Physiotherapy:
Physiotherapy is a health care profession directed at evaluating, restoring and maintaining physical function of the body.

What is a physiotherapist?
Also known as physical therapists, physiotherapists have a detailed understanding of how the body works and our physiotherapists are specially educated and trained to assess and improve movement and function and relieve pain. Physiotherapists promote good health by encouraging their clients to improve and increase control over their own lives.

What can our physiotherapists offer you?
· Physiotherapists do assessments of movement, strength, endurance and other physical abilities
· Physiotherapists do assessments of the impact of an injury or disability on physical function
· Physiotherapists do assessments of physical preparation for work and sports
· Physiotherapists do program planning and education to restore movement, reduce pain
· Physiotherapists give individualized treatment of an injury or disability based on scientific knowledge, a thorough assessment of the condition, environmental factors and lifestyle.

What is pain?
Pain is your body's way of telling you that something is wrong. It is often caused by swelling of tissue, which creates pressure on nerves and leads to discomfort. Pain is a useful mechanism to alert you to a problem, and stops you from damaging your body further. It should always, therefore, be taken seriously.
Pain can affect many areas of the body, but particularly the lower back, head, neck, joints and legs. It can result from injuries and arthritis, and can also manifest itself in the form of rheumatic pain and period pain.

A physiotherapists role in your complete health care
Physiotherapists provide valuable health care for people throughout their lifespan - from birth to old age. For instance, physiotherapists can:
· physiotherapists can prevent and treat sports injuries
· You can restore and increase range of motion in joints with physiotherapy
· physiotherapists can increase coordination
· physiotherapists can counsel and educate in pre and post-natal care
· physiotherapists can design 'user friendly' homes and workplaces
· physiotherapists can educate clients in the use of devices such as canes, crutches and wheelchairs
· Pain can be alleviated with physiotherapy

Our physiotherapists are very much hands on and mighht use ultrasound, electrotherapy, strapping, rehabilitation exercises and hot/cold treatment when indicated.

Many of our clients come for a back pain or sports injury and therefore wish to have osteopathy or physiotherapy, and a common question is: "should I see a physiotherapist or an osteopath?". The answer is quite simple: As our physiotherapists are very much hands on in their approach, and our osteopaths deal a lot with muscle injuries, we recommend either an osteopath or a physiotherapist.

Our physiotherapists:
Rob Galloway, physiotherapist and applied kinesiologist:
Rob is a state registered Physiotherapist with ten years of musculoskeletal experience practicing in corporate and private physiotherapy clinics, now exclusively in the Central London Osteopathy and Sports Injury Clinics.
He is not an ordinary physiotherapist, but using a broad range of treatments such as soft tissue work, massage, mobilising, manipulation, ultrasound, acupuncture, stretching and strengthening to release stiff joints, regain muscular strength and balance, aid healing of strained or sprained muscles and ligaments, also to mobilise bound neurological structures with the aim of restoring pain free movements of the body so you can return to your work sport or leisure activities as soon as possible.
Pilates based core stability exercises, ergonomic advice and aids, coupled with rehabilitation exercise programmes are given to strengthen the body and alter habits, which may cause re-injury with the aim of making the effect of the treatments long lasting.
Post graduate courses include Acupuncture, Applied Kinesiology, Myofascial work and Cranial Sacral systems in order to offer treatment when required which taps into the subtle systems in the body with the intension of releasing, unblocking and allowing the body to return to healthy patterns of being.
Rob is a registered physiotherapist with all the major private health insurances incl. AXA PPP BUPA.
Michael Smith, physiotherapist:
Michael graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from the University of Queensland, Australia.
He joined the Central London Osteopathy and Sports Injuries Clinic in 2005 after working for various sports injury clinics in Australia.
With a special interest in sports injuries, Michael has been involved in providing sports physiotherapy to a wide variety of athletes including football, rugby union/league, Australian football, athletics, basketball and swimming.
He is very much a hands-on physiotherapist and also uses dry needling, which is a kind of acupuncture.
He has a special interest is pelvic instability and lower limb biomechanics.
Michael is registered with all the major private health insurances apart from PPP and BUPA.
Trecia Smith, physiotherapist and World Champion:
Trecia is the 2005 World Champion in the Triple Jump, chasing the World Record and her second World Title this year.
She is also a very much “hands on” physiotherapist, and a specialist in rehabilitation and injury prevention - what she doesn't know about training progammes is not worth knowing.
she also uses dry needling, which is a kind of acupuncture.
Trecia is registered with all the major private health insurances apart from PPP and BUPA.
Chris Romero, osteopath and physiotherapist:
Chris is registered with all the major private health insurances but not PPP and BUPA.

With osteopathy, physiotherapy and sports injury clinics in kings cross and Shoreditch, we are conveniently located for Central London, the City, North, West, South and East London.
Our Pentonville Road clinic is serving Islington, Kings Cross, Euston, St Pancras, Moorgate, West end, Camden, City, Chelsea, Harley Street, Kensington, Knightsbridge and post codes: N1, W1, W2, W8, NW1, WC1, WC2, EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4, SE1 for a complete health care.
Our Hoxton clinic is serving Shoreditch, City, Hackney, Canary Wharf, Liverpool Street and post codes: EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4, E1, E2, N1