Lemon Villas Clinic
Chartered Physiotherapy in Truro, Cornwall
What do we assess?
- Postural Analysis
The position of your head and shoulders, the shape of your back, how you sit and stand. Do you have flat feet, knock knees or does your bum stick out? - Quality and Range of Movement
At your joints, is it restricted or smooth through range? - Muscle strength and length
Stamina and power. Core stability. - Ligaments
That stabilize your joints. - Nerves
Their length and mobility through your tissues, are they impinged anywhere along their length. We check your reflexes, sensitivity, motor control and balance.
Physiotherapy is the treatment and prevention of injury and disease by natural means, it is concerned with human function, movement and maximizing potential.
Chartered Physiotherapy is a research based discipline; we have detailed knowledge of anatomy and physiology so we can diagnose and treat a broad range of painful conditions.
What happens at the Assessment?Our assessment of your condition will incorporate taking a medical history to gain a fuller picture of your overall health.
We will ask you about your work, hobbies and sports to ascertain what kind and level of activity you hope to return to.
We need to know when and how the pain or injury started and what makes the pain worse or better and if it interferes with your sleep.
Then we undertake a comprehensive physical assessment of you to identify the source of your pain.
We will discuss the diagnosis with you and the structures that are letting you down. The treatment plan is tailored specifically to you based on what we have found at assessment. We will estimate how many more treatments you may need.
You will receive your own personalized exercise and postural plan with advice that will enable you to solve your problem for good. Our aim is to abolish your pain, you should not need to keep coming back for 'top up treatments'.
What is a treatment session?
Treatment will include education, so you fully understand the problem and your part in resolving it. You may receive any of the following treatments:-
- Postural Re-education
Eliminate avoidable back or neck strain. - Acupuncture
To restore harmonious flow of qi. - Joint Mobilisations
To restore comfortable through range movement. - Exercise
Specific, targeted; strengthen weakness. - Neural Mobilisation
To release trapped nerve fibers. - Massage
For healthy muscle metabolism, release connective tissue adhesions. - Spinal Manipulation
To regain full range of vertebral movement. - Electrical Treatment
To improve cellular respiration. - Graded Rehabilitation
After injury or surgery. - Trigger Point Release
For muscle spasm. - Steroid Injection
For inflammatory conditions. - Friction massage
For sore tendons or ligaments. - Pilates
For a strong aligned posture. - Home Visits
Respiratory conditions, mobility or stroke. - Return to work
Graded exposure. - Fitness or Sport
Specific training. Injury Management.
Chartered Physiotherapists, registered with the Health Professions Council.
Lemon Villas Clinic is recognised by all major insurance companies.
We can liaise directly with your consultant, surgeon or GP if you wish but you can self refer directly.
Whatever your age, lifestyle or sporting activity we will endeavor to get to the root cause of your pain, change your biomechanics and rehabilitate you to your full potential.
Guy Atkinson MCSP, SOM Dip.
Member of the organisation of Chartered Physiotherapists in Private Practice
Recognised by Major Health Insurers
