Physiotherapy

What we do

Physiotherapy helps restore your movement and function when you are affected by injury, illness or disability. It uses movement and exercise, manual therapy, education and advice that’s tailored to your individual needs to promote, maintain and restore your physical health.

Our physiotherapists provide a full range of inpatient and outpatient services for adults and children. They work closely with patients, carers and other healthcare professionals such as occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, social workers, nurses and doctors. They provide specialist services to a range of clinical areas, including: medical, surgical and orthopaedic wards, Critical Care, the Health and Ageing Unit (HAU), neurology, neurosurgery, children’s health, pelvic health (urogynaecology), pulmonary rehabilitation and renal rehabilitation.

Treatment programmes include:

• rehabilitation to ensure patients have the best possible level of independence and movement
• respiratory care for patients in critical care after surgery or who have a long-term respiratory disease
• reducing pain and improving patients’ range of movement in their joints
• empowering patients to self-manage long term conditions such as persistent pain (see Chronic pain resources on our MSK outpatient physiotherapy page)
• helping to plan safe discharge.

Treatments include exercise therapy, manual and manipulation therapy, acupuncture, neurological and amputee rehabilitation and respiratory care.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) physiotherapy outpatients

We advise and treat patients with muscle, bone or joint problems and help them to manage their condition. We also advise carers and provide a number of exercise classes including:

• ESCAPE (osteoarthritis group)
• rehabilitation exercise
• back class (‘Back and Track’ and ‘Back to Me’)
• shoulder class
• ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) class.

Please see our MSK outpatient physiotherapy page for more information about this service.

Clinic times

Appointments take place between 8am and 5pm. Out of hours appointments from 7.30am and after 5pm are available on selected days at King’s College Hospital.

Preparing for your appointment

Please wear appropriate clothing to help us assess your problem more easily. For example, we may ask you to take off some of your clothes so we can see the affected parts of your body.

Physiotherapy students supervised by a qualified physiotherapist may assess you.

If you arrive more than 10 minutes late for your appointment we may not be able to see you and you will have to rebook your appointment.

Locations

• Ground floor, Coldharbour Works, 245a Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8RR. Please note the entrance to the therapy suite is on Shakespeare road.
• Tessa Jowell Health Centre, 72H East Dulwich Grove, London, SE22 8EY
• a number of GP practices and community settings.

Contact Details

• Main Reception: 020 3299 3540
• Therapies Outpatient Appointments (phone lines open Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 2pm): 020 3299 8220
• Therapy Outpatient Appointments email (include the days and times you can attend): [email protected]

Patient information leaflets