Merry Christmas - With Survival Tips!!!

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	PHYSIOTHERAPY \| MASSAGE \| REHABILITATION \| SPORTS SCREENING
	NoticeboarD Summer: January 16 2021
Dear Visitor
We hope Christmas is going to be a wonderful time for you and your family, that the effects of Covid have had minimal impact on your life this year, and that family and friends have stayed healthy and well. None of us will be forgetting 2020 in a hurry. Our opening hours to help you through the silly season are as follows: OPEN UNTIL 12PM THURSDAY 24TH DECEMBER CLOSED 25TH DECEMBER UNTIL 3RD JAN REOPEN 4TH JAN Pilates classes will run up to 24th December, keeping you moving and well. They restart 11th January. As the end of the year steam rollers closer, we have included a couple of articles here to help you survive. The first is for anyone who has had a baby or will be helping care for one this Christmas. The toll holding young kids can have on the body is something we see daily in the clinic. Our first article looks at ways and positions to hold a baby/infant to help reduce neck and shoulder, back and hand, and wrist pain The second article gives some simple ideas for managing back pain. There is nothing worse than knowing you have a house full of guests coming in and your back is giving you grief. Lastly, we sadly say goodbye this year to 2 of our staff Emma, remedial massage therapist, and Miriam, musculoskeletal physiotherapist. Em has been with us for 5 amazing years. Her skills as a remedial massage therapist are incredible - I know all her clients will miss her hugely! But it's Em's smiles, laughter, and massive personality that we will all miss at Physiologix. Em moves interstate in December. Em - we will miss you massively and with you and your family all the very best in your next move in life. Miriam, one of our awesome physios is off to do her PhD. She will be looking at physio responses to patients under distress. As physios working with clients often in considerable long term pain, with huge impacts on their life, this is extremely relevant and exciting clinical research. Miriam, good luck with the tough journey ahead. We cant wait to hear more about your findings as you go.



Pain Holding Baby? As I deal with breastfeeding my now six-week-old baby whilst juggling my toddler I am reminded of the many aches and pains that the body can feel at this time post-pregnancy. At Physiologix, we see certain injuries frequently from this period on over the next year: There are some key things that you can do to improve these issues and be pain-free. I hope this helps you or someone you know who is looking after a young baby. And this applies as much to partners as it does to the main carer!!! We will look at: Shoulder tension/ Neck pain/ Headaches Wrist and Hand Pain Thoracic (mid back) Pain. Lower Back Pain Treatment Options Shoulder tension/ Neck pain/ Headaches Whether it is the stress of dealing with a baby that you can’t stop crying, or burping your child over your shoulder, or the carrying around and lifting, it is very hard not to hitch your shoulders up towards your ear as you do these things. However, this will result in a very tight neck and shoulders and very often result in headaches. Try hard to focus on relaxing and dropping your shoulders. Open your chest up and slightly draw your shoulders back so that you sit with better posture Wrist and Hand Pain Several movements remain a key issue with pain in this region. There is a tendency when feeding or holding the baby to tuck your wrist into a bent position to try and support the baby - wrists prefer to work in a more relaxed straighter position, especially under load, which as your baby grows, it has to deal with. Try to relax your hand so you use more of your forearm to support the child. Use pillows when feeding to give your arms and shoulders a break whenever you are able.



Some Simple Ideas For Managing Back Pain Gena Wallis (Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist) here discusses some simple ideas to deal with back pain. Back pain, sadly affects too many of us, 80% actually. Very often with good initial management, what potentially could end up being a long term problem, can be controlled with a good recovery made. If your back “goes” it usually locks up and you become very restricted in your movement. This is because the muscles go into “spasm”. This is like an overprotect mode where the muscles contract to prevent you moving. In a way, it is a natural form of bracing. In the initial stages the main focus is reducing this spasm. Heat is often best. This is because there is about 4-6cm of muscle between the surface of the skin and the deep joint structures that have been affected in the injury. You would usually use ice on an acute injury but in this case the injury is so deep that the ice won’t reach. Heat relaxes the muscles on the surface and so help to relax the spasm. This in turn unlocks the joints, allowing you to move.



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