ASSESSMENT:

¨       Full, comprehensive and biomechanical

QUESTIONS                     QUESTIONS                    QUESTIONS

We have to get to know you and how your pain behaves:

¨       Take a detailed history including how your problem started – what makes it worse and things you have done to make it better

¨       How you spend your day (and night!)

¨       Your medical history

     Then we examine you (carefully without causing any more pain!)

¨       Have a good look at how you hold yourself – your posture

¨       Check on the movements of each joint involved, watch how the muscles are      working (or not!)

¨       Palpate the muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints involved for tenderness and scarring.

  It all adds up to give us a picture of what part of your body is damaged and   how we will get it better.

We discuss with you

¨       the “probable” diagnosis  

¨       if you need more investigation

¨       a description of the treatment plan that will be used to help you recover

¨       how long it will take

Before we start we have to get your consent to continue with the plan so that you agree to our choice of treatment.

It is a joint effort, you will need to commit yourself to exercises, changing the way you perform normal daily activities and keeping a positive attitude toward healing – and we will have to treat you with the best techniques and skill our experience can give.