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Patient Information Leaflets
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Rheumatology physiotherapy exercises
Exercises to help with stiffness and weakness for patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA)
Rotator cuff repair advice and exercises
Advice and exercises to help you get back to full fitness as quickly as possible after your shoulder operation
Round ligament pain in pregnancy: Physio advice
This leaflet explains what round ligament pain in and gives advice to help manage and treat the symptoms.
Scar tissue mobilisation for childbirth scars: Physio advice
This leaflet gives you information and advice about scar tissue mobilisation (massage) for childbirth scars (following tears or an episiotomy).
Separation of the abdominal muscles: Physio advice
This leaflet explains what diastasis/divarification (separation of the abdominal muscles during pregnancy) is and outlines exercises you can do to manage your symptoms and to reduce the problem.
Shoulder active and assisted exercises
Exercises following a shoulder injury
Shoulder injuries discharge exercise advice
Exercise advice following discharge from hospital with a shoulder injury
Stage 1 exercises (medical physiotherapy)
Outlines some of the exercises that will be helpful in your rehabilitation.
Stage 2 exercises (medical physiotherapy)
Outlines some of the exercises that will be helpful in your rehabilitation.
Stage 3 exercises (medical physiotherapy)
Outlines some of the exercises that will be helpful in your rehabilitation
Standing lower limb exercises
Exercises recommended by our Physiotherapy Team to help you to maintain the strength in your legs
Staying Active When You Have Cancer Jan20
Following a diagnosis of cancer, this leaflet gives you advice, information and some basic exercises to help you stay active while you are in hospital
Stop cough exercise
Explains the ‘stop cough’ technique developed to help break the vicious cycle of breathing through the mouth and throat clearing which leads to dry, irritable coughing spasms
Strength and conditioning exercise class
Outlines exercises class where you will work with a physiotherapist to improve your mobility and condition following surgery or illness
Stretches for patients with Hyperventilating dysfunctional breathing
Tips and exercises to help relax a stiff thoracic spine due to hyperventilation / dysfunctional breathing
Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
Information to help you gain the maximum benefit and understanding of your condition and any treatment options available
Tibial osteotomy advice and exercises
Advice to help you get back to full fitness as quickly as possible after your knee operation
Toe walking
For parents of children who walk on their toes - explains what it is, why children do it and what treatments are available
Total hip replacement (following trauma) advice and exercises
Advice is for patients who have had total hip replacement following trauma - designed to help you get back to full fitness as quickly as possible after your operation
Total hip replacement advice and exercises
Advice following surgery on how to reduce the risk of dislocation, staged exercises to help regain strength and mobility, and information to get the maximum benefit from a new hip