Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy
Sports Injury Clinic
Back & Neck & Joint Clinic
Ergonomics

Physiotherapy treatments are covered by all major health insurance companies

Massage Therapies
For luxurious and therapeutic massages, check out our full range!

• Deep Tissue Massage
• Sports Massage
• Relaxing Massage including
   • Aromatherapy
   • Hot Stones Massage
   • Pregnancy
   • Swedish Relaxation
   • Ultimate Detox

• Acupuncture
• Craniosacral Therapy
• Osteopathic Gynecology
• Pre & Post Natal Care
• Reflexology
• Reiki
• Organic Beauty Therapy
• Golf Swingbusters Assessment

Please note, not all therapies and treatments are available in all locations

Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy

Using techniques like manipulation and muscle release, physiotherapy works to help you improve the way your body moves and functions, lessening pain and discomfort from injury, sport and everyday activities. The treatments we use have been scientifically validated to help a range of problems from spinal pain and injury, to enhancement of sporting performance.

When you come to physiotherapy for the first session, we do a comprehensive assessment to determine the cause of your problem and begin a ‘hands on’ treatment regime to address the underlying cause. Problems often begin gradually and to prevent them from recurring we need to fully understand your body and the stresses and strains that you go through.

Most sessions you have will be varied, as the effect of each treatment is continually assessed. We explore the techniques and therapies which work best for you as we have found that people often improve faster when we use a variety of techniques and in some cases a range of services.

Expert physiotherapy promotes, maintains and aims to restore your physical, psychological and emotional health, showing you what you can do to keep healthy, helping you to feel as if you could conquer the world!

Physiotherapy treatments are covered by all major health insurance companies.

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Sports Injury Clinic

At the Edinburgh Physiotherapy Centre we work with both amateur and professional sportspeople, in diagnosing, treating and preventing injury. Our clients includes runners, footballers, rugby players, cricketers, cyclists, tennis players, musicians and professional performers such as those in Riverdance. Physiotherapy on sports injuries speeds recovery, identifies any underlying causes, and helps to get you back to your activity safely whilst preventing recurrence.

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Back, Neck & Joint Clinic

As well as our specialist hands on treatment which will help to loosen your muscles and joints, our carefully designed exercise programmes will help you to keep away the aches and pains.

For back and neck pain we also use a technique commonly used in Australia and South Africa called the Muscle Balance Approach which is applied by specially trained physiotherapists. This treatment can produce dramatic results in people with long standing recurrent back pain and helps improve the way your back and neck move and function, lessening pain and discomfort from injury, sport and everyday activities. These treatments have been scientifically validated and help a range of problems, working particularly well in reducing back and neck pain recurrence.

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Ergonomics

Ergonomics is the science of fitting the workplace to the worker to improve productivity and efficiency and to reduce ill-health and accidents. Office work involving intensive computer use and prolonged periods of static sitting is known to put people at risk of injury to the spine and arms. Ergonomic assessments identify this risk and provide practical realistic recommendations to reduce it.

For people with existing conditions or wider health issues/disabilities, assessments are an ideal way to gain specialist advice, helping to improve efficiency of working prevent employees from going off sick and assist in their return after sickness absence.

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Massage Therapies

Deep Tissue Massage

This massage is used to release chronic muscle tension through slower strokes and more direct pressure or friction applied across the grain of the muscle. This invigorating experience is a process of detecting the stiff or painful areas by determining the quality and texture of the deeper layers of musculature and slowly working into these layers.

It is ideal for those experiencing aches and pains in and around the spine, particularly office workers and travellers, and for post sporting injury.
½ hour and 1 hour available

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Invigorating Sports Massage

Sports Massage can include deep tissue massage to assist in the healing of muscular problems. It can be performed as a pre-sport massage to prepare the athlete for sport or as a longer massage post exercise to aid the healing of tight muscles, the relaxation of muscles, to improve circulation and to restore function to tight muscles and joints.
We recommend Pre sport - ½ hour or Post sport - 1 hour

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Relaxing

Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy massage is a deeply relaxing treatment, balancing the senses while being invigorating or soothing. Light flowing pressures are applied with healing aromatic essential oils from plants, flowers, roots and seeds, personal to your needs. Calming, uplifting, soothing and stimulating, this massage blends pure therapeutic benefits with the free flowing movements of massage. The combination of oils (many of which are anti-bacterial) and massage is beneficial for insomnia, depression, muscular tension, stress and mental fatigue.

This massage not only promotes the release of toxins by boosting circulation, it can also improve concentration and hence productivity, energy and stamina.
½ hour and 1 hour sessions available

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Hot Stones Massage

Hot Sones Massage involves the application of water heated basilic (black volcanic rock which absorbs and retains heat well) of varying sizes to key points on the body. It is quite an experience to be given a deep tissue massage with the heat directly relaxing the muscles allowing manipulation of a greater intensity than with regular massage.

