Physiotherapy
If you’re suffering with physical problems caused by an illness, accident or ageing, we can provide treatment and support to help you manage any short and long term conditions.
Once you have been referred to our service, we'll contact you by post or telephone to book your first appointment.
We may ask you to complete our questionnaire before your first appointment. Please also bring with you a list of your current medication and any communications between you and your GP, specialist or consultant.
During your first appointment, we’ll carry out a full physical assessment, asking you about your problem and how it affects your life. This can last up to 45 minutes.
If your appointment is face to face, we may ask you to take off some items of clothing to help with our assessment, if you feel comfortable to do so
After your assessment, we’ll give you advice about treatments and how to manage your symptoms, including:
- Exercises you can do at home, in the gym or as part of one of our classes to improve your strength, co-ordination and balance
- Advice on how to reduce and manage your pain effectively
- Functional rehabilitation to help improve your daily movements and reduce any contributing factors
- Returning to or starting sports and hobbies
- Acupuncture
- Manual (or manipulative) therapy
We can provide treatment and support if you have one of the following conditions:
- Neck, e.g. whiplash, wry neck
- Shoulder, e.g. impingements, frozen shoulder
- Elbow, e.g. tennis and golfers elbow
- Wrist/hand, e.g. fractures, stiffness and pain
- Lower back, e.g. sciatica, stiffness and pain
- Hip, e.g. osteoarthritis, stiffness and pain, groin pain
- Knee, e.g. osteoarthritis, ligament, anterior knee pain
- Ankle/foot, e.g. achilles pain, heel pain, sprains
- Recovering from surgery or fractures
- Long term conditions, e.g. Rheumatoid Arthritis
We also have a number of specialist services, including:
- Help for cancer patients experiencing tightness or a reduced range of movement after surgery/radiotherapy/chemotherapy
- Neurological conditions (those affecting the brain and nervous system) such as Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease and Cerebral Palsy
Please ask your GP or healthcare professional to refer you into our service.
If you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment, please let us know as soon as possible. If you miss your appointment and don’t reschedule within a week, we’ll discharge you back to your GP.
On this page are the contact details and locations for our teams across East Berkshire, which covers Bracknell, Maidenhead, Slough, and Windsor.
If you feel that your symptoms are of an urgent nature, or if you need any assistance please call or email us.
Call 0300 365 5678
Email MSKphysioadmin@berkshire.nhs.uk
Bracknell
Church Hill House
51-52 Turing Drive
Bracknell
Berkshire
RG12 7FR
Great Hollands Health Centre
Great Hollands
Bracknell
Berkshire
RG12 8WY
Maidenhead
St Mark's Hospital
St Mark's Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 6DU
Slough
Upton Hospital
Albert Street
Slough
Berkshire
SL1 2BJ
Windsor
Fairacres
Unit A & B, Foundation House
Dedworth Road
Windsor
Berkshire
SL4 4LE
On this page are the contact details and locations for our teams across West Berkshire, which covers Reading, Wet Berkshire Community Hospital, and Wokingham.
Reading
Dellwood Physiotherapy Unit
Liebenrood Road
Reading
Berkshire
RG30 2DX
Call 0118 904 1777
Email Admin.RDGphysio@berkshire.nhs.uk
Physiotherapy Department at West Berkshire Community Hospital
London Road
Benham Hill
Thatcham
Berkshire
RG18 3AS
Call 0118 904 1777
Email WestBerksMSKphysio@berkshire.nhs.uk
Wokingham
Wokingham Community Hospital
Barkham Road
Wokingham
Berkshire
RG41 2RE
Call 0118 904 1777
Webinars and self-help guides
Our physiotherapists have recorded a webinar about Lower Back Pain
Topics include:
- What causes Low Back Pain?
- What you can do to help ease your symptoms?
- What you can do to help yourself
- Treatment options
You don’t need to be a patient with us to view the video.
Find out more and watch the webinar (opens a new browser tab)
Our physiotherapists have recorded a webinar about how to manage your long term pain.
Find out more and watch the webinar (opens a new browser tab)
Our physiotherapists have recorded a webinar about Osteoarthritis (OA) of the Knee. You can watch the video below.
You may be living with OA, or you have pain that you suspect may be osteoarthritis.
Topics covered include:
- What osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is
- What a diagnosis may mean for you
- What the treatment options available are, and how helpful they may be
- What you can do to help yourself
Find out more and watch the webinar (opens a new browser tab)
Our physiotherapists have recorded a webinar about Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP). You can watch the video below.
You may be living with PGP, or you have pain that you suspect may be PGP.
Topics covered include:
- Anatomy of the pelvis
- Causes of Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP)
- Changes that happen in pregnancy
- What you can do to self-manage PGP
- What to do if PGP doesn't improve
Find out more and watch the webinar (opens a new browser tab)
Our physiotherapists have recorded a webinar about Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (GTPS). You can watch the video below.
You may be living with GTPS, or you have pain that you suspect may be GTPS.
Topics covered include:
- What is Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome?
- What causes Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome?
- What you can do to help ease your symptoms
- What you can do to help yourself
- What you do next if these do not help you
Find out more and watch the webinar (opens a new browser tab)
If you are waiting for surgery, or are recovering from surgery, Versus Arthritis have developed a helpful toolkit called ‘Lets Move for Surgery’. They have tailor made programs and exercise routines for hip, shoulder and knee replacement, and many other sections to help you navigate movement and exercise before and after surgery.
Go to the Let's Move For Surgery Toolkit on the Versus Arthiritis website (opens a new browser tab)
We have a number of information sheets to give you advice on some of the most common physiotherapy conditions.
Head and neck
Upper and mid body
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Colles Fracture (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- De Quervain's Tenosynovitis (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Divarication of rectus (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Frozen Shoulder (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Osteoarthritis of the thumb (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Persistent pain (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Rotator Cuff pain (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Shoulder pain relief (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Upper (Thoracic) back pain (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Whiplash (read the leaflet) (pdf)
Lower body
- Achilles Tendinopathy (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Ankle Sprain (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Groin strain (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Knee Injuries (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Low back pain (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Osteoarthritis of the hip (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Osteoarthritis of the knee (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Pelvic floor muscles (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Pelvic girdle (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Persistent pain (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Plantar Heel Pain (read the leaflet) (pdf)
- Reactive Achilles heel (read the leaflet) (pdf)
