Experience Pain-Free Living with Heal Sports Injury Clinic

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At Heal Sports Injury Clinic, we specialise in the treatment of sports injuries, alongside a broad range of other musculoskeletal conditions. Whether you're recovering from a work-related injury, undergoing post-operative rehabilitation, or dealing with more complex acute or chronic condition, we're here to help.

During your initial physiotherapy consultation, I take a comprehensive approach to understanding your injury. I’ll review your detailed injury history, general medical background, lifestyle, sports activities, and personal goals. This information is vital in forming a complete picture of your needs, helping me accurately diagnose your injury and develop a personalised treatment plan.

In some cases, further investigations may be required, such as a referral to a GP for scans. Rest assured, I’ll guide you through this process and ensure you receive the right pathway alongside your treatment.

If you require any follow up treatments I'll look at your injury in more detail. Depending on your condition, this may involve manual therapy, acupuncture, exercise therapy, or a combination of treatments. Throughout our work together, we’ll discuss your condition to help educate and empower you to manage your injury and avoid recurrence.

Each session typically combines hands-on manual treatment with exercise therapy to promote healing and recovery. Depending on your needs and the stage of your injury, your treatment may initially only require manual treatment and advice. However, as treatment progresses we’ll usually introduce exercises in our gym, where I’ll guide you through a personalised exercise program. I’ll coach you on proper technique to ensure you’re exercising safely, preventing future injuries, and optimising your performance. 

You'll get a program to follow at home to help speed up the recovery process and get bac to full health.

Exercise rehabilitation is an often overlooked, yet a vital part of the treatment process. It can significantly reduce recovery time and help rebuild strength and mobility. 

My goal is to equip you with the knowledge and confidence to manage your body independently and optimise performance.

Sports massage is designed to support recovery, improve performance, and reduce muscle tension. It can be tailored to your specific needs, whether you're managing tightness, recovering from training, or preparing for an event. If it’s post event you may require a lighter sports massage to help your sore muscles recover. If it’s for more chronic injuries we may work deeper into the tissues to break down scar tissue or help realigned tight muscles that may be have been in spasm for some time. 

I’m Dave Nelson, the owner and lead practitioner of Heal Sports Injury Clinic based in Craiglockhart, Edinburgh. I’m passionate about offering you expert care. I create tailored treatment and rehabilitation plans to all my patients that will help you recover from a wide range of musculoskeletal injuries.

I specialise in sports injury rehabilitation, and I’m dedicated to using my extensive knowledge and experience to guide you through your recovery journey. 

I have over 20 years experience working as an Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner in both the public and private health sectors, professional sport, the military, and the emergency services. This has enabled me to developed my skills in managing complex injuries and rehabilitation. I have a deep understanding of musculoskeletal health, and also draw knowledge gained in my sports science degree in sport physiology and psychology. Added to this I’m a qualified Yoga instructor with over 18 years experience and often incorporate postures and stretches into patient’s rehabilitation programmes. 

Whether you're recovering from a sports injury, dealing with chronic pain or looking to improve your movement and function, I’m here to help you heal.

After finishing my schooling and college studies I served in British Army for seven years as a Royal Engineer Commando. I left the military to studied Sports Science at Bangor University. This ignited my interest in sports injuries and went on to attain a Masters in Rehabilitation Science at Glasgow Caledonian University enabling me to work as a Chartered Physiotherapist.

I started my career working for the Health Board in Jersey and then for the NHS in North Wales. After that, and for a large part of my career, I worked for the British Military, rehabilitating Royal Marines, Army and Navy personnel in the UK and Germany. 

I have several years’ experience working in Professional Rugby Union, treating professional athletes.  I have also spent many years rehabilitating injured fire fighters through the Fire Fighters Charity throughout their centres across the UK.

I’ve also worked privately and for the NHS for a number of years so have a broad range of experience that I utilise to treat you.

In my current practice I work as a Sports Injury Consultant. I work in my private practice and with Peebles Rugby Club treating their injuries and rehabilitating them to get back on the field of play. I’m passionate about offering tailored and evidence-based treatment to every client I treat and believe the wide ranging knowledge I've gained from practicing for over 20 years will put you in good hands.