We hear from our Children's Physiotherapist and Champion for Inclusive Play, Liz Cowan "Hands up who would describe themselves as physically active? My hand goes up a little, I mean I have a dog that I walk and I enjoy hill walking and occasionally running but I know that I do not do enough regular exercise to be in line [...]
Functional recovery is the most important for our patients! When John retired he had looked forward to having a lot of time for his passion: fishing with his friends in truly remarkable places. Unfortunately, in 2012 John’s illness and consequent brain injury thwarted his plans. The damage to his brain and both inner ears not only caused the hearing loss [...]
SP Therapy Services Celebrate 20 Years! 2018, is the 20th Anniversary of the Practice & Sue Pattison (Physiotherapist & Director) reflects on the journey so far! I have always loved being a Physiotherapist and my passion from early in my career was working with people living with neurological conditions. Early in my career I spent some time working at Highbank. This developed [...]
Last month Lucy attended Physiotherapy UK 2012, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy's flagship event, along with around 900 delegates in Liverpool. As well as having the opportunity to soak up all the latest news and evidence from the full 2-day programme of presentations, Lucy also attended to present her MSc research poster. This was one of three posters and one podium presentation from [...]
With a growing clinical team it is important to ensure our support team also develops to continue to provide the professional service our patients and referrers have received from Amanda Rothwell, our Practice Manager. The Practice has joined up with Aspire Apprenticeships to provide an opportunity for a young person to join the Practice as a Practice Assistant, the successful [...]
We are looking to recruit passionate experienced clinicians to join our growing team. We have vacancies for both an Occupational Therapist and a Physiotherapist. Both posts are on a full or part-time basis with flexible hours, a strong commitment to CPD and with the backup of a friendly support team. Your remuneration will be based on your clinical experiences and starting salaries will [...]
Susan Pattison Therapy Services are pleased and proud to announce that they have become a member of the Safe Places Scheme in Bury. The scheme has been set up to enable vulnerable people to access help whenever they need it. Vulnerable people may include those with dementia, learning disabilities, physical disabilities or older people. The Safe Places Scheme works with [...]
Chris Bates, one of SP Therapy Services Physiotherapists based in Bury, has been using the Alter-G Treadmill with one his patients. The Alter-G Treadmill was created by Sean Whalen and his father, with the original prototype being developed in their family garage. They used technology developed by NASA to create a treadmill that unweights a user through "differential air pressure”. [...]
Doreen- An Update! On Friday 12th May 2017 Franki Collinson, Occupational Therapist and Champion for Cognition supported her client, Doreen Ward, to become the first Volunteer Coordinator for the NWABI Network meeting. The Network, which has been running for 10 years, is a group of organisations and businesses working in the field of brain injury who meet twice yearly to network, share good practice [...]
Doris' Story at SP Therapy Services When Doris approached SP Therapy Services after the severe stroke in 2016 her goal was to be able to get out of her wheelchair when shopping to have a look around the shelves or stands. Since then however she got a bit further than that! Doris loved travelling whole her life. She was always [...]
