Physiotherapy Self Referral

Physiotherapy is a health-care profession concerned with human function and movement. Physiotherapists are the best professionals to consult for treatment of the following physical problems:

• Muscle strains
• Joint problems
• Sports injuries
• Osteoporosis
• Respiratory conditions e.g. Asthma, Emphysema
• Neurological conditions e.g. Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Amputees

If you're an adult, and think that you need some physiotherapy advice for a back, neck, muscle or joint problem, you don't have to consult your GP first to be referred.  Seeing your GP first will NOT get you a better or faster service.

Instead, you can simply refer yourself by completing the following form:

Adult Physiotherapy Self-Referral Form

If you'd like some physiotherapy advice about a child aged 15 or under, you can't use the adult self-referral form above.  There is a separate children's physiotherapy service which deals with this age-group, and you can easily contact them yourself, by telephone. Again, you do not need to consult your GP to be referred.

You can find all the contact details, plus a link to their patient-information website, by clicking on the link HERE..

If you think you need a walking aid, like a stick or a frame, to help you get around in the house or outdoors, you can refer yourself to be assessed by a physiotherapist. You don't need to see your GP or nurse first.  

Simply download and complete the form, then send it to the address given on the second page.

If you are living with a disability that affects how you carry out day-to-day tasks, there may be equipment or other solutions that could help your situation.  The Disabled Living Centre (DLC) is based at Astley Ainslie Hospital in Morningside, and provides free information and advice from Occupational Therapy specialists.  It also has a stock of display equipment on-loan from companies who make things like stair lifts, walking equipment and powered wheel-chairs and scooters.  You can see and try out this equipment if you're considering buying something, but are not sure if it's right for you.  

You don't need a referral for the DLC, but you DO have to make an appointment, and you can do so by calling 0131 537 9190. 

You can read more about the DLC clicking HERE.

Physiotherapy helps with a number of different problems that can affect the bladder and pelvis in women.  If you have any of the following issues, you can refer yourself to the specialist service that deals with them.

• Female stress urinary incontinence (leakage on coughing, sneezing, laughing etc)
• Female urgency, frequency and nocturia (needing to empty your bladder urgently and often and getting up at least twice overnight to go to the loo)
• Symptoms of mild prolapse (sensation of something coming down)
• Weak pelvic floor after childbirth including any of the above symptoms
• Dyspareunia/Vaginismus (pain with intercourse due to involuntary pelvic floor muscle)     

Simply download and complete the form and send it to the physiotherapy clinic that 's most convenient for you.