Altius Healthcare – Hale Clinic

Aaron Johal

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March 17, 2025

I’d been struggling with shin splints for around 6 months and wasn’t sure how to fix them. I rested and iced and when they felt abit better, ran again but felt pain everytime i got to around 65% of my maximum speeds. I contacted Altius and booked in with Doug before he went away, who straight away told me that the issue was with an imbalance in my hips, and that I would need to fix this and have Shockwave Therapy alongside. He gave me 2 exercises to do and then referred me to Amy, who was absolutely fantastic. I booked in with Amy once a week for Shockwave Therapy, and she was brilliant in explaining what it would do, and how it works. Every session, she gave me new, progressive exercises, and within 4 weeks, the imbalance in my hips had evened out by 10 degrees. The scar tissue in my shins were also much noticeably decreasing too. After 6 sessions, having given me more exercises to do, she spoke about giving me a plan to get back running. The plan was thorough and has been very effective, and we kept with the Shockwave Therapy sessions whilst I began to run to ensure we kept progressing. Amy’s service was fantastic, always on time, always in detail explaining every bit of treatment and the benefits of all exercises and why they are important. I couldn’t recommend Amy and Altius highly enough, and thank you for sorting my shin splints!

Gordon Smith

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June 09, 2025

After breaking my wrist, A family friend who is a GP, advised me to travel further to Altius to see Doug. The care, advice and attention has been excellent and the wrist improves each week. So much so, that I now have my partner seeing them to help with her sciatica. Thanks and keep up the good work ;-)

Julie Bramall

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March 24, 2025

Visited Dan after a recommendation from my consultant for spinal physio. Dan's initial assessment and treatment was very informative and beneficial. I came away with homework exercises which were a little challenging for me given I've not exercised for some considerable time. I completed all the recommended exercises, which were a little difficult but achievable and I felt improvement after completing them. I've been for my second visit today and due to progress made, Dan has slightly increased the level of difficulty of my exercises following my physio session with him. I am completely out of my comfort zone with these exercises but given the explanations behind each one, I can understand the mechanics and importance of doing them correctly for maximum benefit.

Jack Livesey

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May 24, 2025

When I came to Altius I had suffered from chronic pain due to a slipped disc for over a year. I was about to pull the trigger on fusion surgery but visited in Dec ‘24. I wanted to say thankyou to Doug, Woody, Charlotte and Kirsty as well as all the staff as they’ve changed my life. I’d been to 3 physios previously that couldn’t help and had spent thousands on treatment. They’ve guided towards steroid injections and treatment that genuinely at this point I feel saved me from the brink. I am able to work and exercise again which I genuinely didn’t think was ever going to happen so thank you. There have been setbacks and I am still on the road to recovery but I don’t think I would have got anywhere without Altius

patrick carrington

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May 11, 2025

Had a gait assessment with Stuart Campbell. It was excellent and he had lots of general advice not just about my gait but problems with my feet generally and followed the consultation up by email with lots of links which were very helpful. I would highly recommend.