COVID-19 Action Plan

To all our clients at Impact Physio

We are monitoring the situation closely and are following the guidance of our governing bodies, the local health authorities and World Health Organization (WHO), to ensure we are doing our part to keep you and our wider communities safe. 

If you have any concerns about attending your appointment, then please don’t hesitate to contact us. If you need to reduce your risk due to personal or wider responsibilities to others, are within a vulnerable category yourself or need to self-isolate due to a persistent new cough or have a fever then please don’t physically attend your appointment.

We are able to offer either telephone consultations or video links to enable your management to continue. In most cases we can continue to offer assessment, advice and our classes in a virtual environment therefore avoiding contact risk.  Please don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss this further or make contact prior to your scheduled time to organise this.

If you are well and able to keep your appointment then we can assure you that we continue to maintain our high standards of infection control. We have also increased vigilance with the most-touched surfaces like door handles, credit card readers, and restrooms. We also ensure our team are following guidelines regarding their own health. 

We wish you all the best at this time and thank-you for your continued support. 

2020 changes

A new decade, new challenges… 

This year we are have rebooked some of our favourite challenges – continuing our quest to surf better! We have changed our 3 peak challenge to the “10 Peaks in the Lakes” and added a cool down “Great North Swim” the following day! Of course this will all be accompanied by lashings of cake in true Impact style raising money for some great causes.

This year Phil – who has been a stalwart at the clinic for over 10 years has been offered a full-time role at Nottinghamshire CCC, we wish him all the best and can’t wait until the close season already for him to re-join us!

We welcome Ben Trevor-Jones who has come over from Sydney University Sports Injury Clinic to join Derbyshire CCC for a PT role with the second team, he will be based at all 4 of our clinics!

Jenny Horrigan has recently joined us to offer Pelvic health services, this service is in massive demand and is an intervention that following assessment can make a huge impact on peoples lives. Jenny is based at Long Eaton & Pride Park.

Tom Lamb joins us for 6 months while he is completing his Sports Medicine Masters at The University of Nottingham, Tom has previously worked at Crewe Alexandra.

Lorraine Geutjens has completed her “return to work” HCPC registration after family time and now works PT with us at the Long Eaton base. Lorraine has experience working within the MOD and Nottingham City Hospital in MSK.

And lastly but not least Ali Crewesmith who also works at the Physio Dept. at London Road Community Hospital will be based at our Kedleston Road / University of Derby clinic on a Monday evening.

 

Pain….. why does it hurt so much?

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What did I do?  IMO – not very much…. I just asked some questions and then explained what I thought might be going on and what I thought might be a good idea to try.

To put things into context – I received a call from someone we have worked with in the past. They described back pain which came on after doing a lot of something they don’t normally do, we chatted for a bit, I made a few suggestions and said goodbye.  12 hours later, here’s a small cut and paste from their email…

Thanks so much for the chat this morning.  You are a wonder worker.  Already your advice has made a big improvement for me.  Thank you. 

Why? Well that’s the thing – the pain that was being experienced is a combination of lots of things. In this case, my impression is that doing something that they hadn’t done before, quite a lot of it, meant that they were feeling places that they hadn’t felt for a while. The resultant sensation wasn’t nice, which was then made a huge amount worse by worry, anxiety and fear. Worry about why it was so painful, anxiety that they won’t be able to do something special in a few weeks time and fear that there is something seriously wrong. This had been going on for about a week and things weren’t getting better.

Pain is complicated. Hopefully this story illustrates that for such a quick turn around of the severity of pain and improvement in symptoms that this was brought around by how the problem was interpreted and dealt with. In this case having the confidence that it was OK to keep moving and try some very simple exercises combined with reasoning that nothing was seriously wrong meant that the problem had reduced significantly.  Sometimes it helps to reason what might have caused the problem, what was aggravating and easing it and what might help to improve things.

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Understanding pain

Here’s a few video’s from experts in the field explains the complexity of pain.

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Why do we hurt? 

Do we actually experience pain, or is it merely illusion?

In this TEDx talk, Lorimer Moseley explores these questions, and position the pain that we feel as our bodies’ way of protecting us from damaging tissues further.

