Patient Resources

The Locomotor Team have carefully selected a range of local and national resources to help patients to maximise their recovery and enhance their understanding of problems / conditions they are experiencing as well as improve health and wellbeing

Improving your health and wellbeing

Exercise & online classes

Physical activity guidelines for adults aged 19 to 64

Physical Activity Guidelines for Older Adults

Get Active class
This programme is for anyone who would like to improve their strength and general fitness levels and is aimed at people who are new to exercise or have had a recent break from exercising regularly.

Desk-based Exercises

Couch to 5km

NHS Fitness studio

Backpain

Simple Exercises for back pain

Advanced Rehabilitation for Low Back Pain online Class
This is a link to a virtual physiotherapist-led Advanced Rehabilitation for Low Back Pain (ARLBP) programme. This programme is designed for people who have current or recent low back pain with or without leg pain and have experience of exercise at a high level. The circuit targets all major muscle groups and aims to improve strength, co-ordination, flexibility and confidence.

Lower limb rehabilitation

Lower Limb Rehabilitation online Class
This is a link to a virtual physiotherapist-led lower limb rehabilitation programme. This programme is designed for people who may have had recent surgery or sustained a recent injury to their lower limb, for whom exercise is the most effective treatment.

Shoulder rehabilitation

Shoulder Rehabilitation online Class
This is a link to a physiotherapist-led virtual shoulder exercise programme. This class is designed for people suffering shoulder pain or problems with their back and neck due to shoulder weakness.

Pain – what is it and how to manage it?

Understanding pain in less than 5 minutes - Understanding Pain in less than 5 minutes, and what to do about it!

Information in other languages

Understanding pain in less than five minutes (Turkish)

Understanding Pain in less than five minutes (Arabic translation)

Understanding Pain in less than five minutes (Hebrew subtitles)

Understanding pain and what to do about it in less than five minutes (German translation)

Understanding Pain in less than five minutes (Italian translation)

Understanding Pain in less than five minutes (Chinese subtitle)

Understanding Pain in less than five minutes (French subtitles)

Understanding Pain in less than five minutes (Portugese subtitles)

Understanding Pain in less than five minutes (Spanish subtitles)

Understanding Pain & what to do about it in less than 5 minutes： 5分でわかる「痛み」と「痛みへの正しい対処法」！！

Pain Toolkit

Live well with pain

Mindfulness

Headspace App (mindfulness)
Through the Headspace app, they provide mindfulness tools for everyday life, including meditations, sleepcasts, mindful movement and focus exercises.
There is some free content and an initial free trial period.

Body parts

Back

https://reframehealthlab.com/low-back-pain-video/

Managing your back pain

10 facts about exercise and back pain

Simple Exercises for back pain

Advanced Rehabilitation for Low Back Pain online Class

This is a link to a virtual physiotherapist-led Advanced Rehabilitation for Low Back Pain (ARLBP) programme. This programme is designed for people who have current or recent low back pain with or without leg pain and have experience of exercise at a high level. The circuit targets all major muscle groups and aims to improve strength, co-ordination, flexibility and confidence.

Hip/Knee

Hip Pain

Osteoarthritis of the hip

Knee Pain

Osteoarthritis of the knee

Lower Limb Rehabilitation online Class

This is a link to a virtual physiotherapist-led lower limb rehabilitation programme. This programme is designed for people who may have had recent surgery or sustained a recent injury to their lower limb, for whom exercise is the most effective treatment.

Shoulder/Elbow

Shoulder Pain

Osteoarthritis of the Elbow and Shoulder

Subacromial Shoulder Pain

Exercise videos:

Elbow Pain

Tennis Elbow

Shoulder Rehabilitation online Class

This is a link to a physiotherapist-led virtual shoulder exercise programme. This class is designed for people suffering shoulder pain or problems with their back and neck due to shoulder weakness.