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Frances the Physio. Balance Exercises for Starters
Join Frances the Physio as she shows you some excecises to help with your confidence in walking.
Gentle Cardiacs
Join Frances the Physio in some gentle exercises to help with your general fitness and stamina.
Frances the Physio – Flex and balance exercises
Join Frances as she shows you some gentle exercises to help with your flexibility and balance.
How a physiotherapist can help with your chest condition
Chest Physiotherapy is a term used to describe certain treatments with the aim of improving lung-related conditions. Chest Physiotherapists are fully qualified in the physiology and are trained to use their physiotherapy techniques in respiratory function to...
Lung Function Questionnaire
Do you suffer from breathing and/or a frequent cough? These questions ask about your breathing problems and/or a frequent cough. As you answer these questions, please think about how you are feeling physically when you are experiencing these symptoms. For each...
Party Up My Zimmer (Pimp My Zimmer Frame)
Care homes across the Country have been getting creative with the issue of resident safety, by encouraging residents to personalise their otherwise lacklustre grey Zimmer frames. The ‘Pimp my Zimmer’ scheme originated in an Essex care home in 2016 and has gone...
Body and mind: Dementia Action Week 2018, 21st – 28th May
Join Fairhand at Dementia Awareness Day Croydon 2018 – taking place at Braithwaite Hall, Catherine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ET Dementia Action Week doesn’t sound like it should have much to do with physiotherapy, does it? And yet Fairhand Visiting Physiotherapists are...
When physiotherapy became fizzy, oh!
Cast your mind back and perhaps, back at school, spelling physiotherapy was part of an ancient English language test and you got it right first time. But many of us confuse the letter order, resulting in physiohterapy or physiotehrapy – either of which could be an...
The Royal Hip Replacement
Had HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, ‘phoned us last week about his total hip replacement, we would have been delighted to help him recover from his operation. His choice of timing, as always, is impeccable, as 6 weeks is an optimum time for recovery from a hip...
Planning successful visits for the elderly at Christmas
Christmas is that very special time of year when we all want to be spending time with family and loved ones. But sometimes the strain of arranging to have an elderly relative to stay can be viewed as more stressful than it’s worth. However, it doesn’t have to be...
Accreditation
Each of our physiotherapists is DBS checked, a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy & HCPC registered