The Treatments ...

Our unique approach means our initial focus is on diagnosis and complete understanding of the symptoms and causes of the problems you experience. This includes experiences of any previous treatments and steps take to reduce or eliminate your issues. We need to understand your life, work and social activities.

Then we can proceed to treatments, guide on medications (including professional advice to your GP), and any exercise routines to assist in mitigating pain and the targetted improvements required.  

PHYSIOTHERAPY

Physioplus+ offer a wide range of physiotherapy treatments for all aches, pains, injuries and long-standing problems, such as ‘trapped’ nerves, back, neck and shoulder pain.

We offer joint and soft-tissue mobilisation, trigger point therapy, Acupuncture and pain relief, combined with Neuro-Pathodynamics (gentle nerve stretches) and Cranio-Sacral Therapy (gentle whole body treatment).

We successfully treat all nerve pain, including sciatica and trigeminal neuralgia and persistent pain after shingles.

Other Physioplus+ specialisms include repetitive strain injury rehabilitation and treatment for all types of sporting injury.

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY & SOMATO-EMOTIONAL RELEASE
​We are able to treat a wide range of problems using these techniques.

The underlying principle of Craniosacral Therapy is gentle movement of cranial (head) bones, meningeal membranes (surrounding the brain and spinal column), cerebral spinal fluid (which bathes the nervous system) and connective tissue in the whole body in order to correct any imbalance caused by stiffness or trauma.

Somato-Emotional Release uses the same gentle therapy to access emotional blockages/traumas which may be contributing to physical or emotional pain and stress. It usually involves some use of visualisation and/or bio-feedback techniques.

​MASSAGE
​We do a variety of massage types:
  • Therapeutic
  • Sports
  • Relaxation/Aromatherapy
  • Lymphatic drainage treatment eg. post-op or cancer-related

HYDROTHERAPY
We can arrange to use the hydrotherapy pool at Teesside University if required for treating children, rheumatic conditions, poor balance or mobility and back pain.

ACUPUNCTURE
Acupuncture is a Western and/or traditional Chinese medicine approach to pain relief and Meridian dysfunction. Meridians are akin to electrical circuits and can become “blocked” – the equivalent of turning “off” a switch. Gentle needling, or electrical stimulation to the blocked point helps to restore normal function and thereby reduce pain.

TINNITUS, VERTIGO, SINUSITIS, MIGRAINE, TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA & BALANCE PROBLEMS
All of the items listed above can be treated very successfully by us with cranial and neck/thoracic joint mobilisation techniques.

However, our success rate with Tinnitus to date is an 80% reduction in symptoms for 85% of patients with this problem – we sometimes achieve 100% improvement.

We are always honest with our patients in advance of starting treatment and sometimes we are not 100% successful in treating Tinnitus.

BABY/CHILD TREATMENT
​COLIC, AUTISM, BED-WETTING, CEREBRAL PALSY, DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY
We use mostly Craniosacral Therapy for treating children, as it is gentle and non-intrusive, with excellent results. For longstanding problems, we are able to teach parents / guardians some techniques to use at home to help with their child.

Our aim is to improve quality of life and minimise discomfort and / or behavioural difficulties.

Specialisms

Click here to go to review the types of problems we are very experienced in working to resolution.