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Patient Information Leaflets
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Back pain advice
Physiotherapy advice and exercises to help you manage your back pain
Bed exercises and stretches
Stretches and exercises to do if you are spending more time in bed than normal, due to being unwell, or if you are unable to get out of bed
Bed rest exercises
Advice and exercises to do while you are on bed rest.
Bilateral (both legs) amputee exercises
Exercises designed to increase your muscle strength and maintain the movement in your joints
Biofeed exercise technique
Technique to to help you with your bowel problem
Bladder and bowel leakage prevention exercises (Elderly Care)
Explains simple exercises you can do to help improve incontinence - leakage of urine (wee) or stool (poo)
Bladder diary (Elderly Care)
To help you with your current symptoms, your physiotherapist needs to understand how your bladder is current working - please fill in the attached bladder diary for two days
Bowel care - How can I look after my bowel (Elderly Care)
Tips on how to look after your bowel and keep it working normally
Breath stacking with or without a lung volume recruitment bag
Explains the breathing technique of ‘breath stacking’ to help with breathing and coughing for people with neuromuscular conditions and chest deformities
Breathing and blowing games for children
Exercises for children who have been advised to do chest physiotherapy as a treatment for their chest condition
Bubble Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) for children
For parents/carers of children who have been advised to use bubble PEP as a treatment for their chest condition - used in children as a treatment to help clear a build-up of phlegm (secretions) in their lungs
Cancer and your pelvic floor
Advice, information and some basic exercises to help prevent and treat symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction as a result of cancer treatments
Cannulated screw fixation advice and exercises
Advice for patients who have had a cannulated screw fixation following a fractured neck of femur (hip fracture)
Caring for your body in pregnancy: Physio advice
This leaflet has been written to help you adjust to your changing shape during pregnancy and includes advice on exercising, specific exercises and advice on how to reduce stress on your back and pelvis.
Carpal tunnel syndrome in pregnancy: Physio advice
This leaflet explains the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome during pregnancy or immediately after giving birth. It provides information on reducing the symptoms and advice on where you can buy suitable splints.
Cervical disc replacement advice and exercises
Advice for patients who have had cervical disc replacement - designed to help you get back to full fitness as quickly as possible after your operation
Cervical fusion advice and exercises
Advice and exercises following cervical fusion - an operation to join two or more bones in your neck together
Chronic pelvic pain
This leaflet gives you information, advice and exercises if you are experiencing chronic pain anywhere in your pelvic area.
Clavicle fracture open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) advice and exercises
Advice and exercises to help you get back to full fitness as quickly as possible after your collarbone operation
Clubfoot and Ponseti - Exercises for your child
Exercises that should be performed to keep the feet/foot flexible once the final cast removed is removed