Oxphysio - Advanced Physiotherapy Service

Jo is now offering post natal Mummy MOT's at Raleigh Park Clinic in Botley! After having a baby, half of all women have a weakness in either their tummy or pelvic floor area – over a third suffer with chronic pelvic pain. This creates instability and poor core strength which can result in altered transfer load, back pain, pelvic pain, bladder and bowel weakness. A Mummy MOT helps women avoid these distressing and often embarrassing symptoms. Jo's assessment of your tummy gap... and pelvic floor will enable the creation of a bespoke post-natal recovery programme plan devised especially for you, depending on your lifestyle and fitness goals, including specific and safe post-natal exercises to regain stability and optimum function. A Mummy MOT will involve; A thorough post natal check up  Pelvic floor strength and tummy gap assessment  Personal exercise and activity plan  Optional 6-8 week post natal pilates programme. If you have any concerns about your post natal recovery, don't hesitate to call us and book your Mummy MOT today.
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Stretching with Scissors and the magic circle, a piece of equipment we frequently use in our classes to help our clients focus on their core strength and pelvic floor support. Elisa is demonstrating a dynamic hamstring stretch using the circle in this video and she looks incredible after the birth of her twin boys less than a year ago! Maybe pilates could do the same for you?

Helen, our specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist has over 20 years of experience treating a wide variety of conditions. Helen is happy to assess and treat babies, toddlers or adolescents who might be struggling with a neurological condition or developmental delays. Helen can assist physical development in early childhood and help diagnose problems in children who might not be meeting their developmental milestones. She can offer advice and support for a wide range of conditions including cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, brain and spinal cord injuries. Helen offers weekly clinic appointments in Headington or home visits if necessary. Get in touch for further information and feel free to share this message if you know of anyone in need of her expert skills.

For those of you who don't have any idea what a women's health physiotherapist does, you might enjoy this performance by Elaine Miller who is a women's health physio/comedian who sees comedy as the best way to get her message accross. 85% of pelvic floor problems can be cured within 5 physiotherapy sessions which is far more effective than drugs or surgery and far less risky! Don't just put up with it or assume it is normal, come and see Jo who can help you build your strength back up and return to full function again as quickly as possible.

Happy Friday!!!! The sun is shining and the leaves on the trees are turning so get outside and enjoy the fresh autumn air. There are so many health benefits to exercising to reduce pain and prevent injury. Whether you walk, run, swim or do pilates, it really doesn't matter as long as you are doing something. Have a read of this article to find out why exercise is so good for your body, especially for back and knee pain. Have a great weekend!

Pilates strengthens and tones your core, including the muscles in your abdomen, pelvis, back and shoulders, improving your posture and balance. Pilates can benefit so many people, from young fit athletes to older clients wanting to stay fit and healthy and move around more easily. At OxPhysio we run seventeen pilates classes each week around Headington and Botley including specialist osteoporosis pilates and post natal pilates classes. Please get in touch to find out more about how pilates can help you to acheive your goals.

Jo, our specialist women's health physiotherapist, has over 10 years of experience treating pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy and helping women optimise their recovery following birth. She teaches specialist post natal pilates classes and offers 30minute check ups if you are interested in coming along to one of our classes. Send us a message if you want to find out more about how she can help you and where and when you can book an appointment. We would love to hear from you!

We have 4 large excercise/pilates mats for sale as they are too big to use in our classes. They are 15mm thick, 96mm wide and 180cm long. Let us know if you are interested.

We have a few rare evening appointments available at ferry leisure centre tomorrow evening if anyone is in need of some emergency physio....give us a call or send us a message!

A big thank you to the Headington Festival organisers for today, and to everyone who came to chat with us this afternoon, we had a great time in the sunshine & look forward to meeting lots of you again over the next few weeks.

We will be doing some pilates demonstrations and answering any physio related questions this afternoon at Headington Festival & sports day in Bury Kowle park. There will be lots of fun to be had trying out different activities & a fun fair for the kids so come & say hi! We'd love to see you.

We are in need of a Portuguese interpreter for a patient, any suggestions?

A big welcome to Victoria McDermott, our new OxPhysio administrator who will be helping keep this page updated so make sure you 'like' us to keep up to date with any new pilates classes we are starting or any top physio or pilates tips!

We have a new pilates class starting at Risinghurst Community centre on Thursday mornings, get in touch if you're interested in trying it out and getting rid of those post Christmas wobbly bits!