Back & neck care
Stiffness, nerve-related aches and the kind of low back pain that arrives after a long week at a desk or behind a wheel.
Most common visitA small clinic for bodies that work hard
Careful hands, unhurried rooms, and a plan you can actually keep.
Firstlight is a three-room practice for musculoskeletal pain, injury recovery and movement retraining. Appointments run long on purpose — we would rather find the cause once than chase the symptom for months.
- Appointments
- 55 minutes, never rushed
- Referral
- Not needed to book
- Rooms
- Step-free, ground floor
Our approach
Craft, in the old sense of the word
We keep the practice deliberately small so the same clinician sees you from first assessment to last appointment. No handovers, no repeating your history to a new face.
Assessment before treatment
The first half of a first appointment is questions and movement testing. We treat once we understand what is actually loading the tissue.
Hands-on, then hands-off
Manual therapy settles the painful part. Loading and technique work keep it settled, so you finish care rather than subscribe to it.
A plan that fits your week
Three exercises you will do beat twelve you will not. You leave with a written plan sized to the time you honestly have.
Care areas
What we treat
If your problem is not listed, ask anyway — a short conversation is usually enough for us to say whether we are the right clinic or point you elsewhere.
Sports injury recovery
Ankles, hamstrings, shoulders and knees — graded rehab that takes you back to the sport rather than away from it.
Return-to-play planPost-operative rehab
Structured recovery after joint or tendon surgery, paced against your surgeon's protocol and reviewed as you progress.
Longer programmePersistent pain support
For pain that has outstayed the injury. Slower, calmer sessions built around confidence, sleep and gradual loading.
Paced sessionsMovement & posture review
A single assessment for runners, riders, players and desk workers who want to fix a niggle before it becomes an injury.
One-off appointment
Your first visit
What actually happens
Nothing surprising, and nothing you have not agreed to. Here is the shape of a first appointment from the moment you arrive.
A proper conversation
Fifteen minutes on the history: what happened, what makes it worse, what you need to get back to. Bring scan results if you have them.
Movement assessment
Simple strength and range testing, explained as we go. Wear something you can move in — shorts or leggings are ideal.
Treatment in the same session
Hands-on work, dry needling or taping where it helps. We tell you what we are doing and why before we start.
A written plan before you leave
Your exercises, your load limits and an honest estimate of how many visits this is likely to take.
Practitioners
Who you will see
Three clinicians share the practice. You can ask for a particular one when you request a visit, or let us match you to the closest fit.
Noor Halvorsen
Clinical lead · Persistent pain
Founded Firstlight to run longer appointments. Works mostly with people whose pain has lasted longer than anyone expected.
Samuel Adeyemi
Physiotherapist · Sports rehab
Handles the return-to-play end of the practice: hamstrings, ankles and shoulders, with plenty of gym-based loading.
Mira Castellan
Physiotherapist · Post-operative care
Builds the longer post-surgical programmes and reviews them fortnightly so progression stays inside safe limits.
Questions
Before you book
The things people most often ask us on the way in.
Do I need a referral?
No. You can request a visit directly. If you are claiming through an insurer, check whether they ask for a referral letter first — some do.
How long is an appointment?
First appointments run 55 minutes. Follow-ups are 40 minutes, and post-operative reviews are usually 40 minutes with a longer gap between them.
What should I wear?
Clothing you can move and be assessed in — shorts, leggings or a vest depending on the area. Gowns and towels are available in every room if you would prefer.
What if I need to change my appointment?
Let us know at least a day ahead and we will move it without a charge. Short-notice changes are easier to absorb earlier in the week.
Can someone come in with me?
Always. A partner, parent, carer or interpreter is welcome in the room, and each treatment room has seating for one guest.
Request a visit
Tell us what is going on
Send the short form and we will reply with two or three appointment times that match what you have asked for. Nothing is confirmed until you say yes.
Clinic hours
- Monday – Thursday7:30 – 19:00
- Friday7:30 – 15:00
- Saturday9:00 – 13:00
- SundayClosed
Worth bringing
- Any scan or surgical report you already have
- Clothing you can move in
- The shoes you train, run or work in