The hot stones expand the blood vessels, pushing blood and unwanted waste materials through the body. This has a seditive effect on the nervous system.

Those who experience a hot stones massage will notice a healing improvement of the following symptoms:

Muscular aches and pains

Poor circulation

Rheumatic and arthritic conditions

Fibromyalgia

MS

Back pain

Stress, anxiety and tension

Insomnia

Depression

1 hour (includes therapeutic facial) available

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Pregnancy Massage

Indulge yourself by taking time out for our pampering pregnancy massage. Deeply relaxing, the health benefits for mother and baby are enormous. By keeping your body supple and relaxed, it will cope more efficiently with the changes and demands pregnancy places on it. Not only that, you will find it easier to look after your baby when your body is in good shape!

It can help with most pregnancy related ailments such as swelling in the ankles, wrist and back, and the relaxation helps to lower blood pressure and soothe anxiety. Skin nourishing oils help to prevent stretch marks and keep the mum-to-be feeling nourished and glowing.
½ hour and 1 hour sessions available

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Swedish Relaxation massage

Using elongated sweeping movements to stimulate the blood flow, this relaxation massage is the ideal way to sweep away the stresses of everyday life. This massage is deep enough to loosen aching backs and tired muscles, whilst remaining soothing, relaxing and totally indulgent.

It is perfect for maintaining the flexibility of your muscles whilst firm enough to give an afterglow.
½ hour and 1 hour available

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The Ultimate Detox massage

This is a highly specialised form of gentle massage using light, rhythmical movements at a skin level which dramatically improves lymphatic flow (averaging 20 times above normal).

This massage helps to boost the immune system and rid the body of excess water, toxins, bacteria, cell debris, and proteins. It is an ideal way to kick-start a diet or detox programme as it purifies the immune system, helping it to fight colds and other infections.

This form of massage helps to lower stress or high blood pressure and your body to recover from swelling due to acute or chronic injuries.
½ hour and 1 hour sessions available

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Other Treatments

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is an ancient medical system based on the principle that our health is dependent on the balanced functioning of the body’s motivating energy, known as Qi. Qi is concentrated in pathways, or meridians, beneath the skin. Inserting fine needles into these acupoints incites the body’s own healing energy, restoring the body to a state of balance. It improves circulation and acts as a block to painful areas.

Acupuncture is effective treating a wide range of physiological and psychological imbalances, illnesses and disharmonies. It is well known as a means of pain relief, very successful in the treatment of backache, joint problems, tennis elbow, migraines, and menstrual pain. Innately balancing, acupuncture is effective increasing energy levels, regulating hormonal function, and combatting psychological disharmonies such as stress, addiction and depression.

Traditionally acupuncture considers all illnesses in terms of imbalances of energy. Therefore, acupuncture benefits almost any condition, and can be used as a preventative measure to maintain health and internal harmony.
45 minute sessions available

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Craniosacral Therapy

Focussed on the head and spine, a ‘hands on’ approach using light touch is used to release restrictions, to relieve aches, pains and loss of movement. It allows you to enter into a deeply relaxed state within which your body and mind can release and resolve tensions, leaving you feeling revitalised and balanced.

This is a powerful but gentle treatment which harnesses your body’s capacity to heal itself. It is suitable for a wide range of conditions such as neck and back pain, chronic pain, headaches, anxiety and general stress of a busy life.
Initial visit 1 hour and follow-ups ½ hour

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Osteopathic Gynaecology

Osteopathy is a manual therapy which views the body as a whole unit and is focused on balancing the way that the joints and muscles, nerves, circulation and body organs work together. Treatment focuses on the areas of the body which may be tight, overworking or weak, using gentle techniques which help the body to increase and improve its mobility and therefore function normally.

Applied to women’s heath, it uses gentle pressure especially around the pelvis, abdomen and lower back to improve common conditions affecting women such as painful or irregular periods, lower back pain, constipation or difficulties getting back to normal life after pregnancy.
Initial visit 45 minutes, follow-ups ½ hour

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Pre & Post Natal Care - The Drug Free Alternative

At The Edinburgh Physiotherapy Centre, we work with new and expectant mothers as well as hopeful mothers trying IVF treatments.

Physiotherapy - Many problems such as back pain can be eased by hands on treatment. Our unique approach using both osteopathic and physiotherapy techniques helps to promote comfort both before and after birth.

Acupuncture - Is extremely effective for both reducing the effects of morning sickness and also assisting with IVF. Click here for more information

Pregnancy Massage - A blissful, and essential treatment which keeps you body and mind healthy and painfree during pregnancy. Click here for more information

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Reflexology

Reflexology works powerfully on the physical, mental and emotional levels, creating a deep sense of relaxation and improved health. The hands and feet are a mirror of the body, and when pressure is placed upon specific reflex points they can be used to treat the corresponding areas of the body, in order to stimulate natural healing powers and promote well-being. Reflexology treats the whole body enabling the body to heal itself.