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Understanding Pain: Brainman chooses

An animated video on managing pain.

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Our fears and beliefs about pain 

Jack describes to Prof Peter O’Sullivan about how he had chronic back pain.

He was told he had a back of a 70 year old, he needed fusion surgery and couldn’t play sport .

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If you’re worried about pain or a problem that’s stopping you getting on with what you want / need to do then get in touch. Book an assessment and we’ll thoroughly assess you to determine what you can do about it.

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Please get in contact if you have any questions.
0115 9721319 / [email protected]

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Pilates @ ImpactPhysio

Here at Impact we like to do things differently – our Pilates instructors have huge amounts of experience and spend time planning and adapting our classes and 1:1 sessions for you. Here’s a clip of some of the stuff we get up to;

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If you would like to join us then contact us 0115 9721319 / [email protected]

Classes are at our Long Eaton and Kedleston Road (University of Derby) clinics – open to all

 

We have recently added the oov to our equipment classes – great for challenging the core and spine.

Our Kedleston Road Clinic is Now Open

The doors officially open on Monday to welcome physio, sports injuries, massage and Pilates clients to our new clinic in the high performance unit at the sports centre at The University of Derby on Kedleston Road.

Although we have been working with Team Derby for years, we are delighted to be part of the new high performance unit in the fantastic sports centre.

Our therapists are buzzing to be part of the team at The University of Derby; Rachel who has been working with Team Derby and covering the NBL fixtures since the inaugural win in 2014. Pete an experienced physio has recently joined Impact specifically with this venture in mind. Tom, a sports therapist will also be on site working alongside Team Derby teams during BUCS fixtures and Christine, a physio with extensive Pilates experience (a polestar mentor) will be delivering individual and group Pilates sessions to compliment her treatments.

To celebrate the official opening of the new clinic, we offer a 20% discount off your first physio session, booked during December 2016. Please contact us in the usual way

call 0115 9721319 or email [email protected]

 

Welcome Christine – our new Pilates Instructor

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Christine has recently joined the Impact team as a Pilates Instructor. She brings a huge amount of experience from Asia and the US as a Physical Therapist and Polestar Pilates Mentor. We are excited to be working with her. Christine is currently working solely as a Pilates Instructor in the UK as she awaits transfer of her registration to enable her to practice as a Physiotherapist.

Christine will be covering occasional classes at Long Eaton over the summer period as well as being available for individual sessions. She is also offering a summer schedule of classes at The University of Derby. Please contact us for more details.

[email protected] / 0115 9721319

 

Lower Limb Tendinopathy Course: Dr Peter Malliaras

Impact Physio are proud to host Dr Peter Malliaras who will be coming to The University Of Derby on November 1st to share his Lower Limb Tendinopathy Course.

 

Peter Malliaras is a physiotherapist specialising in tendinopathy management and rehabilitation, consulting at Complete Sports Care (Hawthorn, Melbourne) and a research fellow at La Trobe University (Australia) and Queen Mary, University of London (UK). He completed his PhD in 2006, identifying novel risk factors for tendinopathy among athletes, and has since co-authored over 45 peer review tendinopathy publications. Peter spent five years in the UK undertaking post-doctoral research focusing on tendinopathy imaging and rehabilitation, and consulting to the general public and elite athletes with difficult and non-responsive lower limb tendinopathy. Peter has been consulted in the rehabilitation of elite football, rugby, netball, volleyball, basketball, track and field, skating and cricket athletes, as well as the Royal Ballet (London).Prior to consultant work, Peter worked at the Victorian Institute of Sport, toured nationally and internationally with football, track and field, volleyball, basketball and weight lifting, and has been an official team physiotherapist at a Commonwealth Games meet.

Peter writes a fantastic blog..

http://tendinopathyrehab.com/blog/

CPD 10h = 2.5h pre-course reading/ watching videos + 7.5h practical course.  For Further details and book your place

https://www.vitalpm.com/events

Internship: Physio / Sports Therapist / GSR

Internship Opportunity

An opportunity for a newly / recently qualified graduate has arisen with Impact Physio. We are looking for one / two individuals to work closely with a mentor to provide match day first aid cover and support during training sessions throughout the 2016/7 season with Derby County Girls Regional Training Centre.

