Brisbane Personal Trainers: Working Through Your Injuries!
with
Kim Spillman
'Focus
on what you can do not what you can't do'
If
you are injured or suffer from chronic pain, your main
aim when training should be to address these things.
You may need to build up stability and control in a
joint before you use it thousands of times, even for
an exercise as simple as walking.
We've seen many people over the years achieve amazing
things in the face of adversity. Your injury may be
a problem but if there is anything your body can do
(and your doc/physio has given you the ok) then do it!
Work on improving the strength and control of this 1
exercise and in time you may be able to add another,
then another.
Set up the correct progression and you may be astounded
at your improvement. (If you need assistance,ask your
trainer/physio)This may mean only increasing your workout
by 5 minutes or 1 rep or .25 kg per month.
Who cares - as long as you are improving? The alternative
is to do nothing and nothing will happen. This process
can be heart breaking at times, so focus on what you
can do, not what you can't do.
Brisbane Personal Trainers 07 3857 7100 or email [email protected]
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Community Hydrotherapy: Comfortable Treatments!
Hydrotherapy is a general term to describe therapy (exercise
and treatment) in warm water. Physiotherapists who have
undergone additional training in this area are known
as Aquatic Physiotherapists. Aquatic physiotherapy (hydrotherapy)
involves rehabilitation in heated (usually 32-34 degrees
C), specially designed pools. Therapists use specific
techniques and equipment that utilise the unique properties
of water such as buoyancy, resistance etc. Warm water
is ideal for increasing flexibility, decreasing pain,
muscle spasm and swelling, unloading joints, improving
circulation as well as having beneficial effects on
the respiratory system.
Aquatic physiotherapy can be just as effective as therapy
on land, often involving less discomfort! And you don't
have to be able to swim to use hydrotherapy! Most hydrotherapy
pools have rails you can hold on to, shallow ends you
can stand, and flotation equipment to help if needed.
A wide range of conditions respond to hydrotherapy,
including arthritis, neck and back pain, neurological
conditions, joint replacements, stress relief, ante-natal/post-natal
exercise, orthoepoedic and sporting injuries, A
relatively new are that Hydrotherapy has started to
be used in is the treatment of overweight and obese
individuals who find it difficult to exercise on land.
Water provides a near-weightless environment where individuals
can still work at a comparable intensity to land-based
exercise, but for longer without discomfort or post-exercise
soreness. This use of hydrotherapy has been used at
the Wesley Hospital and RiverCity Private Hospitals
with great success. A number of patients that have come
through have lost significant amounts of weight and
kept it off with regular exercise in the pool, and have
even been able to progress to gym-based exercise they
would not have been able to manage initially.
Community Hydrotherapy was established in 2004 by Aquatic
Physiotherapist Alwyn Blayse, who had worked in Hydrotherapy
Pools around Brisbane as a private practitioner on his
own for several years.
"I'm obviously a huge believer in hydrotherapy, and
have seen it work wonders for a wide range of clients
with a wide range of conditions. I started off working
as a physiotherapist in hospitals, seeing the pain that
people had after doing exercise on land after undergoing
joint replacement surgery. I then saw the same patients
exercising pain-free in the water, and wondered why
anyone would want to do otherwise!"
Community Hydrotherapy has grown into a leading provider
of hydrotherapy services across Brisbane and SE QLD.
Physiotherapists from Community Hydrotherapy see clients
at heated pools, hydrotherapy centres, home pools and
homes at all locations. They also provide general information
about hydrotherapy and help finding pools for people
even if they do not wish to see a physiotherapist.
Alwyn explains how the system was set up. "I wanted
to establish a service whereby patients wishing to access
hydrotherapy services could easily call a 1300 number,
and talk to a qualified aquatic physiotherapist who
could discuss their individual requirements. This would
include finding a pool as close-by as possible, one
that has the equipment and access that they need, and
then being able to see this physiotherapist at this
pool at a convenient time."
Another thing that differentiates Community Hydrotherapy
from other aquatic physiotherapy providers is our longer
consultations and follow-up system. "We have found that
longer (30 minute) consultations really help someone
to get the most out of their hydrotherapy session. We
also try to keep regular contact with all of our clients
on an on-going basis," Alwyn says. "When people are
doing exercise on their own, sometimes something may
have happened medically, or they may feel that the exercises
need changing etc. We have found people really appreciate
the fact we take time to check up on them after their
consultations and make sure everything is going OK!'
Feel free to call our friendly team at Community Hydrotherapy
on 1300669611 for more information about how hydrotherapy
may be of benefit to you!
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Holosync:Meditation Made Easy!
The
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Stimulating the brain with Holosync releases stress-reducing
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for over 20 years. In fact, EEG studies show the brain
patterns experienced are actually deeper than those
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As new neural pathways connect and synchronise the two
sides of the brain, individuals develop what scientists
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Holosync also increases your ability to deal with stress
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The
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Melbourne based singer /songwriter Steven Jaymes has
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Short
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By
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Whole Grains have so much to offer nutritionally. Vitamin
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which along with those from legumes and nuts, give us
protein for growth and repair. Unfortunately, the way
grains are grown, stored, processed and prepared leaves
them virually undigestible at best. Grinding our own
grains and baking bread at home is, for most people,
the only way to eat grains well. Having never had much
success with baking, this recipe is my favourite way
to get whole grains in our diet.
1 cup lentils (red lentils or moong dahl are my favourite
for this recipe) 2 cups brown rice (you can use any
pulses and any grains) warm filtered water 2 tablespoons
whey or lemon juice. (Do not use commercially dried
whey powder) 1 teaspoon salt garlic chilli (optional)
cumin carraway seeds ghee
Wash lentils and rice well and place in separate bowls.
Cover each wih warm water, add 1 tablespoon whey or
lemon juice to each and leave overnight in a warm place.
Drain each and process separately in a food processor
with a little water until smooth. Mix lentils and rice
together with salt and enough warm water to make a batter
about the consistency of cream. Add ground garlic and
chilli, cumin and whole carraway seeds. Cover and leave
another 24 hours in a warm place. You can use a little
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week. The taste gets more sour and the grains more digestible
as time goes on, so refrigerate when you need to slow
the fermentation process.
To cook, heat a heavy, cast-iron skillet and coat with
ghee. I like to use quite a bit of ghee, about a teaspoon
per dosa. You may need to add water to get the batter
to the desired consistency again. Ladle about 1/4 cup
into pan. Use the back of the ladle to spread the batter
in a spiral from the centre. Cook about 5 minutes, until
the batter dries, then flip.
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