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Hey folks,

Looking for a recommendation for a Climbing physiotherapist in the south of England. Originally was given Nina's name but according to her website she has relocated. 

Really need a physiotherapist who understands climbing and finger injuries. Any help would be much appreciated.

Yours 

Mathesar

More south west, but head nothing but good things about Rise Physio in Bristol.

https://www.risephysiotherapy.com/ 

cheers for the recommendation

You could try Huffy (Paul) at bwt physiotherapy in poole, he's the best I've been to and he knows a thing or two about climbing  

Bear in mind that if you see three different people you may well get three different diagnoses. I went to several well recommended physios who knew about climbing, but their diagnoses were 180 deg different. In the end, an experienced hand surgeon cut through the crap and gave a definitive opinion which turned out to be true. Try going down an NHS referral for a hand specialist.

Yes like with many important questions regarding the human body (and human brain or mind) (and human society) - it's very difficult to obtain sufficent relevant data to give any sort of statistically valid answer.

Of course it's just ridiculous to hope to have sufficient data for a statistically valid answer to a question related to _climbing_

So climbers just have to "muddle through"

with many questions about injuries and training.

Part of that "muddling" is choosing a physiotherapist who supposedly has relevant "expertise" (even tho really there is no statistical-evidence based expertise).

Ken

P.S. Best info source I know about _climbing_ injury treatment and prevention -- which tries to stay close to statistically-valid / clinically-based reasoning is Dave MacLeod's book, Make or Break.

I'm not really sure what a "statistically valid answer" is in relation to an injury. How about simply hoping for an accurate medical answer? As it turns out, I got one from a consultant. My conclusion is that physios aren't that great in certain cases, and you really need an expert at times like that.

It's probably not much use due to location (but may be for others) but I go to a hand therapist in Leeds (Michelle at PhysioXRehab). She's specialised in hands for 15 years or so and seems to really know her stuff. Fairly expensive but worth it in my opinion.

However I'm beginning to see that many of my injuries can be treated with extremely similar exercises...