AWARD-WINNING & MASTERS LEVEL PHYSIOTHERAPY & OSTEOPATHY
• Experienced and award-winning team throughout the week
• Advanced therapeutic and diagnostic technologies
• We always aim to cure, not just to treat
Our MSK Team
MSK means “Musculo-SKeletal” and refers to treatment of problems affecting the skeleton and things that are associated with it, such as joints, muscles and tendons. Our MSK therapists are highly experienced, award-winning and master’s level physiotherapists and osteopaths, who treat injuries as a result of imbalance, injuries through work or sport, or help recovery from surgery.
Find out more about the extraordinary skills and experience of our team, or if you have a specific problem or issue, just get in touch and we will find the best person to see.
Your First Visit
When you attend your first appointment, it’s helpful if you dress appropriately and try to bring in as much information as you can. Our team will assess you and discuss the best care for you when you attend.
We’ve a helpful checklist that you can read before you attend, and there’s no need to worry if you don’t have such information at hand or have concerns about what to wear, privacy or dignity.
Head & Neck Pain
Our musculoskeletal team are well known for their expertise and deal with a wide variety of head and neck problems and pain, including whiplash and arthritic problems.
Our team can also access Low Level Laser Therapy, which is the only evidence-based treatment in the world (The Lancet) to treat neck pain and works by accelerating healing and repair.
Low Level Laser Therapy
We are one of London’s longest established and pioneering therapeutic low level laser centres experienced in treating a wide range of problems from joint pain, resistant tendon problems, nerve damage and many more conditions without pain or side effects.
This effective, evidence-based technology speeds up healing, relieves pain and provides long-term solutions to injuries and illness, often addressing the underlying cause of pain.
Shockwave Therapy
Shockwave Therapy (sometimes referred to as Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy, ECSWT or ESWT) is evidence-based to heal complex problems resistant to other forms of therapy, such as frozen shoulder, plantar fasciitis, tendinopathy and repetitive strain injuries.
Our experienced MSK team of physiotherapists and osteopaths aims to identify the underlying causes, and then deliver targeted pulses of energy to affected areas to stimulate blood flow, healing and repair.
Recovery from Surgery or Injury
With an exceptional team, we can help recover from a wide range of surgery and injuries and offer injury-specific expertise, helping people return to full fitness as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.
We support our team with a wide range of advanced therapeutic equipment and technology at our disposal to ensure your best recovery in the most rapid, safe, and thorough way possible.
Back Pain Treatment
Leigham Practice has been a centre specialising in back pain, of all kinds, for over three decades, and our experienced team are supported by advanced evidence-based equipment.
Our MSK team aim to identify the underlying cause of back pain, and once the specific cause of the pain is understood, specific treatment can be given to treat the cause of the pain, not just the pain itself.
Cranial Osteopathy
Cranial Osteopathy is a delicate form of MSK treatment, where gentle pressures, movements and manipulations releases stresses and strains throughout the body.
Although light pressures are often applied to the head, cranial osteopathy is used to treat problems throughout the body and is safe for adults, children, and babies from three months old, for a wide variety of problems.
Occupation & Sports Injuries
When injury or incapacity strikes, you need to be in the hands of a clinic with the expertise to get you back to fitness or work as quickly as possible.
Besides having a team of highly experience physiotherapists and osteopaths up to Masters level, our team have access to other treatments, such as acupuncture, ultrasound and Low Level Laser Therapy to treat both acute and chronic problems and get you better, quicker, faster and more thoroughly.
Dry Needling
Dry needling refers to the application of acupuncture needles and techniques to relieve pain and spasms and assist healing and repair.
A natural and effective therapy, dry needling can relieve pain and inflammation and often provides instantaneous relief, helping to stimulate a rapid recovery.
Core & Pilates
Pilates is a system of specific exercises and movements which aims to improve performance in dancers and athletes, relieve pain in a wide range of postural and arthritic conditions and, by improving strength, muscle tone, stability and joint mobility.
Our team may recommend Pilates exercises to build up strength to return to work or sport and maintain an improved quality of life for the present and the future.
Home Visits
It’s sometimes difficult to attend our clinic to receive care for a problem. Poor health, post-surgery recovery, or many other reasons can prevent attendance at our practice, so we have can bring some of our services to your home.
We charge a call out fee on top of our usual clinic appointment fee according to how far we have to travel, as the crow flies, from our practice to your home.
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Our Musculoskeletal Team
What people say about us
What’s MSK?
MSK is a very common abbreviation of ‘Musculo-Skeletal’ and refers to professionals who treat problems affecting the skeleton and the structures attached to it, such as joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons. We see our Physiotherapists and Osteopaths as professionals who use slightly different approaches to treat very similar problems. Our patients tell us they appreciate that our physiotherapists have a much more hands-on approach to helping people recover quickly, and appreciate that our osteopaths have access to advanced technology to help them rapidly return to full health. If you have a particular preference, that’s fine, but you will be in safe hands with either.
‘Why’ have treatment at Leigham Practice?
If you’re asking why come to Leigham Practice for treatment, you are asking the right question…’why?’ While many people are concerned ‘what’ your symptoms relate to, we are interested in ‘why’ you have problems, because if you can do something about the reason ‘why’ you have problems, you potentially have a cure, otherwise you are just treating your symptoms. This is why we say that we don’t just aim to treat a problem – we aim to cure.
What do your team treat?
We treat problems related to injury through work, sport or accidents, and assist post-operative recovery. We treat professional dancers and athletes from a wide range of disciplines and support our experts with the most advanced and effective therapies to help us more effectively treat your problems as quickly as possible. After all, we’ve a thirty-year reputation of excellence to uphold.
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