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Postpartum Physiotherapy Tune-ups Should be a Thing
If you picked up two ten-pound weights, put them in a backpack, and then carried them around absolutely everywhere you went for a few months, do you think parts of your body would suffer for it? You might start to hunch forward to try to support the extra weight on...
Knee Injury Prevention Starts with Physiotherapy in Puberty
You may have heard about the rash of knee injuries in professional women’s soccer lately. Or maybe not since, after all, women’s sports in general get such poor coverage. Don’t even get me started on that. Okay, so if you’re an uber-fan of women’s soccer like I am...
Veronica’s Sports and Physiotherapy Journey
Growing up I always knew I wanted a career helping others. I wasn’t sure what that career would be though, until I had my first major injury at soccer at eleven years old. I injured my low back while sprinting for the ball. My injury shocked my parents, because...
Simple Screening for Common Conditions in Newborns
I thank my lucky stars every day that I am a physiotherapist and that I have paediatric experience. If I didn’t then things would have turned out a whole lot differently for both my children. I often see parents with children with certain conditions that were caught...
Seven Things You Should Know About Physiotherapy in Children
Children are not small adults. They require a physiotherapist with paediatric experience. Treating injuries in children can be straightforward, until it isn’t. I often see on social media someone asking for recommendations for a physiotherapist for their injured...
Children are NOT Small Adults – They Need Specialized Paediatric Physiotherapy
It seemed straightforward. The twelve year old in front of me was complaining of right knee pain. It was not surprising given that he trains almost every single day between doing competitive football and a sport study programme at school. What drew my attention right...
You do NOT outgrow torticollis
The condition in question is called torticollis. This is seen in newborns where we notice that the baby always keeps their head turned to one side. It is traditionally treated as a neck problem but it is far from just that. Torticollis is, in fact, a tightness throughout one whole side of the body. What we see visually is that the infant keeps their head turned to one side, but the head is really just the last pearl on the string.
I’m So Lucky………or Am I?
I am currently going through a major life transition, and I have to say it is a gut-wrenchingly painful experience. My emotions have run the entire spectrum from one end to the other and I’m, quite frankly, exhausted. But just when I feel like I can’t take another step forward a friend steps in to boost me up.
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