REHABILITATION

Prescriptive stretching and exercise promotion are provided to assist with muscle and ligament strengthening and to help increase flexibility and range of joint motion.

In some cases an injured joint or tissue structure may require support by specialised adhesive taping techniques. Exercises will be provided for you to undertake at home help maintain and improve your condition.

Intelect® Advanced Combo

The Intelect® Advanced Combo is a state of the art piece of apparatus for all acute and chronic musculoskeletal injuries. Over 200 forms of electrotherapeutic programmes can be designed and delivered to help with tissue healing, strengthening and increasing flexibility.

Some of the main benefits are:
• Pain assistance
• Neuromuscular re-education (Retraining the neuromuscular system to function properly)
• Wound healing
• Muscle spasm
• Denervated muscle (Loss of nerve supply to a structure which causes muscle wasting)
• Muscle strengthening

Cyclo-ssage Full Body Therapy System

The Cyclo-ssage Full Body Therapy System is used to aid rehabilitation and boost recovery times from injury.

Equipment Loan

Rehabilitation equipment can be loaned or purchased by our patients in order to facilitate home exercise and rehabilitation programmes. This equipment comprises of such items as, wobble cushions, back stabilisers, hand grippers, ankle and wrist weights, and lightweight dumbbells. A small fee is made per week per equipment item.

TENS machines which are battery operated and supplied with disposable electrodes can also be loaned to our patients. These small compact machines can be greatly beneficial in helping the patient to manage their pain through electrophysiology. A small fee is made per week per TENS machine and per each packet of disposable electrodes.