The role requires commitment for the 32 week season which commences at the beginning of August with pre season training. Training sessions are Tuesdays 17:00 – 19:00 and Thursdays 18:00 – 20:00 through the season. During this time assessment and treatment of injuries will occur. Match day cover on Saturdays for approx. 20 games for the U14 and U16 squads is required.

Training takes place at the University of Derby Sports Centre astro pitches.

Derby County Girls Regional Training Centre is a Tier 2 FA centre. A basic minimum requirement is the FA BFAS course.

For further information please email Rachel Royer.

Remuneration will be £10p/h during training (4 hours per week) and £25 per match day cover.

Interested individuals are invited to send their CV and statement of interest to us at

[email protected]

Team Derby win the first ever NBL championships!

Team Derby NBLIt was great to be the match day physio for the badminton team for the first ever NBL championships. Covering games at the fantastic new Derby Arena and then down to Surrey for the finals – a really exciting time.

From http://www.teamderby.com/nbl

“Team Derby lifted the inaugural National Badminton League (NBL) title on Sunday (June 7), beating Loughborough Sport 3-2 in the final event. The University of Derby’s franchise badminton team, coached by Donna Kellogg MBE and led by captain Rajiv Ouseph, had earlier beaten University of Nottingham Sport in the Play-Off semi-finals.”

A fantastic event – good luck to Team Derby for the future!

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Just left us a 5 star review

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steven robinson
13th February 2024

The treatment was very successful and I was looked after very well. Would highly recommend this company. Very professional.

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Kim Britton
24th January 2024
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Sandra Bowles
20th December 2023
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Elaine Woodhouse
11th December 2023

Definitely 5 star

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Andy Ward
5th December 2023

I was well looked after by Alan Beer. He managed to sort out best ways to relive the pain in my Achilles. I would definitely recommend Impact Physiotherapy.

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Tracey
26th October 2023

From the front desk to the Physiotherapist everyone was incredibly friendly. I had an issue with an old injury on my foot after overdoing it at Zumba. I was given advice and support, my foot is feeling so much better. Really appreciate your help Thank you

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Maythe Weed
5th October 2023

I've been using impact for over a year now for physio treatment and Pilates classes. Both have been excellent and everyone I've seen has been helpful. I think they've really helped keep my physical problems from flaring up.

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Peter Giddens
2nd October 2023

Got me from sleepless nights in 4 visits

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Muhammad Wajhi Khan
27th September 2023

I had Physio session with Julie Lee, she is very professional and great physiotherapist. I would highly recommend Julie Lee if you are having lower back problems. Many Thanks

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pauline Turton
24th September 2023

I found my treatment with Fiona Hunter,very valuable and enlightening.

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Dale Longmuir
1st September 2023

Chris has been my physician at impact, he’s great at understanding and conducting exercises to best combat my issues. Incredibly helpful and insightful!

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Deborah Turner
19th August 2023

Sally was amazing. Gave me the exercises for my shoulder & showed me how to do them. Even though we had a laugh at the way I did one or two of them. She was professional & definitely knows the exercises that help each problem. A big thank you for sorting me Sally

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Mark Longshaw
15th August 2023

Fantastic service and friendly staff

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debby millard
23rd July 2023

I was referred to impact by my doctor due to severe arthritis in my hips ,had a very long wait for an appointment and to be honest I was not expecting physio to help much .I saw a lovely physio called Steven who immediately puts you at ease and after a few weeks I saw much improvement .At the end of my course of physio the pain had eased a lot and was much less painful on walking .I definitely would recommend impact physio and particularly Steven who I would like to thank for all his help .

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GEOFF SUMPTER
18th July 2023

Chris was very calm and his application was very gentle, I felt great benefit from my visits. 5 STARS

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Gary Yates
18th July 2023

A very proffesional and positive service

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Gillian Smedley
15th June 2023

I found all the staff to be very friendly and helpful and although I problem wasn't resolved I was given the tools to manage the problem. Thank you.

