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Conditions and Treatment
What is physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy helps restore movement and function when someone is affected by injury, illness or disability.
Physiotherapists help people through education and advice, movement and exercise, manual therapy, electrotherapy, acupuncture and injection therapy. Physiotherapists provide appropriate aids such as walking sticks or crutches.
Physiotherapists help people of all ages maintain their health and fitness, helping patients to manage pain and prevent illness. At the core is the patient’s involvement in their own care, through education, awareness, empowerment and participation in their own treatment.
What to expect
We take a ‘whole person’ approach to health and wellbeing, which includes exploring the patient’s general lifestyle and what impact this may have on their health.
Initially the physiotherapist needs to ask you some questions to help find out what is wrong with you. These questions may initially be asked over a telephone consultation.
If you're asked to attend an in-person appoint, a member of our team will examine the area identified as being painful. The physiotherapist may examine several areas to identify the source of the pain or issue you are having.
When the physiotherapist has finished the assessment, they will explain to you what they have found. They will discuss treatment options with you. They will usually give you lots of advice and some exercises. In order to improve it is important that you try to follow this advice and carry out the exercises as instructed.
Depending on your condition, the physiotherapist may also offer a course of treatment and occasionally the physiotherapist may have to refer you on to a colleague for further investigations or specialist management.
What to bring to an appointment
- A list of your current medications
- Appropriate clothing so that you can be examined effectively. For example, if you have a leg or back problem you may want to bring shorts/tracksuit trousers and a T-shirt. If you have any questions about what needs to be examined and why please just ask
- If you are under 16 years old we need you to bring an adult with you
- Any results of recent x-rays or scans you have had
- Any clinical letters about your condition or recent medical treatment
Pershore Hospital
Pershore Hospital
Queen Elizabeth Drive
Pershore
Worcestershire
WR10 1PS
Tel: 0300 790 0599
Phonelines are open Monday — Friday 08:30am — 12:30pm
From Evesham travel through town on the B4084. Turn right at the traffic lights on to Station Road. Take the next right signposted to the Civic Centre. Follow this road as far as it goes which leads to the car park for the hospital
How to find us:
From Worcester, turn left at the traffic lights off the A4104. Take the next right signposted to the Civic Centre. Follow this road as far as it goes which leads to the car park for the hospital. Alternatively, if travelling from Worcester on the A44, turn right at the traffic lights at Pinvin onto the A4104 (Terrace Road). Follow this until it becomes Station Road. Go passed the High school on your left and continue to a left turn signposted for the Civic Centre. Turn left and follow this road as far as it goes which leads to the car park for the hospital.
Please allow plenty of time for parking as the car park can be busy at certain times. It is a pay and display car park. There are disabled parking bays outside the Physiotherapy department. Upon arrival please go to the first floor of the hospital, turn left and report directly to the Physiotherapy reception. Please ensure you arrive on time. If you are late you may not be seen and your appointment will need to be rescheduled.
Bromsgrove
Out Patients Physiotherapy Department
Princess of Wales Community Hospital
Stourbridge Road
Bromsgrove
B61 0BB
Map
Tel: 0300 790 0599
Phonelines are open Monday — Friday 08:30am — 12:30pm
Evesham Hopsital
Physiotherapy Service Tel: 0300 790 0599
Phonelines are open Monday — Friday 08:30am — 12:30pm
How to Find Us:
From Worcester Take the B4084 (old A44) to Evesham. On approaching the town you will reach a set of traffic lights with the river on your left. Continue straight on. Hospital is approximately 250 yards on the right.
From Birmingham Take the A435/A46 to Evesham. Continue through the town in direction of Cheltenham. Cross river bridge and turn left at traffic lights. Hospital is approximately 250 yards on the right.
From Cheltenham Take the A435/A46 and turn right at second set of traffic lights in the town. Hospital is approximately 250 yards on the right.
From Redditch Take the A46 to Evesham. Join A44, turn left at third set of traffic lights in the town onto Waterside. Hospital is approximately 250 yards on the right.
Please allow plenty of time for parking as the car park can be busy at certain times. It is a pay and display car park. There are disabled parking bays outside the Physiotherapy department. Upon arrival please report directly to the Physiotherapy reception. Please ensure you arrive on time. If you are late you may not be seen and your appointment will need to be rescheduled.
Malvern
Malvern Community Hospital
185 Worcester Road
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR14 1EX
Tel: 0300 790 0599
Phonelines are open Monday — Friday 08:30am — 12:30pm
Parking
Barrier - Retain ticket and pay at paystation
20min - FREE
Up to 2hrs - £2.50
2h - 4h - £3.50
4h - 24h - £4.00
Tenbury
Tenbury Community Hospital
Worcester Road
Tenbury Wells
Worcestershire
WR15 8AP
Tel: 0300 790 0599
Phonelines are open Monday — Friday 08:30am — 12:30pm
Parking
Free of charge
Upton Surgery
Upton Surgery
Tunnel Hill
Upton-upon-Severn
Worcestershire WR8 0QL
Tel: 03007900599
Phonelines are open Monday — Friday 08:30am — 12:30pm
Worcester
Crowngate
48 Friary Walk
Worcester
WR1 3LE
Tel: 03007900599
Map
Phonelines are open Monday — Friday 08:30am — 12:30pm