About Cassia
Cassia is built around a simple observation: most people who fail rehabilitation do so because nobody explained what was actually expected of them between appointments. So we assess thoroughly, we measure, we set out the plan in writing, and we tell you honestly how long it will take. Cassia assesses and treats injuries, pain and movement problems — from a sudden back that has gone to a knee that has never been right since. Every course starts with a full assessment, and every course ends with you knowing how to keep the problem from coming back.
How it works
01
A full hour. We find out what the problem is, measure where you are starting from, and tell you honestly how long it should take.
02
Reduce the pain enough to make loading possible — with hands-on treatment, taping or activity modification. Usually the shortest stage.
03
The stage that does the work. Progressive loading, measured against your baseline, with most of it happening between appointments.
04
Reintroducing the specific demands of your sport, job or life — and testing against criteria rather than against the calendar.
05
A maintenance programme and a clear statement of what to keep doing. Recurrence is usually a stopped programme.
Physiotherapists
Every appointment at Cassia is with a named physiotherapist, and you will know who you are seeing before you arrive.
Complex and persistent musculoskeletal problems
Physiotherapy degree · MSc in musculoskeletal physiotherapy
Sports injury and return-to-play
Physiotherapy degree · Postgraduate qualification in sports physiotherapy
Post-operative and orthopaedic rehabilitation
Physiotherapy degree · Orthopaedic rehabilitation training
Spinal, neck and desk-related pain
Physiotherapy degree · Manual therapy qualification
Loading programmes and movement classes
Strength and conditioning certification · Clinical exercise qualification
Results
>95% limb symmetry before discharge
Came in with
Nine months post-surgery, cleared by the surgeon but unable to trust the knee to turn.
What we did
A criteria-based programme with testing at three stages before any return to play.
Where they got to
Full return to competitive football, discharged on symmetry criteria.
5 months
Came in with
Fourteen months of morning pain and abandoned running.
What we did
Graded loading over five months, with shockwave added at month two.
Where they got to
Running 30km a week without symptoms, on a maintenance loading programme.
12 weeks to discharge
Came in with
Four episodes a year, each costing two weeks off work.
What we did
Twelve weeks of graded loading plus education about what actually provokes it.
Where they got to
One minor episode in the following eighteen months, self-managed.
Recovery depends on the injury, the individual and the work done between appointments. These are real patterns of recovery, not a prediction of your own.
The practice
Most of the people we see have been managing a problem for months. It is almost always quicker to address it than to keep avoiding it.
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