West Auckland Physiotherapy Caters To Everyone

West Auckland Physiotherapy is one of Waitakere’s premiere physiotherapy clinics. Whether your problem is the result of a chronic condition like arthritis, a sports injury, workplace mishap, car accident, or for those experiencing recurring headaches from desk work, the professionals at West Auckland Physiotherapy can help them achieve a pain-free life. Their patients are recreational and elite athletes; business professionals and manual labourers; computer programmers and avid gardeners and their physiotherapists treat the fit to the not so fit, acute and chronic ailments, spinal, muscular, and joint injuries. They are an accredited ACC endorsed provider, certified by HDANZ.

West Auckland Physiotherapy treats all ACC claims FREE of charge, as they have found that patients were delaying or not finishing their treatments, as they were simply unable to afford treatment. This has resulted, in most cases, in ongoing pain and slow recovery, sometimes affecting their ability to return to work.

All their physiotherapists are very experienced, with post graduate qualifications and they can also provide Chinese acupuncture on ACC, FREE of charge. The friendly team at West Auckland Physiotherapy provide a supportive and professional atmosphere, working with their patients to restore mobility, strength and function so they can return to their normal work and leisure activities, in the belief that this teamwork approach promotes early recovery and a faster return to full mobility and pain free function.

This decision by West Auckland Physiotherapy was made subsequent to the announcement by ACC in 2009 that they had decided to cut payments to physiotherapists, so that visiting the physio would, in future, cost patients each visit. This means the reduced income is expected to be supplemented by accident victims, and they will be billed for each visit to a physiotherapist, following ACC's client co-charging scheme. This includes people who are injured at work, which means they will pay for part of their medical costs though both they and their employer both pay ACC levies.

These changes obviously mean that many people who need treatment can no longer afford it, and if a patient doesn't get early treatment for an injury, recovery can take much longer and their health may suffer in the long run. There has been no set charge and it has been left up to individual physiotherapy clinics to decide how to charge patients, although each clinic will have to charge at least enough to make up for the reduced subsidy. The charge is therefore expected to be between $10 to $30 per treatment.

For more information please go to http://www.westaucklandphysio.co.nz .