What Remote Physiotherapy Covers — And What Requires In-Person Treatment
Understanding the scope of a remote physiotherapy consultation ensures you get the right care for your specific concern — and sets accurate expectations about what the session involves.
What this consultation covers:
- Comprehensive physiotherapy assessment — detailed history, movement observation, and functional assessment via video
- Postural and movement analysis — your physiotherapist will observe your movement, posture, and functional capacity during the call
- Evidence-based exercise prescription — a structured, personalised rehabilitation programme tailored to your condition, goals, and environment
- Patient education — anatomy, pain science, injury management, and self-care strategies
- Ergonomic assessment — home workstation, desk setup, and workplace posture evaluation
- Return to sport or activity planning — progressive loading and rehabilitation milestones
- Review of existing physiotherapy programmes — assessment of whether your current programme is appropriate and optimally structured
- Respiratory physiotherapy — breathing exercise prescription and guidance
- Pelvic floor rehabilitation — assessment and exercise guidance for women's and men's health
- Neurological rehabilitation guidance — exercise prescription and functional movement strategies
- Second opinion on physiotherapy assessment or rehabilitation approach
What requires in-person attendance:
- Hands-on manual therapy — joint mobilisation, manipulation, and soft tissue treatment
- Dry needling and acupuncture
- Electrotherapy — TENS, ultrasound, and laser treatment
- Taping and strapping
- Hydrotherapy
- Specialist gait analysis requiring laboratory equipment
Your physiotherapist will advise clearly if your presentation requires in-person hands-on treatment and will recommend the most appropriate in-person physiotherapy pathway for your specific needs.
Working With Your GP and Other Healthcare Professionals
Physiotherapy works best as part of an integrated care approach — and our physiotherapist works alongside your GP, specialist, and other healthcare professionals rather than independently of them.
If you have been referred by your GP or specialist:Bring any relevant clinical letters, imaging reports, or investigation results to your consultation. Your physiotherapist will review these in full and develop a rehabilitation programme that complements your medical management.
If you are attending independently:Your physiotherapist will advise where GP or specialist involvement would strengthen your management — for example, where imaging would clarify your diagnosis, or where medical assessment of an underlying condition is warranted before progressing rehabilitation.
Working together with your musculoskeletal GP assessment:Our Musculoskeletal & Pain Assessment GP consultation and this Physiotherapy Specialist Consultation are designed to work as a clinical pair. Your GP assesses your condition, rules out red flags, coordinates any necessary imaging, and refers for physiotherapy. Your physiotherapist then conducts a detailed functional assessment and delivers your structured rehabilitation programme. Both services can be booked independently or sequentially — your clinicians will communicate with each other where relevant and with your consent.
If you have not yet had a clinical assessment of your musculoskeletal concern, our Musculoskeletal & Pain Assessment GP Consultation is the right starting point. Your GP will assess your condition, coordinate any necessary investigations, and advise on whether physiotherapy is the most appropriate next step.
Conditions Commonly Assessed and Treated
- Spinal & Neck Conditions
- Acute and chronic low back pain — including disc-related pain and lumbar radiculopathy
- Neck pain and cervical spine conditions
- Sciatica — lumbar nerve root pain and associated symptoms
- Thoracic spine pain and stiffness
- Postural pain — desk-related, driving-related, and occupation-specific spinal pain
- Post-surgical spinal rehabilitation — following discectomy, fusion, or decompression
- Shoulder Conditions
- Rotator cuff injuries — tears, tendinopathy, and impingement
- Frozen shoulder — adhesive capsulitis — assessment and rehabilitation
- Shoulder instability and recurrent dislocation
- Acromioclavicular joint injuries
- Post-surgical shoulder rehabilitation — following repair or replacement
- Knee Conditions
- Knee pain — patellofemoral syndrome, meniscal irritation, and osteoarthritis
- ACL and ligament injuries — rehabilitation planning and return to sport
- Runner's knee and cycling-related knee pain
- Post-surgical knee rehabilitation — following ACL reconstruction, meniscectomy, or replacement
- Patellar tendinopathy
- Hip & Pelvis
- Hip pain — including osteoarthritis, bursitis, and femoroacetabular impingement
- Gluteal tendinopathy
- Groin pain — adductor-related and hip flexor conditions
- Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
- Pelvic girdle pain — including pregnancy-related pelvic pain
- Foot & Ankle
- Plantar fasciitis and heel pain
- Achilles tendinopathy — mid-portion and insertional
- Ankle sprains — acute management and return to activity
- Tibialis posterior tendinopathy
- Foot and ankle osteoarthritis
- Elbow, Wrist & Hand
- Tennis elbow — lateral epicondylalgia
- Golfer's elbow — medial epicondylalgia
- Carpal tunnel syndrome — conservative management and exercise
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis
- Wrist and hand tendinopathies
- Sports Injuries & Performance
- Acute sports injuries — assessment, management, and return to sport planning
- Overuse and repetitive strain injuries
- Running injuries — biomechanical assessment and rehabilitation
- Cycling injuries — position and biomechanical assessment
- Swimming injuries — shoulder and knee conditions
- Pre-season injury screening and movement assessment
- Performance optimisation — movement quality and injury prevention
- Neurological Rehabilitation
- Stroke rehabilitation — exercise prescription and functional movement guidance
- Multiple sclerosis — exercise and activity management
- Parkinson's disease — movement and balance exercise guidance
- Peripheral neuropathy — exercise and functional management
- Post-COVID neurological symptoms — fatigue, breathlessness, and functional rehabilitation
- Traumatic brain injury — community rehabilitation support
- Women's Health Physiotherapy
- Pelvic floor dysfunction — assessment and rehabilitation
- Stress urinary incontinence — pelvic floor exercise programme