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Susan
7th June 2023

Absolutely brilliant physio therapy. So professional and really know there business! Would highly recommend them!

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Karen Hutchinson
6th May 2023

I've been impressed with every aspect of this service. When I've needed to change an appointment the people I've spoken to have been helpful and understanding. The physio, Jack Clayton, was polite, friendly and knowledgeable. He listened to my feedback and worked with me to find a programme I could follow. I wouldn't hesitate to use again in the future. Thank you!

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Tim Gordon
8th April 2023

Chris Davenport was brilliant. Correctly diagnosed and treated mt persistent back pain in one session. I can't thank him enough. Thanks Chris

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Reggie Tailor
12th January 2023

Came here for the first time a few months ago looking for help with my lower back. I had a god sit down chat with Jack and then a number of physio sessions thereafter. Jack was incredibly helpful, informative and very passionate about his work and getting me better. Jack gave me a clear timeline and a structured plan of physio which has helped me incredibly. I would highly recommend Impact Physio to anyone that needs physio and if I ever do need to go back it will be Jack I go back to see.

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Barbara Chilton
27th September 2022

Jack was very helpful and understanding. The exercises I was given have helped a lot and I will continue with them.

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Maggie Pearson
6th September 2022

Glad to be referred here. Good exercise program built up in stages. These sent email to follow and refer to. Very effective. My physio very calm and encouraging. Best of all is I’m able to do again what had become so limiting. If I should need help again I’ll definitely go back

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Emma Cobb
9th May 2022

Impact Physio has given me a new lease of life, for the first time in 6 years I don't worry about my backache and Joe has been great. She listened about my previous experience to create a unique plan for me that was so adaptive and really work. Hard work and Joe's help has really changed my life

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Dick Scott
9th May 2022

I had 8 Physio sessions with my physio therapist Chris and he was most helpful and considerate throughout for all of my problems. He always gave good advise and posted exercises for me to do at home which helped immensley. What I saw of the Long Eaton Impact Physiotherapy place the therapists who work there were well equipped and trained to deal with any of your problems to re habilitate.

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Nick Dee
4th May 2022

Required Impact physio again to help me with my back and knee discomfort / pain, over several sessions. Ali was a superstar, listening and providing a program to get me feeling a lot better, can't recommend enough.

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breastoncc
21st March 2022

Had treatment for a very painful back problem & the physiotherapy given by Impact gradually alleviated the problem. My therapist listened to me, answered my questions & the treatment recommended worked, hence 5 stars in this review.

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Jane Gregory
8th March 2022
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MISS KAREN ANN COOPER
28th February 2022

I was introduced to the two leaders of the exercise classes called Jess and Jon. I told them what had happened and how I ended up coming to Derby.

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Gary Mayne
22nd February 2022

I attended the Pride Park clinic to get treatment on my lower back. Tom was great, he really made the exercise and treatment plan feel bespoke and tailored to me and my recovery. Really impressed, would recommend to anyone.

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Calum Baillie
30th January 2022

Was involved with impact Oct 21 till Jan 22. Ali was wonderful, she excelled in all aspects, Cher Knowledge was second to none Can't thank her enough When I first came, in agony and not sleeping To where I am now Brilliant

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Jean Enoch
17th January 2022

I cannot thank Sally enough for all the help she's given me, the advise and exercises, The pain has now gone, I can walk better,

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John Stuart
18th December 2021

My First experience was with Chris Davenport on referral for hip and spine problems by my GP. Two courses done and he recommended Hatha yoga to supplement his treatment and help me long term. However before I could implement it lockdown came in so it was delayed until Autumn this year. I signed (with Mariangela)not fully knowing or expecting much in the way of personal tailoring or yoga exercise to be relevant to my situation. I needn’t have worried as the class of six is like minded and Mariangela caters (and cares) for us all. Bonus is it seems to be working; thanks Mariangela. The covid care from all at LE clinic is first class and not uncomfortable allowing for windows open. Reception staff always friendly with a smile. All in all just the tonic Update following treatment again in 2023 Not the first time I’ve used this service, same location, same Physiotherapist (Chris Davenport) and yes the same receptionist’s. As before they provided me with the ( in my view) the best treatment they could given my arthritis coupled with a set treatment time scale provided by the NHS. Thanks to all the staff.

