor retraining and range of movement exercises.

Strength and conditioning programs

Strength and conditioning programs are recommended for joint health and injury prevention.

Below is a comprehensive list of conditions we treat:

• Back pain
• Neck pain (Whiplash)
• Hip conditions (e.g. Hip impingement, Hip Osteoarthritis)
• Muscle strains and tears (such as hamstring and calf)
• Ligament sprains (Ankle inversion injury)
• Frozen shoulder
• Rotator cuff
• Tendinopathies (such as tennis elbow, golfers elbow, achilles tendinopathy, rotator cuff and patella femoral syndrome)
• Plantar fasciitis
• Post fracture (e.g. Colles, proximal humerus and femoral fractures)
• Post-Operative (e.g. Total Hip and Total Knee replacements, ACL and or PCL reconstruction surgery, Shoulder or ankle surgery)
• Falls