Specialist physio practice celebrates silver jubilee with support for trauma charity

A specialist physiotherapy practice is marking 25 years of treating patients with brain injuries and debilitating conditions with a silver jubilee dinner.

Physio Matters, which is based in Royton, was founded by former NHS physiotherapist Colin Green, who sold his house and moved into a caravan to help fund his venture.

Now Colin leads a 20-strong team of specialist physios and business support staff treating adults and children with brain injuries, strokes, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Cerebral Palsy and other complex conditions.

The 25th anniversary dinner, which takes place at the Lowry Theatre next month, is a celebration of this milestone but also aims to raise valuable funds for Physio Matters’ nominated Charity of the Year, Day One Trauma Support.

Current and former patients will be among the 140 guests joining the Physio Matters team at the dinner to hear from Day One Trauma Support volunteer Paul Price, who was injured in the Manchester Arena bombing.

Paul spent nine months in hospital, including 12 days in an induced coma.

His partner, Elaine, was killed in the blast.

Day One Trauma Support has helped Paul through his long recovery journey, and he now supports others who are recovering from major traumatic events as a peer support volunteer.

Colin said: “I heard Paul speak at an event organised by Day One Trauma Support - a brilliant charity whose support workers literally help people and their loved ones from the first day in hospital.

"He’s someone with lived experience, it’s a very powerful story, so we’ve invited him to come along and speak.

“The night is a celebration of what we’ve achieved over the past 25 years.

"I spent the first 10 years working on my own, driving from one patient’s home to the next.

"But then demand started to grow and the team has grown from there, especially in the last 10 years, to where we are now.”

It’s the latest link between Physio Matters and Day One Trauma Support following a 200-mile run Colin completed in aid of the charity last year, covering the whole of the GM Ringway route, which takes in all 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester, over three days, even sleeping on the route.

Physio Matters, a double winner at the 2019 Oldham Business Awards, moved into its current specially adapted premises on Rochdale Road just over 12 months ago and has expanded its specialisms to include musculoskeletal (MSK) physiotherapy and sports therapy, treating conditions affecting the body's muscles, joints, bones, tendons, and ligaments.

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