Joint Pain Treatment in Bath
Joint pain and stiffness can make walking, exercising, climbing stairs and everyday movement more difficult.
Charlie assesses and treats musculoskeletal joint pain, helping you improve movement, manage symptoms and stay active through a personalised combination of hands-on treatment, exercise and rehabilitation.
Understanding Joint Pain
Healthy joints need movement, strength and the ability to cope with the demands you place on them.
When a joint becomes painful or stiff, people often start avoiding movements that hurt. Over time, that can make normal activity feel increasingly difficult.
Charlie commonly assesses musculoskeletal pain affecting areas such as the hips and knees, while also considering how surrounding muscles and neighbouring joints are contributing.
What does joint pain feel like?
Symptoms can include:
• Aching around a joint
• Stiffness
• Pain during movement
• Reduced range of movement
• Difficulty walking or climbing stairs
• Discomfort during exercise
• Pain after periods of inactivity
Charlie looks at how the joint is functioning, what is contributing to the symptoms and what is limiting your movement.
Assessment and Treatment
Charlie will assess the painful joint together with the surrounding muscles, strength and movement.
For hip and knee problems, this can include looking at walking, balance, mobility and how the rest of the lower limb is working.
Treatment can include:
• Joint mobilisation or manipulation
• Soft tissue treatment
• Dry needling
• Strengthening exercises
• Mobility work
• Gym-based rehabilitation
• Advice on activity and movement
• Strategies for staying active
Treatment is personalised to your symptoms, current ability and goals.
Hip and knee osteoarthritis
Charlie can help manage musculoskeletal pain and movement problems associated with hip and knee osteoarthritis.
Treatment can combine hands-on care, personalised exercise and rehabilitation alongside the core management of osteoarthritis, helping you manage symptoms, maintain movement and stay active.
For many people, maintaining strength and confidence in movement is just as important as addressing pain itself.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can chiropractic care help hip pain?
Charlie can assess musculoskeletal hip pain and how the hip is moving, together with the muscles and joints around it.
Treatment can include hands-on care, mobility work and exercises to improve strength and function.
Can chiropractic care help knee pain?
Knee pain can be influenced by the knee itself as well as strength, mobility and movement elsewhere in the leg.
Charlie assesses the wider picture and builds treatment and rehabilitation around what he finds.
Can you treat joint pain caused by osteoarthritis?
Charlie can help manage pain and movement problems associated with hip and knee osteoarthritis alongside the core management of the condition.
Exercise, strength and maintaining activity are important parts of this approach.
Should I exercise if my joints hurt?
Keeping joints moving and maintaining strength can be very important, but exercise should be matched to your ability and symptoms.
Charlie can help you find a level of exercise that is challenging enough to be useful without simply aggravating your symptoms.
Charlie’s Approach
Charlie’s focus with joint pain is keeping you moving. He combines hands-on treatment with progressive exercise and practical advice so treatment supports the things you need and want to do in everyday life.
About Charlie
Charlie Fry is a Bath-born chiropractor registered with the General Chiropractic Council and a member of the British Chiropractic Association.
His approach is evidence-based, personalised and focused on helping you move with greater confidence. Read more about Charlie on our About page.
Appointments and fees
All new patients start with an Initial Consultation and Treatment appointment.
Initial Consultation and Treatment: 60 minutes, £80.
Follow-up Treatment: 30 minutes, £50.
