If you are counting down the days and weeks to your skiing holiday, you might be thinking about how best to prepare your body to get the most out of your trip. The team at Keith James Physiotherapy can help you to get ready to hit the slopes.

As well as treating the injuries that happen during the ski trip, physiotherapists are really good at preparing you for your holiday. They can help you with niggling back issues, which can get worse on hard-packed snow. And when the snow is deep, catching your skis in the snow can cause knee ligament issues to be exacerbated. Why not make an appointment to see one of our physios and sort out any pain or stiffness before you head off.

Physiotherapists find that preparing for a ski holiday by investing in fitness, strength and endurance training can help you to avoid succumbing to common skiing injuries. And when you return from your skiing trip, don’t forget to book yourself in for a relaxing massage to help with the aches and bruises you picked up along the way.

Call us on (0117) 330 6820 to book an appintment or book online on our website.

We would like to let you know that there will be an increase to the cost of some of our services from 1st January 2023.

To find out more visit our Price list page.

Many thanks,
the KJP Team.

Our clinic will be open between Christmas and New Year on the following dates:

Wednesday 28th December (9.30am – 5pm)
Thursday 29th December (9.30am – 5pm)
Friday 30th December (9.30am – 5pm)

We are closed on Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th December and on Monday 2nd January.

The clinic reopens as normal on Tuesday 3rd January.

The KJP Team would like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a Happy and Healthy 2023!

Many of you will know that our fabulous Physiotherapist Gareth Crankshaw has been training for the London Marathon. We are delighted to say that he completed the race on Sunday 2nd October in an amazing time of 3 hours and 6 minutes!

This was an extra-special day for Gareth as he was racing in memory of his late father, who died of cancer 3 years ago – and in support of the charity Children with Cancer, for which he has already raised over £2000.

I know that you will join us in congratulating Gareth on his brilliant run at his first ever London Marathon. There is still time to support Gareth in his fundraising for Children with Cancer – you can visit his Just Giving page to donate.

Keith James Physiotherapy is pleased to announce a new initiative starting this Autumn – Supervised Gymnasium Rehabilitation with our Sports Therapist, Kate Stone.

Following assessment with one of Physiotherapy Team, patients will have the option to purchase blocks of continued rehabilitation in our modern, spacious, and airy gymnasium.

Research suggests that continuing rehabilitation exercises consolidates recovery following injury or surgery – and improves confidence, general well-being, mobility, balance, strength, and power.

Our Supervised Gymnasium Rehabilitation sessions are designed to be relaxed and friendly and are tailored to the needs of each patient. Kate will help you maximise your mental and physical potential following your physiotherapy treatment, allowing you to return to a more full and active life. Individual, specific exercises, set by your physiotherapist and monitored by Kate, are a sure way of achieving your goals.

How does it work?
Sessions run twice weekly for up to 1 hour with a charge of £20 per session. You can attend once or twice weekly depending on your personal goals and aims. Kate will be there to monitor, supervise, motivate, and reassure – helping you to achieve your goal of a more active, physical, pain-free life.

To find out more – or to book yourself in for a block of Supervised Gym Rehabilitation sessions, please call Reception on (0117) 330 6820.

Our fabulous physiotherapist Sara Ayala is back at Keith James Physiotherapy from 3rd October. Sara has been on maternity leave after the birth of her daughter Naia, in March. She is looking forward to reconnecting with her KJP patients – old and new.

Sara’s diary is now open, so contact the clinic to get yourself booked in. You can call on (0117) 330 6820 or book online at our website.

Two of our fabulous team are moving on from KJP and we want to take this opportunity to wish them well.

Kirstie Guy, our Massage Therapist is leaving our clinic to study Physiotherapy. We have loved working with her for last few years and wish her every success in her studies.

We are also saying goodbye to one of our Physio team, Katherine Hills. Katherine gave birth to her second child at the end of last year and is going to be very busy indeed keeping up with two little ones.

We will miss Kirstie and Katherine, but it has been great to have the chance to work with them and get to know them during their time at Keith James Physiotherapy.

Our clinic will be closed for the Bank Holiday on Monday 29th August. We reopen on Tuesday 30th August. We hope you all have a lovely bank Holiday weekend.

If you would like to book an appointment to see one of therapists, please visit the online booking page on our website – or give us a call on (0117) 330 6820 on Tuesday, when we return.

Our amazing Physio Gareth is running the London Marathon in October and we would love it if you could join us in supporting him in raising funds for the charity Children with Cancer UK. Gareth explains his motivation for this fundraising challenge on his  ‘Just Giving’ page:

“I will be running in memory of my father who sadly passed away 3 years ago from a melanoma that metastasized in his brain. Upon diagnosis he was told he had only 6 months left to live. Losing a family member is the hardest thing one can experience and having a time limit on life makes you cherish every second.

Having been through this and experiencing the devastation a loss brings to a family, I am honoured to be raising funds for Children with Cancer UK, where they actively raise and invest money for vital specialist research to save the lives of every child with cancer and to keep their family together. 

My hope is that I can contribute to help loved ones get more time together and with research that can result in better outcomes for many.”

Gareth would be delighted if you were able to support him and the Children with Cancer charity by donating. Your money will help fund research, support families and raise awareness. Even a small donation helps (see below). To visit Gareth’s ‘Just Giving’ page click here. Alternatively, you can make a donation at the clinic. Thank you so much for you support.

£5 – Fund laboratory equipment as part of vital research into the biology of childhood leukaemia.

£10 –  Fund research into understanding the genetics of heart failure after treatment for childhood cancer.

£25 – Help fund essential blood tests to monitor the effectiveness of therapy in a ground-breaking immunotherapy trial for children with relapsed leukaemia.

£50 – Help purchase laboratory equipment to support development of scientific techniques for the treatment of children with chemotherapy- resistant sarcomas.

£100 – Fund a week’s supply of the day-to-day research equipment for the development of a supply of donated ‘ready to go’ cells, for transfusion into young patients.

£250 – Fund the development of new MRI scanning techniques for more accurate diagnosis of young patients with specific brain tumours.

Our clinic will be closed on Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd June for the Bank Holiday and Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

We open again at 8.30am on Monday 6th June.

If you would like to book an appointment to see one of our therapists, please call Reception on (0117) 330 6820 or book online at www.keithjamesphysiotherapy.co.uk.

We hope you all have a very enjoyable Jubilee holiday!