Physio & Pilates at the Bay

28/02/2022

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16/08/2021

SA Chief Allied Health Officer has now advised that masks can be removed for exercise in a health care setting. Masks are still required to be worn when entering and leaving the healthcare setting. 💪

Advice on wearing face masks in South Australia as a COVID-19 protection. Who needs to wear a mask, how to wear a mask correctly, how to make a mask.

19/07/2021

SA Health have specified that masks 😷are again mandatory in all health care settings. Please wear a mask. If you don’t have a mask 😷 I can provide you with one. Thank you for doing your part to keep everyone safe 😷🌸

07/07/2021

SCREEN DEM a useful acronym for common signs and symptoms of spondyloarthropathies

28/06/2021

SA Health have made masks 😷 mandatory in all health settings as of the 29/06/21. Please wear a mask to class or your appointment. Please also bring a towel and hand sanitise and use the QR code check in. Thank you 🙏

There are concerning outbreaks of COVID-19 occurring in other states and territories across Australia.

To protect South Australians, from 29 June, additional measures are being temporarily introduced to help reduce the spread of the virus.

Update to restrictions include:
▪ 1 person per 2 square metres for all defined public activities and gatherings.
▪ Private gatherings 150 people maximum.
▪ Weddings and funerals at licensed premises can have venue capacity (1 person per 2 square metres).
▪ Weddings and funerals at other venues can have maximum capacity of 150 people.
▪ Seated consumption of food and beverages at all indoor venues.
▪ Seated entertainment like cinemas or live theatre or performance venues can have up 75% capacity if patrons wear masks.
▪ Masks are mandatory in health care setting and personal care services.
▪ Masks recommended on public transport and taxis or rideshare services.
▪ Dancing is not permitted at nightclubs and relevant licensed premises.
▪ Singing is not permitted indoors, unless it is a performance, an education establishment or a private lesson. This does not apply to residential premises.
▪ Onsite purchase and consumption of sh**ha is prohibited.

Find more information, including the new Public Activities Direction, at www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/emergency-declarations/public-activities

22/05/2021

17/05/2021

Recovering from an injury or condition

30/11/2020

SA Health advises that all health professionals and their clients need to wear a single use surgical mask 😷 effective as of 1/12/20. Unfortunately cotton masks are not sufficient in health care settings. There will be some leniency until people can source these. Thank you for helping to keep everyone safe.

21/11/2020

Physio and Pilates will reopen on Monday. Previous restrictions apply:
Social distancing
Strict Hand Hygiene
Wiping equipment immediately after use
BYO towel and drink bottle
Mask wearing is recommended
Thanks

18/06/2020

Some good info about bone health

[DON’T FORGET THE BIOLOGICAL FACTORS] 👀
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👉🏻Many people (athletes+ practitioners) will focus only on the BIOMECHANICAL factors (load applied to bones) that can lead to a bone stress injury (see list on left)-ie what training loads were being done prior to injury onset 🧐
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👉🏻A common mistake however is failure to consider/investigate the BIOLOGICAL factors (ability of bone to resist load and deal with cumulative loading) that can contribute to bone stress injury onset 🦴
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👉🏻 These biological factors can include:
▶️ Athletic background: participation in multi directional bone loading sports (eg basketball) as an adolescent can positively influence bone geometry & density. While sports such as swimming+ cycling through formative years may have the opposite effect 🏀
▶️Medical history: has there been a family history of known low bone density (osteopenia, osteoporosis)? Are there any underlying medical conditions or systemic illnesses that may result in malabsorption of calcium (eg coeliac disease, thyroid/ parathyroid disorders, IBD, ongoing use of glucocorticoid medications). Has there been a history of prior bone stress injury? 🔍
▶️Is the athlete in a state of energy balance or Low Energy Availability (LEA)? If there is a state of LEA or RED-S the athlete’s bone health may be compromised 🌮
▶️Bone Health. There are times when ascertaining an athlete’s bone mineral density (BMD) is key (w DEXA testing) . For athletes with a history of BSI BMD assessment is key🦴
▶️ Calcium & Vit D status: the requirement through diet for calcium is large for endurance athletes. Vit D is required to aid the absorption of calcium-interestingly many athletes can be Vit D deficient (training in the dark, indoors etc) 🥛
▶️ Life Stress: hard to quantify however sleep patterns, life stressors (relational, financial, study etc) do exert physiological affects on the body and must be considered 😬
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📌TAKE HOME: Avoid making the common mistake of not considering the biological factors that influence bone health when rehabilitating, assessing, working with an athlete with a bone stress injury. A thorough approach does not simply focus on the training loads ✅

15/03/2020

COVID-19 Update

Physio and Pilates at the Bay will remain open unless otherwise advised by the Australian government. Please use hand gel supplied as soon as you arrive and again when you leave. Please bring your own bath size towel to use on equipment. Please wipe down any equipment immediately after you have used it with disinfectant wipes supplied. Please try and keep a social distance of 1.5m. Please note that any of the above might change at anytime as informed by https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert

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