Clinical services

Spinal Physiotherapy

Spinal physiotherapy addresses the assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of conditions affecting the neck, thoracic spine and lower back. Our physiotherapists work closely with GPs, orthopaedic and spinal surgeons and neurosurgeons to manage patients through every stage of care — from conservative management aimed at avoiding or delaying surgery, through to structured pre-habilitation and post-operative rehabilitation.

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Referral form for GPs

Surgeon-linkedWe work with spinal surgeons and neurosurgeons

Conservative firstAimed at avoiding or delaying surgery where possible

Pre- and post-opPrehabilitation and post-operative rehabilitation

No referral neededFor private patients

What you'll understand

You'll leave understanding your back, not fearing it

Back pain is the area where what a patient believes about their spine most affects their outcome. Scan reports and well-meant advice leave a lot of people convinced their back is fragile. Correcting that is a large part of the treatment.

What your scan actually shows
Disc bulges and degeneration are common in people with no pain at all. Context changes everything.
Why it hurts
The mechanism behind your particular presentation, in plain language.
What is safe to do
Almost always more than people expect. Movement is part of the treatment.
How to manage a flare
What to do in the first few days, and what not to do.
How to load your spine
Progressive loading that builds tolerance rather than avoiding it.
What would change the plan
The specific signs that mean we need to reassess or refer on.

Our model of care

Settle. Build. Sustain.

The same three stages we use across the practice, applied to this service — all of them inside Equip.

Equip

Stage 1

Settle

Symptom relief and a clear explanation of what is going on. Manual therapy and load modification bring irritability down.

Stage 2

Build

Progressive loading, movement retraining and graded return to the activities you’ve been avoiding.

Stage 3

Sustain

Tapering review with a maintenance programme and a flare-management plan you can apply yourself.

Equip — what all three are for

What someone believes about their back predicts their outcome almost as strongly as what is on their scan. Changing that understanding is treatment, not reassurance.

Conditions we treat

What we treat

Spinal conditions

Lower back pain
Neck pain and cervical radiculopathy
Disc bulge and disc herniation
Sciatica
Spinal stenosis
Spondylolisthesis
Facet joint syndrome and spinal osteoarthritis
Degenerative disc disease

Post-surgical rehabilitation

Post spinal fusion rehabilitation
Post-discectomy and laminectomy rehabilitation
Prehabilitation before spinal surgery

Related conditions

Thoracic and rib pain
Postural and work-related spinal pain
Scoliosis management

The team

Seen by every physiotherapist on our team

This is core physiotherapy caseload rather than a sub-specialty, so every physiotherapist across the four clinics sees it. Book at whichever clinic is closest to you.