Core Body Clinic

Core Body Clinic provides musculoskeletal physiotherapy, sports physiotherapy and sports massage, with diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound, joint injections and shockwave therapy for pain, injuries and movement problems. Care is available at its clinics in Swansea and Reading, and the clinic aims to bring assessment, treatment and rehabilitation together in a one-stop MSK clinic, with same-day care where appropriate.

MSK conditions listed by the clinic include back and neck pain, shoulder pain, frozen shoulder, plantar fasciitis, knee pain, hip pain, ankle sprain, calcific tendonitis, wrist and hand problems, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, sciatica nerve pain, osteoarthritis and Achilles tendon pain. Services include initial and follow-up physiotherapy, sports and MSK consultant physiotherapist assessment, sports massage, diagnostic ultrasound scan and assessment, ultrasound scans for sports injuries, ultrasound-guided steroid injections, ultrasound-guided hyaluronic acid injections and Arthrosamid injection assessment.

Men’s health is a named part of the service. The clinic offers men’s health physiotherapy, shockwave therapy for erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer physiotherapy and rehabilitation, pelvic pain consultations and online men’s health appointments. Conditions listed in this area include hard flaccid, chronic pelvic pain, pudendal neuralgia, Peyronie’s disease, painful overactive bladder syndrome and erectile dysfunction.

The clinical profile available for Shakshi Lalitharaj gives further detail on the physiotherapy care offered. She is an HCPC-registered Senior MSK and Sports Physiotherapist with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy and an MSc in Sports and Exercise Medicine. Her work includes manual therapy, dry needling, shockwave and exercise-based rehabilitation, with experience across private MSK clinics, academy football and professional rugby.

Some appointments are in person, and the listed men’s health service also includes online appointments. The clinic also lists pelvic pain and men’s health follow-up appointments, shockwave follow-ups and physiotherapy follow-ups, so ongoing review is available where it is part of the treatment plan.