Physiotherapy, Massage, Tankerton Physiotherapy Clinic near WHITSTABLE
Directions to Tankerton Physiotherapy from Whitstable
Tankerton Physiotherapy is located at 59 Herne Bay Road (B2205), Tankerton CT5 2LL. It has a green picket fence outside and is situated between turnings for Kemp Road and Seafield Road. There is plenty of on-street parking nearby.
From Whitstable take Harbour Road into Tankerton Road and then Herne Bay Road heading south-east, number 59 Herne Bay Road is situated on your right. There are two request bus stops within 50 yards, heading in either direction on Herne Bay Road which bus number 400 serves frequently during the day.
From Jo-Jo’s restaurant on the sea front at Priest and Sow Corner we are 6 minutes walk or a 1 minute drive away heading in the Swalecliffe and Herne Bay direction.
From Chestfield and Swalecliffe railway station we are 10 minutes walk away when heading towards Tankerton.
There is also easy access from the ‘old' Thanet Way (A2990) at the Chestfield and Swalecliffe railway bridge roundabout coming from the south.
Acute or chronic pain, trapped nerves and sciatica
In situations of acute or chronic pain, trapped nerves or sciatica there can be a lot of pain and muscle spasm, and a sensitive approach with care and understanding such as Shirley-Ann Walters offers near Whitstable at Tankerton Physiotherapy is key. Re-assurance and support to manage symptoms, settle pain and progress activity delicately and gently can be important for the best pace of over all progress.
Rehab post fractures
Nowadays fractures can be with or without surgical fixation, treated with or without plaster, or immobilised in a rehab boot, which allows for the best rehabilitation to begin quickly to prevent complications. Shirley-Ann Walters can offer early, and middle stage rehabilitation for most situations requiring rehab, and she has many years of experience treating these injuries and fractures to reach the best recovery.
Back Pain
Lower or general back pain is one of the most common presentations in physiotherapy clinic, and is one of the leading causes of time off work. It is important to keep moving and working as much as possible, supported by physiotherapy treatment, exercises, and pain relief where needed.
Children and Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy for children near Whitstable at Tankerton Physiotherapy is popular for the local community and school catchment area as it offers a relaxed and friendly environment with the same physiotherapist each time building up a foundation of trust in the younger patient.
Children need to be included in understanding clearly and simply about their situation and what and importantly why they need to do or not do certain things to support their own recovery and return to the things they love in the best possible way. Some children have decided to be a physiotherapist after such a great experience at Tankerton Physiotherapy!
Chronic conditions and home visits such as MND
Shirley-Ann has been involved in the on-going care in the community with respect to Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Even in situations where decline is inevitable, there is much that physiotherapy can support with such as advice, stretches and passive movements to maintain range and quality of life, comfort during care, and team support. Having the confidence to go out with specialist wheelchair support and lead an interactive life can be very important.
About
Shirley-Ann Walters
Established in 2001 – Registered with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
With over 30 years of clinical experience, physiotherapist Shirley-Ann Walters offers a professional, high quality, caring, effective and practical approach to treatment including a detailed confidential assessment and a variety of gentle HANDS-ON approaches, clear advice, explanations and exercises in physiotherapy general practice specialising in a wide range of musculoskeletal disorders.
Shirley-Ann is dedicated to helping people to receive the realisations that lead to self-care, considering the wider factors contributing to injury, facilitating healing and prevention, supporting the return to life’s flow, using expression, listening, and effective practical physiotherapy hands-on techniques.
Shirley-Ann qualified from The Middlesex Hospital London, worked in the NHS, then in a group private practice before joining BMI Runnymede Hospital and becoming the physiotherapy manager. She started her own practice in South Ascot, and in 2011 moved to a designated treatment room at home in Lightwater, Surrey. 15 years later, moving to Tankerton near Whitstable where her husband grew up, she is able to offer treatment on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from a designated home treatment room on Herne Bay Road.
A member since 1992, Shirley-Ann is also an active community representative for the private practitioners association Physiofirst.