Recently I have been writing quite a few blogs about how to keep your relatives fit and mobile. These have generally been along the lines of prevention being much better than the cure and that if you can catch things early enough there is often a great deal that can be done to help. These blogs, along with a general feeling as a physiotherapist that if only we could see people early enough in the process of beginning to lose mobility we could make so much more difference to them, have given me an idea of how we might be able to help.

So, we have decided to start running free mobility and balance assessments. These will initially be limited to patients living in Lichfield and over the age of 65 but will hopefully over time be expanded to all of the areas that we see patients in and to a younger age group as well.

Each assessment will take place at the patient’s home or residence and should take approximately 30 mins to complete and will cover a range of areas including balance, strength and mobility. After the assessment has been completed we will send out a report covering our findings and general recommendations. All of this is completely free and comes with no obligations whatsoever. The final report is yours to do with as you wish and can be given to your doctor, medical professional or another physiotherapy practice. You do not need to be a current patient of our practice and there really are no catches or obligations.

There are just a couple of conditions that you need to meet.

1. You must live in Lichfield
2. You must be 65 or over
3. You must currently be walking without an aid of any description indoors and outside.

 

For anyone reading this and thinking: “why are they doing it and what’s the catch”. Then rest assured there really isn’t a catch. We are just doing it because we honestly believe that prevention is so much better than cure. We see a large number of patients who have lost mobility and in so many cases it is obvious that if we had been able to intervene earlier and help at an earlier stage, things could have been so much better. This is simply our way of as physiotherapists of trying to give a bit back and help patients become aware of how their balance, mobility and general strength is doing before it becomes too late.

So, if you would like to book an assessment please either send us an email on enquiries@threespiresphysiotherapy.co.uk or call us on 07884281623 and explain you would like one of the free mobility and balance assessments.