The Berkeley Centre - Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy is concerned with the manipulation and rehabilitation of the body’s soft tissues.

Why is Physiotherapy good for Mother and Baby?

Pregnancy and birth causes huge changes within the body at a rapid pace as life style changes such as reduced exercises. This can lead to tight painful muscles as well as injuries.

Having a few sessions with a Physiotherapist before giving birth to can help to strengthen your core muscles, provide you with some good safe stretches, as well as helping you plan your return to exercise after birth.

If you develop injuries during pregnancy our Physios are skilled in treating pregnant women safely and effectively easing the stress and strain of those first 9 months of motherhood. Most injuries however, happen after the baby arrives with thoracic muscle pain and sacro-illiac/low back pain being the most common.

Did you know?
Lower back and pelvic pain are common during pregnancy and in the months immediately after giving birth.

Peter Culliford

Chartered and State Registered Physiotherapist. Founded 'Grange Physiotherapy' in 2002. Experienced in a wide range of injuries including sports, office injuries and post-trauma rehabilitation

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Tony Gill

Tony is an experienced physiotherapist who worked for 5 years in a teaching hospital in London and then locally for 2 years In North Bristol. He currently holds a post as an Extended Scope Physiotherapist for North Somerset as well as working at the Berkeley Centre.

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Gill Hurst

Gill is a Chartered and State registered Physiotherapist. She joined Grange in 2007 and treats all musculoskeletal conditions with a specialist interest in complex pain conditions.She teaches Yoga rooted in the Hatha and Ashtanga traditions to all levels of practitioner.

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