{"id":531,"date":"2026-08-04T20:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k84058\/?page_id=531"},"modified":"2026-09-25T12:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:24:43","slug":"physiotherapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k84058\/physiotherapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Physiotherapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1608\"><span data-renderer-mark=\"true\">First Contact Physio appointments can be booked via our Reception Team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1608\"><span data-renderer-mark=\"true\">You can see a specialist Physiotherapist.\u00a0 Booking an initial telephone consultation with First Contact Physio gives you faster access to expert diagnosis along with advice and exercises you need to start tackling the problem. They can also refer you on to hospital services where necessary, order tests and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-renderer-mark=\"true\">recommend a GP to prescribe pain relief etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"2028\"><span data-renderer-mark=\"true\">First Contact Physio will:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-renderer-start-pos=\"2057\"><span data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Assess you and diagnose what\u2019s happening<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-renderer-start-pos=\"2102\"><span data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Give expert advice on how best to manage your condition<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-renderer-start-pos=\"2162\"><span data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Refer you on to specialist services if necessary<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"2216\"><span data-renderer-mark=\"true\">First Contact physiotherapists can deal with any of the following problems:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-renderer-start-pos=\"2294\"><span data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Soft tissue injuries, sprains, strains and sports injuries<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-renderer-start-pos=\"2333\"><span data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Strains or sports injuries<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-renderer-start-pos=\"2364\"><span data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Arthritis \u2013 any joint<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-renderer-start-pos=\"2390\"><span data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Possible problems with muscles, ligaments, tendons or bone, eg tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, ankle sprains<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-renderer-start-pos=\"2509\"><span data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Spinal pain including lower back pain, mid-back pain and neck pain<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-renderer-start-pos=\"2580\"><span data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Spinal-related pain in arms or legs, including nerve symptoms, eg pins and needles or numbness<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"2679\">Our Reception Team might offer this as an alternative to a GP appointment, or you can request a phone call from a First Contact Physio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Contact Physio appointments can be booked via our Reception Team. You can see a specialist Physiotherapist.\u00a0 Booking an initial telephone consultation with First Contact&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-531","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k84058\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k84058\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k84058\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k84058\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k84058\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k84058\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k84058\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}