The use of injection therapy in musculoskeletal conditions is a highly effective treatment which is both quick and cost-effective.

In most cases, injection therapy is not a standalone treatment but can help relieve pain to allow your physiotherapist a ‘window of opportunity’ to treat the underlying problems of a complaint, aiding rehabilitation.

Whilst injection therapy can help to provide pain relief, this is rarely used as a first course of treatment, as the symptoms will likely return without physiotherapy exercises and treatments to help prevent further pain and problems.

These modalities are used to diagnose the electrical activity of muscles or to stimulates nerves recovering from injury or to provide you with biofeedback during exercise in order to help activate and re-educate muscle contraction. Active VIII’s physiotherapists are experts in their use.

We have a number of staff trained in acupuncture for “pain relief” . We often use acupuncture as an adjunct to treatment for sciatica, nerve pain, tendinitis and arthritis.

Integrated (holistic) management of all your musculoskeletal problems through expert assessment, immediate clinical diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and integration of your lifestyle into your care.

The following are standard skills applied by ACTIVE VIII’s highly qualified physiotherapists:

Active VIII’s Physiotherapists employ joint manipulation and mobilisation techniques to help reduce pain and to restore normal joint movement that has been lost through injury, disease or following surgery. In physiotherapy, these techniques fall under the category of manual therapy.

We use a variety of manual therapy techniques following surgery for problems such as cartilage and ligament repairs, and following fractures. It is also used to regain movement of stiff joints, muscles and tendons and to provide pain relief following injury or surgery.