In the our last physiotherapy article we started looking at the home visit physiotherapy service that we provide in Tamworth and the benefits that this gives our patients. In this artilce I thought we would continue and look in a bit more depth at the benefits that our home visit physiotherapy service brings to our patients in Tamworth.

In the last blog I discussed the fact that there is actually little benefit to a patient in attending a physiotherapy clinic themselves  rather than instead having a physio come out and visit them at home. Also as I mentioned in my last blog post, it is my experience that by far the most important asset of any physiotherapy practice is the physiotherapists themselves! Here at ThreeSpires Physiotherapy we pride ourselves on having highly experienced and professional physiotherapists who provide an outstanding service to patients at home. This fact is borne out by our testimonials.

Okay, firstly what are the actual benefits to someone living in Tamworth of having one of our physiotherapists visit you? Well firstly, many of our patients have reduced mobility and they find it very difficult if not actually impossible to get out to a physiotherapy clinic. To give you an example our physios work with many patients recovering from hip or knee replacements and these patients find mobilising very difficult and painful and benefit enormously from having a physio come out to them.

Clearly for anyone living in Tamworth for whom mobility is a major difficulty our home visit physiotherapy service in Tamworth and areas such as Hopwas, Amington, Glascote and Fazeley provides an ideal solution but a reasonable question would be: "are there actual clinical benefits?" For example. is there a benefit in terms of results to having a physio see you in your environment at home? Well, the answer is yes!!

As a physiotherapist working in a physiotherapy clinic when assessing patients you need to rely upon the patient describing their home set up rather than being able to see it for yourself. As a physio myself, being able to see where a patient will be doing their rehab and exercises offer enormous advantages and avoids issues later on when the patient confesses that they actually can't do that particular exercise at home! As the vast majority of patients are likely to be doing any exercise program at home (okay some will use a gym but these are by far the minority) being able to see a patient's home set up and tailor exercises to match what they can actially do at home is an enormous advantage.

Lastly, some of our patients are in care homes in the Tamworth area (either for respite or as a permanent residence) and we have often been contacted by a family member. Having a physiotherapist go out to meet them at the care home, talk to staff, assess the patient at the home and give them exercises and help there without the need to travel to a physical clinic is an enormous advantage.

In the next blog post we shall have a bit more of a detailed look at our physiotherapy service and how it helps our patients in care homes in Tamworth

For anyone reading: we are a home visit physiotherapy service, based in Lichfield but serving anywhere within a 20 minute drive including areas such as Sutton Coldfield, Tamworth, Cannock, Burton and Rugeley. We offer a wide range of services including paediatric physiotherapy, post-operative rehabilitation, neurological physiotherapy and neck and back pain relief. If you need further information or would like to book an appointment we can be contacted on 0788 428 1623 or via enquiries@threespiresphysiotherapy.co.uk