What is Physiotherapy?

"Physiotherapy is a health care profession concerned with human function and movement and
maximising potential"

It uses physical approaches to promote, maintain and restore physical, psychological and social well-being, taking account of variations in health status.

It is science-based, committed to extending, applying, evaluating and reviewing the evidence that underpins and informs its practice and delivery

The exercise of clinical judgement and informed interpretation is at its core.

What Athlete Matters Can Offer...

We perform a comprehensive variety of procedures including :

Assessment

Through detailed questioning, skilled observation and performing diagnostic tests considering your muscles, joints, nerves and associated structures we will diagnose and explain your problem.

Re education of movement control

Through detailed questioning, skilled observation and performing diagnostic tests considering your muscles, joints, nerves and associated structures we will diagnose and explain your problem.

This may include filming you running or riding your bike on a trainer in the clinic, for example.

Exercise functional rehabilitation

In the latter stages of rehabilitation it is necessary for exercise to be functional and specific to the intended activities to be performed. We will prescribe a suitable programme for your individual requirements.

At Athlete Matters you will feel that you are treated by a professional who understands the elite sportsman, who is aware of the demands of their training and who is capable of managing your return to elite competition.

Our team have been involved in sport at the highest level in athletics, triathlon and swimming.

This reaffirms our insight into the levels of rehabilitation required for high performance.

Acupuncture

Most of our physiotherapists have had post graduate training in the use of acupuncture. Those that practise it are members of the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists. Our physiotherapists are skilled in the application of Eastern and Western principles and their use for pain relief and releasing tight muscles in musculoskeletal disorders.

Mobilisations and manipulations

These are core physiotherapy skills normally applied to joints, muscles or nerves, aimed at increasing range of motion, relieving pain and correcting alignment to improve movement patterns.

Massage

Sports Massage is increasingly being recognised as an important component of an athlete’s overall training plan.

At athlete matters we see several athletes, including Great Britain International athletes on a regular basis, most monthly, some weekly, not to treat injuries, but to prevent them, we’d much prefer to treat you fit that treat you injured.

We achieve this by maintaining muscle tone and length, working to remodel scar tissue and to remove the metabolic waste resulting from hard training or competition. Sports massage is also an important component of our approach to physiotherapy rehabilitation of soft tissue injuries.

Electrotherapy

Machines can be a useful adjunct to treatment, to enhance the rate of healing by increasing circulation, giving pain relief and giving feedback on muscle activity. We will use electrotherapy only when appropriate.

Pilates

We have 1 to 1 lessons either teaching mat work or using the Pilates reformer. Our reformer is one of only a few in the North West and we use it to actively rehabilitate the core stability muscles on the trunk and limbs.

We feel that more and more athletes will use the reformer in the future to treat and prevent injuries. We use it in our sports specific core stability classes.

 

Prehabilitation

Prehabilitation is a service offered by Sports Specialist Physiotherapists who apply manual therapy techniques such as massage and manipulation along with prescribing exercises to treat movement dysfunction in athletes, with the aim of avoiding injury and enhancing performance, Our expertise have been required Internationally in this area, including speaking in Europe to Sports Doctors and Sports Physiotherapists on the role of core stability in prevention of injury.

What We Treat

What Classes We Run

Classes are run on a weekly basis, with around 12-14 participants to a class to ensure personal attention. Please click here for full details on the classes we run.

Our unique, innovative and highly acclaimed Athlete Matters ™ Athlete and Triathlete Core stability classes are very popular and reasonably priced to supplement your training. Our Chartered Physiotherapists understand the low load concepts of core stability and deliver programmes accordingly, geared towards your sport.

We have also run sports specific stability and conditioning classes for athletes at the request of sports clubs or groups of individuals on a seasonal basis dependant on availability.

This includes:
The Manchester Phoenix Ice Hockey
Salford Metropolitan Athletics Club
Bolton Metro Swim Squad

Classes are also run for the general public and include; Pilates and Tai Chi please contact the
Worsley Physiotherapy & Sports Injuries Clinic to book in.