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physiotherapy Nhs

Could anyone help with how I contact Hounslow physiotherapy on NHS.Just had the most pointless doctor phone call ever!Grove park terrace surgery is useless.

Paul Brown ● 2256d21 Comments

This is one of the main centres, but they do clinics at the health centre and more.West Middlesex University Hospital, O Block020 8973 3550Therapies Centre (O-Block), West Middlesex Hospital, Twickenham Road , Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 6AF

Bernard Allen ● 2256d

thank you any chance you want to be my doctor ;) Pretty sure whoever I spoke to wasn’t a doctor lol. Doctor got pain in foot I walk a lot because of job. Go and buy some ASICS  trainers. Get physiotherapy, okay do you book that for me, no do it yourself.

Paul Brown ● 2256d

Fall off your bicycle Paul?

Mick Collins ● 2256d

20 years walking the streets and old age catching up with me.

Paul Brown ● 2256d

Paul maybe it might be worth getting custom made insoles I know a podiatrist not cheap mind.If you get the pain sorted it may not sort out the cause trouble is it has to be said nhs physio is pants anyway.Wish you good health.

Mick Collins ● 2256d

If you can afford it it might be worth trying an Osteopath or even Acupuncture? Some practices also have podiatrists/chiropodists too.

Vanessa Smith ● 2256d

No point I am afraid Paul as you cannot self-refer to the service in Ealing, Hounslow Hillingdon or Hammersmith.  The referral must come from your doctor. You can either keep pressuring them or present yourself at an 'urgent care centre' (much as it irks me to suggest that you do that to actually get seed they, in turn can refer you to physiotherapy services.

N V Brooks ● 2256d

Seen not seed (fat fingers!)

N V Brooks ● 2256d

Whereabouts in the foot is the pain, Paul? I ask because I had a pain in my heel last year which was plantar fasciitis. My private physio helped with massage, insoles and exercises and it made a huge difference and got me walking easily again.

Susan Kelly ● 2256d

Think I have same problem. Checked online seem to have all the symptoms.Hope I can get physiotherapist with work.

Paul Brown ● 2256d

There is a large sign in the Chiswick health centre saying you can self refer to the service

Bernard Allen ● 2256d

From the physiotherapy site at: https://westlondon.nhs.uk/ecp-musculoskeletal/#referrals"Patients can only self-refer for routine appointments after consultation and agreement with you, their GP. If your patient meets our criteria for urgent referral, please refer them as usual."

N V Brooks ● 2256d

Well it says something completely different in the Chiswick health centre.I sat opposite the sign for long enough.The physios come from West Middlesex Hospital, one is based there most of the time.

Bernard Allen ● 2256d

I've started physiotherapy over the 'phone with WMH. That's a new one to me!

Jeffrey Cope ● 2256d

Paul if you reckon you have what Susan had physios will not give you anything you cannot find on the net for yourself google insoles for plantar fascilitis  then google exercises for it ..maybe google symtoms to double check.

Mick Collins ● 2256d

It was a five month waiting list when I needed physio about four years ago.  If they are doing online consultations that can help you to help yourself that sounds brilliant.

Philippa Bond ● 2256d

Yes, you can find the insoles and exercises online. Not so much the massage! Running a rolling pin over it is a possibility; there are YouTube videos about that.

Susan Kelly ● 2256d

Rolling a tennis ball under the foot is another option too.I've been using orthotics like these in my shoes and boots for years. Inexpensive, and they've been very effective.https://www.amazon.co.uk/wellbeing-Orthotic-insoles-trainers-walking/dp/B00NTAWXEE/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Pro11+wellbeing+Orthotic+sports+insoles+for+trainers+walking+or+work+boots+shoes&qid=1598712189&sr=8-1

Jeff Gear ● 2254d

The physiotherapy I had a couple of years ago was completely pointless.  I had written out all the history, symptoms and what I had tried, including swimming.  It took him about 20 minutes to read a couple of sheets of typed paper I had put together to save time.  I have suffered from back problems for over 20 years, and tried just about everything under the sun.  The physio looked at me as if he'd just had a lightbulb moment and said, 'Have you tried swimming'?  I didn't go back. I didn't go back.

Claire Moran ● 2254d

It's awful to admit that NHS physio is not great. Priority is based on clinical need. The reality is that if you go for a private consultation, you will be directed to better and more efficacious treatments.

Stewart Jones ● 2254d

I have to agree with Stewart. In my experience NHS physios are pretty hopeless and I've been going private since I realised that private physios existed.

Susan Kelly ● 2254d