31/01/2021
**WE ARE OPEN**
Physiotherapy is considered an essential service and is covered under the "medical or health care needs" statement.
At Freedom Physiotherapy, our patients' and staff health and wellbeing is always our highest priority.
Freedom Physiotherapy has and will always be a health service, which means our understanding of infection control measures is the same as any hospital based setting. On top of our standard infection control measures Freedom Physiotherapy has put in place numerous additional preventative measures to ensure you are safe when visiting;
*Screening all persons who call for an appointment and who enter our practices to ensure they are not sick or have recently travelled
*Maintaining a sterile and sanitised environment. We are sanitising all patient contact points and reception areas after each client. We have always used single use protective face sheets and this will continue.
*Frequent hand sanitisation for all staff & patients.
*Masks will be worn by all our staff during your appointment
*All staff will be advised to remain home if they are showing any signs of illness.
*We have implemented a waiting room policy that adheres to the 1.5m social distancing requirements. This ensures you will only interact with the physiotherapist during your appointment.
We want to reassure you that when you come to us you will have minimal interaction with people, a lot less than the shopping centre, school or other general community based settings. Your consultation is one on one with a practitioner who has sanitised the room and all objects prior to your arrival and their own hands to ensure any germs are stopped in their tracks before you even enter the room.
The COVID-19 situation can be overwhelming, so please remember to stay healthy. A weakened immune system is closely linked to stress levels, inactivity and believe or not - pain. It is important to look after yourself on a whole throughout this time and we will remain open for as long as possible to help assist you with this.
