Aches and Pains

Connect Health

Patients aged 18 and over can self-refer to Connect Health with the following issues:

• Physiotherapy
  Physiotherapy for MSK conditions involves the assessment and treatment of muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, spinal discs, nerves and other structures to keep you moving.

• Pelvic Health
  Pelvic Health provision includes support for men’s and women’s health including continence, urogynaecology and obstetric Musculoskeletal dysfunction. They can help treat to conditions such as pelvic floor dysfunction, pelvic organ prolapse, lower urinary dysfunction, pelvic girdle pain, bladder & lower bowel dysfunction and other MSK conditions related to the pelvis.
• Pain
  Achieves community pain teams are made up of pain consultants, specialist physiotherapists, clinical psychologists, nurse specialists, occupational therapists, CBT therapists, GP’s and pharmacists. Everyone specialises in persistent pain and works closely as a team to support people living with pain. Their team will help you find ways to manage your pain and lead a better quality of life. They can help you start doing more of what matters to you without making the pain worse and to manage flare-ups. The team can also support you with the emotional impact of living with pain. As well as one to one support from our team of experts as named above, we offer pain management programmes, medication reviews, and evidence-based injection interventions if appropriate.
• Podiatry
  MSK (Musculoskeletal) Podiatry is the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of conditions primarily affecting the foot, ankle and lower limbs. Podiatrists are lower limb specialists. Podiatrists who are trained in musculoskeletal practice are experts in the identification of the cause and origin of lower limb dysfunction.
• 1:1 Rehab
  Achieves 1:1 rehabilitation sessions are for patients who need to improve their flexibility and strength following injury. Set in a gym environment, our Rehab Therapists will tailor individual programme and set goals to help progress rehabilitation and show you the benefits that exercise and movement can have on your recovery.

For access please visit Achieves website where you (or a patient advocate acting on behalf of someone else with their permission) can safely provide your details and complete an initial online assessment to help us understand your condition – www.connecthealth.co.uk/ services/oxfordshire. Alternatively, you can call 01865 634 336.