Acute Care Physiotherapy
This team provides assessment and treatment to inpatients who are admitted to an elderly care, gynaecological, intensive care, high dependency care, medical, paediatric, renal, surgical ward or urology.
Conditions include: Asthma, Bronchiectasis, Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease (COPD), Dementia, Lung Cancer, Parkinson’s Disease, Pneumonia, Post-Operative patients.
Cardiac Physiotherapy
This team provides assessment and treatment to outpatients who have difficulty due to heart problems or due to dysfunctional breathing patterns (also known as hyperventilation and over breathing).
Cardiac Rehabilitation is offered following: Angina, Cardiomyopathy, Coronary angioplasty, Dysfunctional Breathing Pattern, Heart attack, Heart surgery, Pacemaker and/ or ICD inserted.
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
This team provides assessment and treatment to inpatients and outpatients with a range of muscle, bone and joint problems. We also provide treatment to patients with women's health problems.
Conditions include: Arthritis – OA / RA, Back and neck pain, Complex limb correction surgery, Day case surgery, Facial Palsy, Fractures, Joint Pain, Joint replacement surgery, soft tissue repair surgery, fracture fixation surgery, Post-operative treatment / Rehabilitation, Soft Tissue Injury.
Neurological Physiotherapy
This team provides assessment and treatment to inpatients and outpatients who have movement difficulties due to central nervous system pathology and genetic disorder. Members of this team also provide treatment to patients following lower limb amputation.
Conditions include: Cerebral Palsy, Guillain Barre Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Parkinson ’s Disease, Spinal Cord Injury and Stroke.
Paediatric Physiotherapy
Sunderland Integrated Musculoskeletal Service
This team provides assessment and treatment to outpatients referred by their GP for a range of muscle, bone and joint problems.
Conditions include: Arthritis – OA / RA, Back and neck pain, Joint Pain, Soft Tissue Injury.
