Looking For Sports Therapy in Dunmow or Royston?
Centred on restoring your movement and function, physiotherapy & sports therapy use targeted exercises and manual techniques to aid your recovery and prevent you from getting injured again
What Is Sports Therapy?
Sports Therapy focuses on diagnosing, treating, and preventing a wide range of conditions that affect how you move, function, and feel day to day.
Sports Therapists are movement specialists. They assess how your body works and create individualised treatment plans designed to relieve pain, restore movement, and build strength.
Treatment often combines hands-on techniques, tailored exercises, and education. Sports Therapy can support recovery after injury, surgery, or illness, and it can also help improve general health and prevent future problems. By developing targeted exercises to strengthen muscles and improve joint function, sports therapists help you get back to your usual activities with more ease and less discomfort.
A key part of sports therapy is prevention. As well as treating current issues, sports therapists guide you on posture, movement habits, and exercise routines that reduce the risk of future injuries and keep you moving well in the long term.
HOW IT WORKS
Our 3-step process to get you feeling better:
At your first appointment, we take the time to understand what's going on and learn more about you so that we can create a bespoke treatment plan designed specifically for you.
During your treatment, we combine physical therapies and the latest technologies to relieve your pain. This multi-disciplinary care provides you faster, more effective results.
With our care, you won’t just recover - you’ll develop lasting resilience. Our focus is on strengthening your body to reduce the risk of future setbacks & get you back to moving with confidence.
"How Do I Know If Sports Therapy Can Help Me?"
Find out whether sports therapy can help your specific injury or pain by booking a free phone consultation.
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Sports therapy combines hands-on treatment, targeted exercises and modern equipment to help you recover from injury, manage pain and prevent future problems. The 'sports' label refers to the techniques and approach, not the type of patient. You don't have to be sporty to benefit.
Sports therapy can help with most musculoskeletal problems, including:
- Back, neck and joint pain
- Sports injuries (both acute and ongoing)
- Postural strain from desk work or repetitive movement
- Tendon and ligament problems like tennis elbow, plantar fasciitis or Achilles issues
- Muscle strains and recovery
- Rehab after injury or surgery
- Conditioning and movement screening for active people
If you're not sure whether sports therapy is right for your problem, give us a call for a free phone consultation.
Sports therapy is for anyone with a musculoskeletal injury or pain, regardless of how active you are. Patients range from elite athletes and weekend runners to office workers, manual workers, parents and people recovering from accidents or surgery. The treatment approach adapts to your situation, not the other way around.
For your first sports therapy appointment, allow up to 60 minutes. This gives us enough time for a thorough history, full examination and treatment in the same visit. Follow-up treatments are typically up to 30 minutes for the vast majority of cases. We'll confirm the exact length when you book.
It depends on the problem. Simple acute injuries may resolve in 1 to 3 sessions. Longer-standing problems or chronic conditions often need 4 to 8 sessions, sometimes more. We'll give you a clear plan after your first appointment with realistic expectations about timing and outcomes.
No. You can book a sports therapy appointment directly with us with no GP referral needed. We can write to your GP after your appointment if there's anything they should know.
Wear something comfortable that you can move in. Shorts and a t-shirt or loose sportswear work well. If you've had recent scans, X-rays or test results related to your symptoms, bring those too.
Most sports therapy is comfortable. Some techniques (deep tissue work, certain joint mobilisations, dry needling if used) can feel intense in the moment but shouldn't be sharply painful. After treatment some people feel mild soreness for 24 to 48 hours as the body adjusts. Your practitioner will always check in and adapt to your comfort levels.
Sports therapy is available at both our Great Dunmow clinic and our Royston clinic. Both have flexible appointment slots and on-site parking. Get in touch and we'll find a time that works for you.
Request a Free Phone Consultation
In pain? Got questions? Fill in your details below to arrange a free telephone consultation with our experienced team, to find out more about you and see how we might be able to help.
Professional, friendly and very helpful. I’m kept informed of appointments. I have been going for sometime and each time I have been treated respectfully and offered information on my body function and exercises that will help. A great team.
Location
We have three convenient locations, all situated in the heart of their town centres. One is in Great Dunmow, just a 2-minute walk from Chequers Lane car park. Another is at Upton House in Royston. Our newest clinic, Hellier Health Saffron Walden at Winstanley House on Market Hill, opens in August 2026. For patients with limited mobility, parking is available on site at our Dunmow location – simply give us a call or email in advance, and we’ll reserve a space for you.