Physiotherapy
We provide high quality physiotherapy services across London
sports injuries | sports rehabilitation | knee injuries | back injuries | shoulder injuries | running injuries | injury rehabilitation
strength & conditioning | evidence-based medicine | ski injuries
Physiotherapy is a science-based healthcare profession that aims to restore movement and function within the body.
It focuses on stretching, strengthening, and mobilising the tissues, joints, and muscles to enable pain-free movement.
After an operation or injury, you may be referred to a physiotherapist to ‘re-train’ your body to restore it to its optimum function. Our physiotherapists may help with neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disorders.
Why a Technique Physiotherapist?? All our practitioners are appropriately accredited and hold their accreditation across several bodies. We ensure that they stay abreast of all the latest practice and guidelines. We will only ever provide you with evidence based services.
Our physiotherapy prices
Self-pay physiotherapy
Our physiotherapy services are competitively priced for self-pay clients. All new clients require an initial consultation where we will perform a diagnosis and create a treatment plan.
Follow-up appointments are available from 30 - 60 minutes and will be booked with your physiotherapist.
Claiming on your medical insurance
We work with most major medical/health insurance companies and make claiming on your policy quick and easy.
We would recommend contacting your insurance company prior to booking your appointment to establish their process. For more information read our article on claiming on your health insurance.
Initial Consultation
£109
Our initial consultation covers:
45 minute session
In-depth subjective analysis
In-depth objective analysis
Diagnosis
Tailored treatment programme
Set exercises
Sessional Physiotherapy
From £75
If our physiotherapist recommends a series of appointments you can book the following sessions:
30 minutes: £75
45 minutes: £109
60 minutes: £135
Sports Massage
From £72
Our physiotherapists are trained to deliver deep tissue massage to help relieve muscle pain.
45 minutes: £72
60 minutes: £85
What to expect
Technique Health and Fitness want to ensure a complete physiotherapy process to ensure effective recovery from injury. This is based on the following:
Assessment
Firstly, our physio will assess you to understand the problem.
To do this, he / she will take a detailed account of your complaint, discuss any medical issues, and conduct a thorough physical analysis.
Diagnosis
From considering all the information in the assessment, the physio will then diagnose your condition.
Treatment Plan
From your diagnosis, your physio will put together a tailored treatment programme to improve your condition.
This will include exercises to work on at home.
Review
If necessary, the physio will review your recovery, as many times as necessary.
To objectively measure your recovery, in the first session the physio will record your baseline data to measure progress against.
Dry needling and physiotherapy
A number of our physiotherapists use dry needling as part of their practice. But what is dry needling and why could your condition benefit from this treatment?
What is dry needling and what are its benefits?
Dry needling is a treatment technique that uses thin needles to stimulate trigger points in the connective tissue surrounding muscles with the aim to help improve pain, stiffness and mobility. This in turn can serve as a form of injury treatment, injury prevention, sports performance enhancement and relaxation.
How does dry needling work?
When the needle is inserted into the body, it naturally generates an inflammatory response internally. This means that blood is directed into that area and with it, the “good” nutrients such as oxygen that help muscles recover, relax, and perform better. Similarly, if an injury is present, it helps remove any excess/waste material that is impacting recovery, pain, stiffness and mobility in a negative way. The prick sensation from the needle also stimulates the release of endorphins (your body’s homemade pain medication). Some feel its effects immediately after the first session while it takes others more than one session.
Who should use dry needling?
-Those who are dealing with an injury or ache: Dry needling can help as part of the treatment plan for most musculoskeletal conditions such as muscle strains/tears, back pain (disc/facet joint issues), tendinopathies, and most other joint or muscle related issues.
-Active/sporting population: Dry needling can minimize the risk of injury and enhance sports performance by allowing muscles and joints to move and feel as they should. Allow yourself to not have to miss training and feel great in the process.
-Those looking to relax: If you are someone that is caught up in the busy and stressful lifestyle of London and would like something to help you recover and unwind; dry needling is a tool that can help release tension off your muscles and make you feel refreshed.
Contraindications
The following is a list of certain instances when dry needling is not recommended or is contraindicated. This list is not exhaustive and if any doubts you should always consult the person doing the treatment prior to the session.
-Those who are pregnant, particularly in the first 3 months of pregnancy
-Those who are unable to provide consent
-Those who have compromised immune systems
-Those who have very recently had surgery
-Those who have bleeding disorders, hemophilia, are on heavy dose of blood thiners
prevention and/or relaxation- Those looking to minimize the risk of injury. Particularly those who enjoy being active and would benefit from a little extra “help” to aid in the recovery of their muscles and joints will greatly benefit from this.
Dry needling vs Acupuncture
Dry needling isn’t the same as acupuncture. Both procedures involve penetrating your skin with the same type of needles but acupuncture is based in Eastern medicine, while dry needling is based in Western medicine. Dry needling is based on the evaluation of pain patterns, postures, faulty movement patterns and orthopaedic testing while acupuncture is based on energy and “meridian points” that correspond to different parts of your body.
Our Physiotherapists
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Mike Aunger
Based at Bank & Vauxhall
Mike is founder of Technique with over 20 years experience. He is a passionate advocate of evidence-based practice and has developed Benchmark a rehabilitation tracking programme.
He specialises in the optimisation of knee health and recovery from ACL surgery.
Mike is an expert at ski injury rehabilitation and ski-brace fitting for prevention and recovery.
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Rogel Rios Galeana
Based at Bank & Vauxhall
Rogel specialises in sports and MSK physiotherapy offering sports massage, acupuncture, shockwave and cupping therapy to his clients.
A former swimmer Rogel understands the challenges patients face when injured.
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Tilemachos Pissas
Based at Bank
Tilemachos, a highly experienced physiotherapist has a special interest in upper limb pathology, most specifically the shoulder.
Practicing evidence-based sports medicine he is a strength & conditioning expert who bridges the gap between rehab and performance.
