Physio & Rehab – Craven Complete

Physio &
Rehab

Why We're Different

At Craven Complete, we pride ourselves on providing a comprehensive service to meet all your physiotherapy and rehabilitation needs. Here’s what sets us apart:

Personalised Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation

When you book an appointment with us, we ensure you receive personalised care. We triage your call to match you with the best-suited therapist. Your initial appointment typically occurs within 72 hours, allowing ample time to assess your condition and provide a working diagnosis. We discuss your condition with you and outline how we can support you moving forward.

In-Depth Assessments and Tailored Treatments

After your initial assessment, we provide detailed information about your condition, an honest treatment timeframe, and specific exercises tailored to your needs. Our treatment options are diverse, including both hands-on and hands-off techniques, ensuring the best approach for your condition.

Comprehensive Care Beyond the Clinic

Our care extends beyond the clinic room. We offer treatment options in various locations depending on your needs and provide advice on managing your condition through lifestyle adjustments, sleep hygiene, and medication if necessary. Our holistic approach considers you as a whole person, not just your symptoms.

Expertise in a Wide Range of Conditions

We treat a broad spectrum of soft tissue and joint issues, whether sports-related, traumatic, or due to overuse. From common neck problems and frozen shoulders to chronic back pain and lower limb issues, our physiotherapists provide expert assessments and tailored treatment plans.

Support for Recurrent and Chronic Conditions

We understand that some conditions are long-term and require ongoing management. Our team offers assessments and honest opinions on what we can offer for chronic conditions like fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis, ensuring you receive the best possible care.

Inclusive of Peripheral Neurological Issues

Peripheral neurological issues often overlap with musculoskeletal problems. Our physiotherapists aim to identify the cause and manage these issues effectively, providing comprehensive care for your overall well-being.

How Does It Work?

After your initial assessment, we’ll provide you with the following information and options:

Background information about your condition: We feel educating you about your condition/injury gives you a better understanding and control of it.
Treatment time frame: We will give honest advice on the duration and/or appointment regularity for your specific condition or injury.
Specific exercises tailored to your condition: We never give you a generic sheet of paper; we design specific exercises to fit you and your needs. These can be delivered in a variety of formats, which will also be fully discussed and explained.
Treatment options: We have many treatment options that we can offer, both hands-on and hands-off.
Whether a referral to GP or specialist is necessary: If you need a referral to a GP or specialist, your therapist will provide the paperwork.
Location of treatment options: We don’t just use our clinic room with a plinth but also offer other locations depending on your needs.
Advice about managing your condition: We look at you as a whole person, so we provide advice on other factors that may benefit you; such as sleep, hygiene, medication and lifestyle.

What Can We Treat?

Simply anything soft tissue or joint based which can be both sports and non-sports; as well as traumatic and overuse. Whilst joints are obvious, soft tissues include muscle, tendon, ligament and peripheral nerves. Areas and conditions included in this group are:

Head & Neck

Common neck issues range from posture-based problems to trapped nerves. Rarely is it sinister with an early assessment being able to manage pain and provide some treatment to get you heading in the right direction. Common conditions include Neurological headaches and trapped or impinged nerves.

Shoulders

Biomechanics, muscular and nervous system control make the shoulder very complex, all of which are required for optimal control. Physiotherapy can be of great benefit by correctly assessing the issue to formulate a working diagnosis and generating an optimal treatment plan. Common conditions include Frozen shoulder.

Back

Back problems affect virtually everyone at some stage in their life. These are usually from a simple pull or strain, but can at times be more sinister. Long-term (chronic) back pain is also something that affects a large proportion of the population limiting work and activity. Physiotherapy can assess a potential cause (postural/biomechanical), identify if there is something potentially more sinister (disc issue) and provide a management plan to improve it. Common things we see are acute, chronic and recurrent lower back pain, disc prolapses and weak core issues.

Hips, Knees, Ankles & Feet

Hips, Knees, Ankles, and Feet are generally classed as lower limb or lower chain issues; these joints, along with the back, work together to optimise function and activity. An issue with one (weakness/injury) can place additional stress on another; not just left to right but also up and down the chain. Assessment should identify the weak ‘link’ and not just treat the pain; it should also fully rehabilitate the individual. Common conditions include Mild degenerative change (different from late-stage osteoarthritis), cartilage injuries and sprained ankles.

Other Conditions We Can Help With

Cardio-Respiratory Problems Short and Long-Term
Our heart and lungs are essential for life helping us take air in, acquire oxygen then passing it around the body before expelling waste products including Carbon dioxide. When these systems are affected, either by a sudden chest infection or has a condition such as asthma or chronic obstructive airways disease, our energy levels will drop causing fatigue and lethargy. Whilst most people recover quite quickly, a few appear to have symptoms which are either prolonged or the exacerbation does not settle. Management of these can sometimes be an issue as well whereby episodes are more recurrent. Physiotherapy can benefit in both of these scenarios, whether through breathing exercises, chest physio or management strategies.

Occupational Health Issues
The workplace generates stresses on our bodies that could physical (lifting and carrying), postural (seated or standing) or emotional (fatigue). Managing these can not just ease the pain but improve productivity and reduce sick days. We offer work-based and workplace assessments, reports for employers and employees.

General Health
In addition to all of the muscle and joint, nerve, breathing and workplace issues physios in general and our team can deal with other problems they affect our daily health and well-being. Advice on activity, basic nutrition, stress management and relaxation and day-to-day habits can all improve our daily patterns. We can advise on relaxation techniques, general aches and pains, poor sleeping habits and basic nutritional advice for health and energy.

Neurological Long-Term and Degenerative Conditions
Neurological incidents such as stroke (Cerebro-vascular-attack) and conditions such as cerebral palsy and Parkinson’s can have life-changing effects that will influence posture, mobility, function and lead to musculoskeletal aches and pains as a secondary matter. This need not always be the case. Whilst a full cure is unlikely in most cases, appropriate management in the form of identifying problems, treating issues that can be treated and working on function can all make a huge difference to a person’s quality of life.We don’t just offer short-term, quick-fix solutions but we can provide support for as long as it is needed even on a maintenance basis (not provided by the NHS).

Where Can We Help You From?

Clinic Suite

Situated on the 2nd floor of the Bodnant Welsh Food Centre, our large clinic space includes two clinic areas and a rehab space with various equipment. We continually review and consider new equipment to enhance our therapies.

Your Home

If you can’t come to us, we’ll come to you. We offer home visits for most treatments and virtual appointments via secure video link through Power Diary. This allows us to provide injury advice, support, and exercises remotely.

Pool

Located in a Llandudno hotel, we have access to a single-depth aquatherapy pool with step access. This facility supports early and advanced-stage rehabilitation by offering gravity-free therapy, resistance for muscle work, and warmth to improve circulation.