ST ANDREWS REHABILITATION THERAPIES

Bernie supported me getting back into rowing training after a knee surgery. Really knows his stuff and is a great physio, amazed both myself and my doctors with the results. He was also always available whenever my knee was acting up, either for a quick chat on the phone or made time for me to come in. In a nutshell: Best physio I have ever had.

I came to Bernie when it became clear that my back issues were starting to make everyday activities harder and harder. I would clean my room for 30 minutes or pick things off the floor and would have to lay down for an hour afterwards. I was unsure of whether or not physiotherapy would even help, but after encouragement from my flatmate, I came to Bernie, and I don't know where I'd be if I hadn't! After working with Bernie for about 2 years, my back had completely changed. I no longer felt pain in my lower back while working out, cleaning, etc. He is knowledgeable, extremely professional, and a overall wonderful person. The worst part of graduating Uni was leaving behind such a great physio, I will recommend him to anyone in the St Andrews area and beyond!

I am a medical student and as part of my clinical teaching I spent a day with Bernie, observing how he uses physiotherapy to help his patients recover and improve their quality of life.Bernie assessed each patient he saw very well and identified the areas they were the most concerned about. He then followed this up by showing them exercises in the clinic which they could carry out at home to carry on improving their condition.Every patient Bernie saw seemed a lot happier and more at ease by the end of the session and scheduled another session to come back and see him on!

Bernie has been my Physio therapist for the last 3 years and has helped me immensely both as my Physio and a great friend. I had 2 herniated discs when I first saw Bernie and had been dealing with chronic pain for about a year that had seriously disrupted my life. Lots of deep tissue therapy, stretching exercises, and a specially designed workout regiment helped me recover and return to normalcy. I can now go to the gym pain-free and and that’s all thanks to Bernie. I would highly recommend anyone in St. Andrews with chronic musculoskeletal pain see Bernie, particularly other students such as myself.

Would thoroughly recommend Bernie. He listened, assessed, treated and set me up with a programme that resolved my pain. As a somewhat cynical physio myself, I was impressed.

My experience with Bernie has been absolutely wonderful. I tore my ACL and both inner and outer meniscus last October and Bernie really helped me strengthen my knee and learn exercises that will prevent the injury from happening again. Moreover, Bernie is super personable and fun and I found myself really enjoying our sessions and chatting to him about anything and everything. This made me to feel more comfortable, therefore allowing me push myself harder physically during the exercises. He is very smart, funny, and is very encouraging when I felt frustrated with my injury. Overall I could only recommend START clinic!

I would strongly recommend Bernie if you need a physiotherapist. I had very serious back pain after I moved into the Uni dorm. Before I went to him, I had been taking the painkiller for more than a week and even with the painkiller, I could not move much. My friend suggested him to me, only with two treatments, and the pain was relieved a lot that I could go to classes. I continue to see him for over a month and a half but the pain kept coming back. After knowing that I am a student and the cause of my back pain is due to the low-quality mattress, he was so concerned and lent me a good-quality mattress. He even sent the mattress with his personal car to my place. And with that, I could stop my treatment. He is such a caring person, definitely recommend him!

Bernie helped support me when I tore my hip labrum rowing at University. He organized an MRI and went as far as giving me rides around St Andrews when walking was difficult. He helped with rehabilitation and did an incredible job! We became good friends and my family rented his home for graduation week.Bernie is an excellent physiotherapist and friend!

I came to Bernie after I injured my knee playing Netball. As soon as I called him after I was injured, he came to pick me up from where I was to drive me to his practice. I was really sad about having hurt myself and he made me feel so much better with his Aussie accent, the jokes and the general kindness. Bernie was great in helping my recovery and getting back to working out, and even after my knee was all good and I didn't see him for appointments we stayed friends. Any other niggles I ever had, Bernie always responded quickly and brought my body back to being painless. Bernie's a great physio and all-round guy and I cannot recommend him enough.

Went to St. Andrews on golf trip. Herniated a disc and literally coudnt move without horrible pain. Bernie was so concerned after my call to him, he picked me up in his personal car to provide treatment at this clinic. While no golf the remainder of my stay i was able to fly 7 hours home pain free. Thank you so much!!He is awesome. Reid Laughlint