- Urgency and urge incontinence — bladder training and pelvic floor rehabilitation
- Pelvic organ prolapse — conservative management and exercise
- Pregnancy-related musculoskeletal conditions — pelvic girdle pain, back pain
- Postnatal rehabilitation — return to exercise, pelvic floor recovery, diastasis recti
- Menopause-related musculoskeletal changes — joint pain, bone health exercise
- Men's Health Physiotherapy
- Male pelvic floor dysfunction — post-prostatectomy rehabilitation
- Pelvic pain in men — chronic pelvic pain syndrome
- Erectile dysfunction with pelvic floor component
- Sports hernia and groin conditions
- Respiratory Physiotherapy
- Breathing pattern disorder — assessment and retraining
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — exercise and breathing guidance
- Asthma — breathing pattern optimisation
- Post-COVID breathlessness — respiratory rehabilitation
- Breathing optimisation for athletes and performers
- Chronic Pain & Long-Term Conditions
- Chronic pain — pain science education and active rehabilitation approach
- Fibromyalgia — graded exercise therapy and pain management strategies
- Osteoarthritis — exercise prescription and joint protection strategies
- Osteoporosis — safe exercise prescription for bone health
- Rheumatoid arthritis — exercise management during remission
- Hypermobility and EDS — stability exercise and joint protection
- Workplace & Ergonomic Assessment
- Home workstation assessment — desk, chair, screen, and keyboard setup
- Office ergonomics — posture and movement guidance for desk workers
- Occupational overuse injuries — repetitive strain and work-related musculoskeletal conditions
- Return to work rehabilitation — following injury, surgery, or illness
What Your Consultation Includes
Comprehensive Physiotherapy AssessmentYour physiotherapist will conduct a thorough assessment — covering your presenting concern, symptom history, mechanism of injury, aggravating and relieving factors, functional impact, relevant medical history, previous physiotherapy or treatment, and your rehabilitation goals. Movement, posture, and functional capacity are assessed visually during the video call.
Clinical Diagnosis and Physiotherapy FormulationBased on your assessment, your physiotherapist will provide a clinical formulation — explaining what is driving your symptoms, what the rehabilitation pathway looks like, and what realistic outcomes and timelines to expect.
Personalised Exercise PrescriptionA structured, progressive exercise programme tailored to your condition, goals, fitness level, available equipment, and environment. Every exercise is demonstrated during the consultation and provided in written format with clear instructions and progressions.
Education and Self-Management StrategiesUnderstanding your condition is a central part of effective physiotherapy. Your physiotherapist will explain the anatomy and biomechanics relevant to your presentation, the role of pain science in your recovery, and the self-management strategies that will support your rehabilitation between sessions.
Ergonomic and Lifestyle AssessmentWhere relevant — particularly for workplace-related or postural conditions — your physiotherapist will conduct an ergonomic assessment of your workspace or home environment and provide specific recommendations.
Return to Sport or Activity PlanningFor athletes and active patients, your physiotherapist will develop a structured return to sport or activity plan — with clear progression milestones, load management principles, and criteria for safe return to full activity.
Onward Referral Where IndicatedWhere your presentation requires in-person hands-on physiotherapy, specialist medical assessment, or imaging, your physiotherapist will advise clearly and coordinate the appropriate referral pathway through our GP Referral & Diagnostic Investigation service.
The Evidence for Online Physiotherapy
A significant and growing body of research demonstrates that online physiotherapy assessment and exercise-based rehabilitation produces outcomes equivalent to in-person physiotherapy for the majority of musculoskeletal and movement conditions.
This is consistent with the clinical understanding that the most effective components of physiotherapy — assessment, diagnosis, exercise prescription, patient education, and self-management support — do not require hands-on contact. The therapeutic value of physiotherapy has always been primarily in what the patient does between sessions, not what happens during them.
Online physiotherapy is not a compromise — for assessment, exercise prescription, and rehabilitation guidance, it is a clinically valid and in many cases more accessible, more convenient, and more cost-effective alternative to in-person care.
Where hands-on treatment is genuinely needed — for specific manual therapy or joint mobilisation — your physiotherapist will tell you clearly and direct you to the appropriate in-person service.
Why Patients Choose Us
CORU-registered physiotherapistOur physiotherapist is registered with CORU — Ireland's statutory regulator for physiotherapy. CORU registration is the standard of physiotherapy qualification in Ireland and the credential patients should insist on when choosing a physiotherapist — online or in person.
30-minute dedicated appointments from €89A 30-minute physiotherapy consultation dedicated entirely to your assessment and rehabilitation planning — at a price point that makes specialist physiotherapy assessment genuinely accessible without a waiting list.
Exercise prescription delivered and demonstrated in sessionEvery exercise in your rehabilitation programme is demonstrated live during the consultation — not sent as a PDF link after the session. You leave every appointment knowing exactly what to do, how to do it, and why.
Working with your GP and specialistsOur physiotherapist communicates with your GP, consultant, and other members of your care team where relevant — ensuring your rehabilitation is integrated with your broader medical management.
Women's health physiotherapy expertisePelvic floor rehabilitation, pregnancy and postnatal physiotherapy, and women's health musculoskeletal conditions are a core part of this service — delivered with the clinical expertise and sensitivity these presentations require.
Same-day and advance appointmentsAvailable seven days a week including evenings and weekends — because musculoskeletal pain and injury do not follow office hours and access to physiotherapy assessment should not require a weeks-long waiting list.
Multi-lingualConsultations available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, and Romanian.
