Carla de Beer Physiotherapy

09/07/2026

Fresh new look thanks to Creative Place 🩵

https://carladebeerphysiotherapy.co.za 🌿

So excited to be branching out to Pretoria 📍

t Carla de Beer Physiotherapy, every treatment plan is built around you. Combining structured mechanical assessment, hands-on treatment and individualised rehabilitation, Carla treats the underlying cause of your problem — not just the symptoms — so your results last. With practices in Die Hoewe...

01/07/2026

17/06/2026

Carla de Beer Physiotherapy is expanding.. 🩵🤩
So excited to help patients in Pretoria 👐🏼

18/01/2025

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20/11/2024

25/01/2024

Be mindful when it comes to your words! Let’s focus on the postive!! 💡🤩

Why do we tend to find faults with patients rather than point out positives? 🤔
I once saw a consultant about hand pain, he arranged an x-ray and said my joints were ‘pristine’. Not ‘age related changes’, ‘ok’ or even ‘normal’ but PRISTINE! That word was so positive and reassuring it really stuck with me. It made me think too - why don’t we tend to point out positives to our patients?
We often hear, “my physio said I have terrible posture” or “I’ve been told I’m not moving properly”. Why don’t we hear, “my physio said I’m in great shape” or “I’ve been told my legs are really strong!”?
So I think it’s time we actively looked for positives in our assessments and told the patient about them! When we identify rehab targets like loss of strength, range or control they can become solutions:
Weak ➡️ some strength exercises will improve that
Stiff/ tight ➡️ that will feel better once we get it moving more
Poor balance/ unstable ➡️ you’ll feel more strong and stable with some balance work
What do you like to say to your patients? Let me know in the replies🗣️

14/10/2023

💥 Free PROtalks Webinar

👉 This webinar is intended for health professionals and will include a discussion about earlier books in the Treat Your Own series of McKenzie Method books, focusing primarily on the newly published Treat Your Own Ankle & Achilles Tendon. The discussion with include a description of the key components related to education and self-management strategies for the reader, based on the background literature.

✅ Topics covered will include the importance of initially excluding serious pathologies and screening the spine. Strategies related to acute management, directional preference and proprioceptive exercises for the ankle, and graduated loading for the Achilles tendon will also be discussed, in relation to functional recovery as the basis for injury prevention. There will be ample time for questions.

11/10/2023

There are lots of potential causes of anterior knee pain! The common ones you’ll encounter in clinic are included in this graphic but there are a couple of important points to add…
Pain location alone is not sufficient to reach a diagnosis. Symptoms can vary significantly in patients with the same injury or pathology.
Not every pain will fit a neat diagnostic box and some presentations may be a mix of more than one source of symptoms.
We can’t always blame ‘issues in the tissues’, pain is more complex than that. Whatever diagnosis you form never forget the person with the pain and be careful to explain it to them in a way that they can understand that reduces fear and helps them manage it successfully.
Please like and share this if you find it helpful and tag in a friend who might interested.
Lastly, I have a question for you… how would these differential diagnoses change your treatment of someone with knee pain? For example, would you manage Patellofemoral Pain the same way as Patellar Tendinopathy? Let me know in the comments 🗣️

20/06/2023

https://youtu.be/UzSi_C2BA_M

I speak a lot about lymphatic drainage on my channel. I explain the traditional method of manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) that's been used for many decades. ...

29/01/2023

Exercise plays an important role in the management of lymphedema 🧘🏻‍♀️🚴🏼‍♂️🏊🏻‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️

A well-balanced exercise program in combination with other treatment options used in the management for lymphedema is an important component to reduce the swelling, and a vital tool for patients to continue with normal activities of daily living.
https://www.lymphedemablog.com/2022/08/17/the-role-of-various-exercise-modalities-in-the-treatment-of-lymphedema/