The Initial Consultation
The initial consultation will start with a few questions to understand what has brought you to the clinic.
In discussing your symptoms, the clinician will first ensure that the treatments on offer are the correct therapy for you. Otherwise you may be referred to another health professional for appropriate treatment or for tests or x-rays.
Questions will be about your symptoms and also about your medical history (previous surgery, fractures, sprains, illnesses, treatments and so on). There may be some questions about your lifestyle (diet, employment, sports and hobbies) if this is relevant to your visit.
The clinician may carry out a physical examination, and you may need to undress to your underwear. If you prefer, you can wear shorts or loose trousers and a thin top.
Don't hesitate to contact The Werx Clinic (contact details can be seen towards the bottom of this page) if you have any concerns.
The clinician will perform various tests including blood pressure or neurological tests if they need to be sure that the treatment is safe for you as your best option. They might then perform mobility tests on your symptomatic area and possibly other parts of your body as the source of the symptoms may lie elsewhere.
After the examination, they will explain their findings to you and will work with you to prepare a treatment plan. You can ask questions at any time during the consultation.
After the initial consultation, the clinician will probably suggest a follow up appointment a few days or weeks later. As a guide, acute symptoms (less than 3 months duration) may require 3 to 4 follow-ups; chronic pain (more than 6 months) may require 5 to 6 follow ups (more complex conditions or chronic back pain may take longer).
Clinical hour appointments refers to, appointments that are bookable during the normal opening times of the clinic. Our out of hour appointments are bookable slots that fall outside of the normal clinical opening times. To view (click the following link) our opening and closing times, or if you require an urgent or emergency appointment, then click the words highlighted or head to the appointments part of the menu bar folder.
Why not enhance you recovery progress with our clinical patient aftercare programme/exercise prescriptions?
Our Patient Aftercare Programme (PAP) provides you with all of the strengthening and stretching exercises needed to help you speed up your recovery at home. This is achieved via our outstanding rehabilitation app that shares with you, videos, pictures and wording on how to complete these techniques with all the relevant information such as reps, sets and how many times a week that you need to do them to achieve optimal rehabilitation. Each of these programmes are customised specifically for you and the condition you arrived at the clinic with, enabling a much faster recovery rate.
If you would like to have our customised PAP then simply click the button below and you will get taken to the booking page for your appointment as well as reserving your exercise prescription in advance of your appointment.