Choosing a good physio

[NJ]

Is there any way of determining if a physiotherapist is any good over the phone before you go and visit them.

Any particular questions to ask or would them being a member of a relevant institute be any guarantee ?

Would a good physio know what SMR was ?

etc.

[cruffle]

It's pretty difficult tbh mate but in my experience there are normally a number of indicators to watch out for.

Unfortunately there are a hell of a lot of shit ones so if you find someone good my advice would be to stick with them.

First of all is price. Any physio worth his salt will charge a hefty amount. If he wasn't any good he couldn't warrent this. If someone is desperately cheap, its most likely because they are shit.

Secondly if he/she is tied to any high profile team or organisation then that is a good sign.

Thirdly. Try and find someone that specialises in sports injuries. IMO these professionals are far more in tune with the problems that your going through and will be able to not only treat you but explain why your injury happened, and what to do to prevent it re-ocurring.

A good physio should be able to explain the injury to you aswell. He should have no problems identifying it and should not be vague or hesitant in any way.

I've had my fair share of crap experiences and decided to go and find someone good. I stumbled across this guy. http://www.city-physio.net/about.html

He's a chartered physio therapist and has close ties with sport england, etc etc. He's not cheap at £45 a session but as I said before you get what you pay for.

Hope that helps. What have you done to yourself anyway?

Chris

[NJ]

Hope that helps. What have you done to yourself anyway?

Chris


Cheers Chris.

Might have a small problem with my left knee which I could really do with having checked out.

Also, as I work on a computer all day, I like to have a good physio massage on my back and shoulders every couple of months as well.

The lady I used to see packed in to have a baby so got to find someone new.

[cruffle]

I take it your not anywhere near portsmouth??

What's up with your knee Neil?

[NJ]

No, way up in Notts mate.

Its a strange one, sometimes feels a bit 'unstable', other times it's ok.

Stretching calves, hams and hip flexors and also foam rolling help, so I don't think its too serious, but just want to be sure.

Its ocurred on and off for over a year.

[cruffle]

fair enough. For a second there I thought the UHT had claimed another victim, lol

[NJ]

Not yet mate...

[madcap]

didn't know you were a Notts boy Neil

[NJ]

There might be a reason for that you know :016:

Only joking,I actually live in Mansfield but work in Nottingham.

[madcap]

i see! who do you work for? they got any jobs going at the moment?! haha

where do you train?

[NJ]

where do you train?

Train at home in my garage.

Used to train at World Physique in Mansfield, nice gym, had a power rack and was cheap as well.

[Tricky]

He's not cheap at £45 a session but as I said before you get what you pay for.

wow, what would you consider cheap? £5 an hour ?

[HardcoreSportsTraining]

If a session is 30-40 minutes that's fair, if it's an hour, that is quite cheap TBH (for London anyway)

[cruffle]

well the 3 physios i've used in the past charged £30 so incomparison £45 is expensive. As i said, you get what you pay for?

[kinkymisspinky]

Try to get a personal recommendation - do you know anyone that's seen a physio and had good results? How busy their clinic is can be a pretty good indicator of whether they're good - my chiro charges £38 for 10 minutes and he's always back to back with appointments. I've never seen his clinic quiet.

In regards to the massage I'd choose a good Sports and Remedial Massage Therapist over a physio. I recently did post-event massage at the London Marathon and there were a couple of physios on my team and they were awful at massage - they don't spend very much time on massage on physio courses, just enough to cover the basic strokes.

[NJ]

Thanks KMP, I've heard, over time, good and bad stories about most of the physio practices in Mansfield, there aren't that many.

[the block]

wow, what would you consider cheap? £5 an hour ?

lol :038: