Physiotherapy

Our Service

Physiotherapy helps restore movement and function when someone is affected by injury, illness or disability.

Physiotherapists help people affected by injury, illness or disability through movement and exercise, manual therapy, education and advice. They maintain health for all ages, helping patients to manage pain and prevent disease.

The profession helps to encourage development and facilitate recovery, enabling people to stay in work while helping them to remain independent as long as possible.

Physiotherapy takes a “whole person” approach to health and wellbeing, which includes the patient’s general lifestyle.  At the core is the patient’s involvement in their own care, through education, awareness, empowerment and participation in their treatment.

You can benefit from physiotherapy at any time in your life.

Physiotherapy is a degree-based healthcare profession.  Physios use their knowledge and skills to improve a range of conditions associated with different systems of the body, such as:

• Neurological (brain or spinal  cord injuries, multiple sclerosis)
• Musculoskeletal (back pain, whiplash, arthritis)
• Cardiovascular (stroke, chronic heart disease)
• Respiratory (asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

Physiotherapists work in a variety of specialisms and locations in the Western Trust

• Women’s Health
• Orthopaedics and trauma
• ICU
• Surgical
• Medical
• Paediatrics
• Paediatric Neurodevelopment
• Care of the elderly
• Neurology
• Intermediate Care
• Musculoskeletal
• Oncology
• Lymphoedema

Physiotherapists work in the wards, outpatients setting (Hospital or Health Centres), schools and in patients own homes.

Your Physiotherapist will assess mobility with special attention to your balance, flexibility and muscle strength and will provide you with a mobility aid if appropriate, to promote independence. The Physiotherapist will devise a suitable exercise regime and advise you on the use of moving and handling techniques specific to your needs.

As well as one to one treatments there are also a number of group sessions in the trust e.g. Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Cardiac Rehabilitation.

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• Early Management of Acute Soft Tissue Injury

  This presentation will be helpful in assisting your recovery if you have had a recent soft tissue injury often called a “Sprain or Strain.”

  At the end of this presentation you will be signposted to patient resources, which will provide you with exercise regimes specific to the area of your injury. Resources are linked below.

• Patient Resources
  • Ankle Sprain
  • Back Pain
  • Early management of Neck Sprain
  • Early management of Shoulder Pain and Injury
  • Early management of Knee Pain and Injury
  • Early Management of minor Elbow Injuries
  • Early Management of Wrist, Hand and Finger Injuries
  • Rib Injury
  • Hip Injury and Pain
• Videos

  Recovering from an Ankle Injury

  Exercises Thoracic Back Pain

  Exercises For Lower Back Pain

  Exercises Following Knee Injury

  Exercises Following Neck Injury

  Exercises Following Shoulder Injury

  Exercises Following Hip Injury

  Exercises Following Ankle Injury

  Exercises Following Elbow Injury

  Exercises Following Wrist Injury

• Pelvic Health Physiotherapy

  For information on Pelvic Health visit our Pelvic Health Physiotherapy page.

• Further Resources
  • www.patient.co.uk
  • www.csp.org.uk
  • The NHS Pain Toolkit – is for people who live with persistent pain
  • Stay Steady Falls Prevention
  • Keeping Active and Healthy -CSP
  • 6 Simple Exercises To Prevent Falls – CSP
  • Stronger My Way Campaign

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Locations where this service is delivered

• Altnagelvin Area Hospital
• Community Services
• Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex
• South West Acute Hospital