HATFIELD PRACTICE – IS YOUR BEST CHOICE
Hatfield Practice is a friendly integrated team of healthcare professionals. Our love of helping people has helped develop Hatfield Practice into the warm, safe and professional place it is today. Assisting people to be pain-free and back on track is essential.
The Physiotherapists don’t just give exercises, and Osteopaths don’t just crack! The team will design a hands-on “top end” treatment plan to speed your recovery from injury or illness. If your condition is complex, non-resolving or in great pain, we can involve other practitioners with your treatment on the same day, often during the same session. We can also have a mobile Physio faster service that will visit you at home or office.
The Treatment
Treatment starts with you and making sure that you are happy. Clinically treatment begins with a good working diagnosis ( i.e. what the problem/ injury is). It is essential to understand why you are in pain and know how long it will be before you see any improvement. Most importantly, a good understanding of why the pain or problem happened in the first place. Quality Physiotherapy and Osteopathy must be backed up with good educational advice so that the injury/condition is not repeated.
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy is excellent for rehabilitation and is used alongside Pilates and other forms of strengthening and repair. Conditions such as whiplash, repetitive strains and muscle imbalance respond well to Physiotherapy. Consultations may involve workstation assessments, exercises and core muscle stability advice.
Physiotherapy is science-based and well-researched. Physiotherapists are committed to evaluating and reviewing treatment methods and the evidence that underpins Physiotherapy’s effectiveness and application. Hatfield Practice Physiotherapy is progressive, with hands-on treatments, not just exercise sheets. The Hatfield Practice approach has proven very successful over the years. Physiotherapy is one of the best-proven methods for treating joints, muscles, tendons, nerves and ligaments. As well as practising a wide range of hands-on techniques, Physiotherapists are also trained in electrotherapy such as Shockwave therapy, laser treatment, H- wave, ultrasound, interferential and TENS.
Osteopathy
Osteopathy is brilliant for loosening and improving spinal, muscle and joint function. It is not unusual for chronic muscle tightness, pain, and tension to be caused by hours on the computer or by, not stretching or poor diet. Chronic muscular pain may leave people feeling tired and old. Chronic muscular tensions may lead to inelastic fibrotic muscle states that stiffen “strangle” our bodies almost like ivy around a tree. Restricted mobility and stiffness in muscles and joints limit our standard range of movements exacerbating underlying conditions.
Changes like these may make us feel much older than we are. Lack of exercise and movement affects cartilage nourishment, eventually causing inflammation, osteoarthritis “wear and tear”. Ageing is, in part, gradually developing poor movement habits. Over time producing, the softening of boney cartilage and weakened muscles.
Our Osteopathy is not just cracking. Our practitioners use a specific deep “neuromuscular massage”, which massively improves blood flow, nerve elasticity and joint range of movement, improving physical flexibility and easing emotional patterns often “held” in our bodies.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is simply brilliant for acute pain relief, such as sports injuries. On a deeper level, systemic ( Internal organ) problems that may be treated may include liver heat, kidney stress, and digestive conditions such as acid reflux, IBS, and high blood pressure.
Importantly “stress origin” conditions like chronic fatigue and “burnout” involve the kidneys producing too much cortisol/ adrenalin. Brilliant for trapped nerve pain, Rsi, shingles, Irritable bowls and both male and female fertility infertility issues are just a few examples of the scope of Traditional Acupuncture.
Interestingly in China, it was usual that the village acupuncturist would look after the locals’ health. He was checking on them all from time to time. The reason for this was ( apart from loving his work) he would not get paid if they became unwell and could not work ( brilliant !). Modern medicine may wait for the disease to become established before intervention. Odd, like many things, the more established a condition, the harder it is to treat.
Massage
Our “Freedom Massage Treatment” starts with case history taking, complete neurological examination, and functional testing of muscular performance and joint mobility. Massage treatments typically involve deep soft tissue work along specific nerve pathways. The deep soft tissue massage tends to break reflexes and provides a fantastic sense of lightness and freedom of movement.
Of course, the massage may be combined with manipulation of the spine (helping the central control of the whole body), manipulation of peripheral joints and soft-tissue work, including reflex- and trigger point therapy and neuro–release techniques to improve the tensions throughout the neuro system which often lead to pulled tissue disc, joint and nerve injuries.