The range of benefits is extremely wide. Not only can reflexology relieve the effects of stress through a profound relaxation effect, it can also improve your mental alertness, attention span and energy levels. Reflexology also assists to cleanse your body of toxins and waste products enabling your immune system to function better, so helping prevent illnesses such as colds and flu.
½ hour and 1hour sessions available

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Reiki Treatment

Reiki is a simple, natural energy healing technique for restoring the mind, body and spirit and, like love, needs to be experienced. It has profound and far-reaching effects, not merely treating systems but appearing to address all kinds of root causes of problems at a deep sub-conscious and cellular level.

Reiki works regardless of belief system and, over time, repeated treatments can help to alleviate stress, depression, emotional and physical pain, and all kinds of injuries, trauma and personal issues. Clients are fully clothed seated or lying down.

The amazing sense of peace you can get is to be experienced to be believed. Try it!
½ hour and 1 hour sessions available

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Organic Beauty Therapy
In the most relaxing of atmospheres, we have carefully selected organic ingredients and ranges to give your complexion a refreshing and vital glow. All skin products are pure and contain only natural ingredients. Products are nourishing, nurturing and restoring and suit even the most sensitive of skins.

We DO NOT use any harmful preservatives, sulphates, chemical enhancers, fillers or colourings, parabens, parfum, lanolin, petrochemicals, propylene glycol, PEGs, DEA, TEA or any of the other nasties commonly employed by skin care producers. Products are not tested on animals and maintain strict enviornamental standards.

Advanced Waxing System using Australian Tea Tree

All the usual bits, using Tea Tree Wax to help sooth the area. You will have your own individual applicator to safeguard your hygiene.

Organic Facials

Luxury De-stress Rejuvenate with an organic hot stones facial, combining relaxing and purifying products to help calm, soothe, re-hydrate or revitalise your skin. Enjoy an Oriental Head or Foot Massage whilst your face mask takes effect to truly transport you into the realms of bliss!                                                               40 & 90 minutes

Anti-aging Hydrating, nurturing, nourishing. Using classic oils & herbs, this facial restores your complexion and battles the signs of aging whilst plumping up the skin. This is a hydrating, deep feed treatment which cherishes even the thirsiest and most embattled skin.                                                                    30 & 60 minutes

Clarifying Antibaterial The skin harbours a variety of bacteria which leads to skin imperfections and problems with your complexion. This facial kills the bacteria which causes problematic skin whilst leaving your face energised and refreshed.                                                                                                                                       30 & 60 minutes

Organic Massages

Organic Aromatherapy Massage Pure organic bees wax, olive oil, vitamin E, with your choice of aromatic scents to stimulate, relax and restore harmony to your body.                                                  30 & 60 minutes

Organic Aromatherapy Hot Stones Massage Massage with hot stones can be deep or gentle. Using elbows and forearms, an intense and effective pressure is applied for the deep massage. The gentle massage is the height of divine relaxation to calm and soothe the body, mind and spirit. The 90 minute massage includes a hot stones facial. This is the ultimate massage.                                                              

60 & 90 minutes

Pampering Hands & Feet

File & polish

Manicure

French manicure

Deluxe manicure

Pedicure

Deluxe pedicure

3 Hour Pampering Package

Organic Aromatherapy Hot Stones Massage                                                  1 Hour

Organic Aromatherapy Facial with Oriental Head or Foot Massage      1 Hour

Your choice of Deluxe Manicure or Pedicure                                                  1 Hour

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Golf Swingbuster Assessment

Recognised and approved by the PGA and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and designed by Golf Coaches and Leading Physiotherapists, Swingbuster exercises help the body to ‘give’ in the right areas for golf and creates good ‘muscle memory’ programmes which change the way that the body naturally moves when swinging the club.

Through research, it has been found that Golfers problems such as reduced power, slicing and hooking often stem from specific areas of the body, such as tightness in your back (reduced power), reduction of arm rotation (slicing and hooking) and stiffness in your hips (topping). Rather than compensating for these problems, the Swingbuster programme identifies the steps you need to take to release the specific stiffness, improve specific muscular control and maximise your potential without giving you any more to think about when addressing the ball.

To realise effortless power and minimise injury and strain, whilst improving your control and consistency, try our Swingbuster Golf Treatment.

Featuring Swingbusters

• Control your Slice/ Hook
• Control Topping/Hitting Fat
• Increase Power & Distance
• Improve Balance
• Reduces Injury
• Improves Flexibility and Control
• Prevents Back Strain

Accompanying DVD available on request. Suitable for golfers of all ages and levels. The golf assessment programme includes:

Swingbuster Programme

1. A one hour Assessment
2. Two half hour follow up sessions
3. Personalised exercise folder
4. The Painless Way to a Better Game- DVD/video

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