I am a Specialist Chartered Physiotherapist who will treat you in your own home or work place.
Are you suffering pain when you move? Perhaps as the result of a fall, an accident, a sporting injury or surgery? Or do you fear moving about because of your physical condition? Chances are I can help you.
SERVICES
'Steven Clarke Physiotherapy' provides private home-visiting physiotherapy to clients in Central and North London. Steven is a HPC Registered, Chartered Physiotherapist who qualified in 1999. Expert Private Domicillary Physiotherapy services are difficult to find.
MY PRIVATE PHYSIOTHERAPY INCLUDES TREATMENTS FOR:
Arthritis, joint pain and stiffness
Joint pain can lead to altered ways of moving and disuse, this can stress the joints more and lead to weakening the local and global joint supporting muscles, causing further joint stress and pain and so on until the joint becomes arthritic, and the process goes on eventually leading to elective orthopaedic joint replacement surgery. This process can be slowed and even prevented with specific physiotherapeutic strengthening and stretching exercises.
Preparing for elective surgery
If joint replacement surgery cannot be avoided then pre-operative physiotherapeutic stretching and strengthening exercises before surgery makes rehabilitation afterwards much easier.
Post elective surgery
The success of joint surgery is enhanced greatly with post operative physiotherapeutic exercises.
Acute back pain
This is often severely painful and debilitating - Physiotherapeutic exercise and pain management strategies will help settle the symptoms much quicker in the vast majority of cases. In a small minority of cases there will be some signs and symptoms associated with back pain which require immediate medical attention.
Whiplash or other causes of trauma to the neck, or low or middle spine will benefit from physiotherapeutic treatment.
Chronic and / or Recurring back pain
Often the cause of ongoing or episodic back pain can be controlled by physiotherapeutic exercise and pain management strategies.
Trauma and Orthopaedic conditions
Whether upper or lower limb bone or soft tissue injuries, healing is guided by movement. Normal movement (eg. not limping with leg injuries, or tensing shoulders with arm injuries) during healing ensures the optimum scar tissue formation and healing outcome.
Understanding pain and movement in relation to healing is imperative as restoring normal movement to joints after injury is often a painful process. It is important to know how much movement at different stages after healing is beneficial, as not enough movement will slow recovery, and too much movement will cause unnecessary pain and delay healing.
Loss of confidence in mobility
Periods of reduced activity, whether due to illness, pain or depression can lead to mobility problems, especially in the older individual. Physiotherapeutic balance, endurance and power exercises, both in the home and community will aid return to normal function.
Falls and fear of falling
Fear of falling causes the individual to be tense, which increases the likelihood of falling. Not all falls result in physical injury, but every fall has a psychological impact. Reduced confidence in ability to move around can be reversed with expert physiotherapy assessment of gait, balance and strength leading to the appropriate exercise programme. No other practitioners in the NHS or private medical sectors are as qualified to make this assessment which may include the prescription of a walking aid or changing of an existing walking aid.
Balance and dizziness problems
Dizziness can be caused by problems of the vestibular apparatus (within the middle ear) which can be diagnosed and treated by specialist exercises and mobilisation.
Sports injuries
Sports injuries are a subcategory of Musculo-skeletal conditions, and do not require sole 'Sports Therapist' attention. Specialist Chartered Musculo-skeletal Physiotherapists are the highest qualified individuals to treat Sports injuries, but it's best to find one with Specialist Sports Injury experience within high level sports areas.
Musculo-skeletal conditions
This basically covers pain, stiffness, or weakness originating from any tissues in the body involved in moving or controling movement (muscles, nerves, joints, tendons, ligaments, skin, fascia, connective tissue). From headaches to toe pain and everything in between. Some sinister pathologies (eg. cancer, TB, infection, cardiac problems) can present like Musculo-skeletal problems, so assessment from a highly qualified and experienced Physiotherapist is more likely to help identify such problems.
Personal Training
Specialist personal training for those with long term medical conditions, elderly or obese individuals. 'Personal Trainers' need to have taken specialist courses before assisting individuals with any of these conditions.
Pilates (Clinical)
Clinical or therapeutic Pilates is for those with or recovering from back pain or surgery. Regular Pilates for these individuals can cause more problems early on.
Massage
Sports, Therapeutic, Scar Release, Trigger Point, Muscle Energy Technique, Specific Soft Tissue Mobilisation, Connective Tissue, Myofascial Release and others.
About Steven Clarke
I have a wide range of experience and have worked in the NHS, private hospitals, premiership football clubs as well as my own Physiotherapy practice. I am a Senior NHS Physiotherapist with specialist interest in Musculo-skeletal (aka sports injuries), Orthopaedic and Elderly Care Physiotherapy.
I am offering specialist Physiotherapy services to those who cannot attend clinics, or would prefer to be seen at home or the work place.
I provide highest quality specialist Physiotherapy assessment and individually tailored rehabilitation to clients who are suffering pain; are considering elective joint surgery; those hoping to avoid an unplanned hospital admission or earliest possible hospital discharge; those in need of post-operative rehabilitation; as well as individuals who have lost confidence in their functional ability, fear falling or have fallen. Mobile physiotherapy treatment allows rehabilitation in your own environment where those with balance and functional problems will benefit most.
I have a BSc (Hons) degree in Physiotherapy, Masters level qualifications in Extended Scope Physiotherapy practices and a Diploma in Therapeutic Massage. I promise a professional and sympathetic approach with the aim of relieving pain, maximising return to normal life and increasing confidence in functional tasks whether due to surgery, illness or inactivity.
About 'Steven Clarke Physiotherapy'
The company 'Steven Clarke Physiotherapy' is managed by myself: I have worked in health care since 1995, qualifying as a Chartered Physiotherapist in 1999. I have gained a broad experience in many areas of physical medicine having worked for City and Hackney Health Care Trust (NHS), Homerton University Hospital (NHS), The Princess Grace Hospital (Private Hospital), London Bridge Hospital (Private Hospital), Chelsea FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC. I continue to be employed by Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, as well as running my own Private Physiotherapy Clinic and Home-visiting Physiotherapy Service, which is available Monday to Sunday.
Please see www.london-physio.net for more details about me and my physiotherapy services.
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
BSc Hons (Physiotherapy), MCSP DTM HPC registered
Service Categories
Connective Tissue Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Mens Health, Mobile Service Massage, Myofascial Release Therapy, Personal Trainers, Physiotherapy, Pilates, Remedial Massage, Sports Injury Therapy, Sports Massage, Swedish Relaxation Massage, Trigger Point Therapy, Womens Health
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