ViMove / ViPerform
Technology can help your recovery Physis was the first clinic in the UK to use this valuable piece of technology. Described as a physiotherapist in your pocket, the ViMove and ViPerform are able to electronically quantify and monitor your movement behaviour in many different ways. The unit has specific functions to measure: movement and muscle […]
Video Analysis
In Clinic Video & Picture Analysis How you move compared to how you think you move, may not always be the same thing! Faulty movement patterns are commonly associated with musculoskeletal injury and ongoing pain. Most smart phones have good quality Video cameras now, and are easy to use, but you need yo know what […]
GaitScan
GaitScan Forceplate Technology The GaitScan system is a revolutionary diagnostic tool for assessing patients’ foot biomechanics during walking. The GaitScan has an industry high 4096 sensors which scan at 300hz (300 scans per seconds). These measurements create a range of visual and graphical results which provide the team at physis a sophisticated explanation of your […]
Cognitive Functional Therapy
Recovery of Chronic and Recurrent Low Back Pain through Physis The back pain service is led by clinical director Graham Curlewis, who studied under Professor Peter O’Sullivan, the lead clinician behind the ‘Cognitive Functional Therapy’ approach to low back and pelvic pain. This team of researchers has published dozens of articles in peer-reviewed journals relating […]
Sports Physiotherapy – Sports Injury Management Experts
Sports Physiotherapy Sports Physiotherapy makes up a significant amount of work for the physiotherapists at Physis in Edinburgh, Livingston, Dunfermline, Linlithgow and Grangemouth. Sports injuries are reasonably common and patients wish to be seen promptly and find out what the diagnosis is and what they need to do about it. We believe in working within a multidisciplinary […]
Physio vs Chiro
Physiotherapy, Chiropractic or Osteopathy. How do you choose? Lets start with the difference between a physiotherapist, a chiropractor, and an osteopath? This is a question we get asked all the time and one, which can produce widely different responses depending on your background. Below is our view, based, as ever, on the available evidence. There […]
Other Conditions
Other conditions Whilst the most common things we see may be back pain, neck pain and sports injuries, we actually see a much broader range of problems. For example headaches, pelvic floor muscle problems such as stress or urinary incontinence, mobility problems in the elderly which some patients don’t realise we may be able to […]
Neck Pain
Neck Pain Who gets neck pain? Around 60% of people will suffer from neck pain at some time in their lives. Neck pain is second only to back pain as the most common musculoskeletal condition seen by physiotherapists and GPs. Physiotherapy for neck pain. Mechanical or non specific neck pain is the most common type […]
Back pain – What can you do about it.
Back Pain Physiotherapy Approximately 80% of the population will have one or more episodes of back pain in their lifetime. Back pain is the most common condition seen by physiotherapists at Physis. Although often painful and disabling, back pain in most cases is not due to a serious problem. 95% of cases of acute low […]