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Amar Hayer
3rd December 2021

Been coming here regularly for a few years now and it's really helped with the active live style. Robyn is a legend

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Sandra Woodward
15th October 2021
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steven stewart
23rd September 2021

Word cannot describe very good staff

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michael hickley
14th September 2021

Having pulled a hamstring at work and being unable to walk for a few days,my wife booked me in with impact Physio.I was looking at being off work for about 2-3 months.On the day of my appointment,I was met by a pretty young lady who got me to walk away from her then back again a few times.I was then asked to lie on my back on the couch where a pair of expert hands gently massaged the delicate hamstring area.A bit of manipulation got me a bit of pain,causing me to jolt slightly, but I was expecting worse anyway.I was then asked to lie face down on the couch.My lower back was then massaged and manipulated.The whole session took probably 30 minutes.The physiotherapist was always talking to me,saying what she was going to do, and wether or not I would experience any pain or discomfort.She was very good at her job, and did it professionally.Within 2 weeks, I was back at work.If you need a physiotherapist, look no further than Impact Physio.They don't come cheap, but you pay for what you get,rather than get what you pay for.Mine was worth every penny.I will definitely use Impact Physio again if i need to.

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Gerry Foran
14th September 2021

Great treatment everytime without fail I would not go anywhere else

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Steve Holland
21st July 2021

I am very happy to commend Fiona's diagnostic skills, the immediate treatment and the provision of a set of achievable and worthwhile exercises that backed up the initial treatment and mobilisation.

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A Pau
17th June 2021

Having long term back pain is  not easy and same goes for three discectomies. Initially my physiotherapist was chosen for me by a spinal surgeon and I went with his choice but after meeting Louise and going through her 1:1 sessions I ended up attending the Long Eaton clinic for the last six years. Louise has an impressive  knowledge base and will always find a way to keep you mobile even when you feel you won't ever be able to move normal . During the years we worked together on  my back  she attended many courses and conferences and her skills make it so that , somehow, we still rarely repeat an exercise and I am sure there are many more to discover.She worked her "magic" on me so many times that I now only trust her with my recovery from yet another discectomy. Due to her skills I  managed to lead a normal life, I was able to keep my job which can be quite strenuous , I travelled long distances by plane or car , basically kept active. My admiration for  Louise is endless. Not only she is an excellent physiotherapist and Pillates instructor, but she is  also a wonderful human being ,who in this day and age  has maintained empathy and compassion for the suffering of those around her. I wouldn't want to miss Laura and Sandy and the whole reception  team from this review . Thank you for your help and support over the years ladies! It is much appreciated.

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Helen Tidy
5th May 2021

My daughter was referred by her GP and we had 2 appointments with Louise. She was brilliant and really good with my 8 year old daughter. Both appointments were thorough and my daughter was shown lots of different exercises to do at home with explanations of how they would help her. We also had emails showing the exercises in videos as well. The appointments were during 'covid times' as well and we felt very safe.

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S Pearce
27th April 2021
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Oliver Reed
13th April 2021

Great sports massage with Sara at Long Eaton. Thank you.

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Martin Burton
16th March 2021

Sally was absolutely brilliant.

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Paul Wright
16th March 2021

Very clean, well run

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Rachael Sisson
9th March 2021
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Beryl Withey
21st January 2021

Went for covid inoculation. Extremely well organised. Very nice place.

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Sue Shearman
12th January 2021

Would totally recommend Impact Physio, and in particular Annalise. Referred here due to neck/shoulder pain during Covid, the service was safe, professional and most importantly effective. Annalise spent time to really understand the background to my issues to treat the cause, as well as the symptoms

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Damon Gill
11th January 2021

Couldn't recommend enough, Ben was great and I can honestly say there's no more pain. Started at the Pride Park office and they found room for me in Long Eaton when Covid forced the pride Park office to close. Great service.