Being in Health

25/06/2022

Loved this.

Dear C-Section Scar,

I didn’t want you. I didn’t plan for you. In fact, I did everything I could to avoid you. But today I touch you with compassion. I smile at you. I send love, grace, and tenderness to you.

You are not weakness. You are not failure. You are not a mistake. You are part of me.

You are not a dead end, the place where my birth journey halted and could travel no further. You are a passage I am still discovering. You are the door that opened to my baby. You are the door that opened into who I am as a mother and as a woman.

Riding over bumps in the car. Laughing and coughing. Bending at my waist. The day I stopped taking narcotics to soften your pain was a milestone. The day I could get out of bed without holding my husband’s arms and without searing pain was a milestone. The day I could stand up from the rocking chair while holding my baby was a milestone. The day I could sit on the floor to play with my son and make my own way back up to my feet was a milestone. The day I could bend over to pull my underwear up by myself was a milestone. These were milestones I resented. I didn’t want to have to be passing through these milestones.

I wasn’t prepared for the numbness. I couldn’t feel anything when my fingertips touched my own skin in the inches between my belly button and p***c bone. My fingers felt like they were touching someone else’s body; there was no feedback from my nerves that had been cut. It felt like I was touching something in me that had died.

The doctor cut through six layers of muscle, tissue, and organ to get to my baby. She separated my abs in the middle and pulled my baby through. I have met at least seven new layers within myself because of you.

You are not my whole story of becoming a mother. But I will never know how my birth as a mother would have been different had I pushed my baby out of my va**na.

C-section scar, You are the dark place cut into me that opened into light. You will never be one simple story, but you will always be mine.
Posted in dedication to all the C-section mamas✨

By: Catherine Gray - https://www.instagram.com/unsilencedwoman
Incredible Image - https://www.instagram.com/melissajeanbabies

Gem

via The Motherhood Project

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06/06/2022

We are super excited to introduce our new massage therapist, Michelle who owns Knots Be Gone Massage Therapy. Come in and have an amazing massage - Remedial, relaxation, sports, lymphatic drainage and pregnancy massage are all part of her repertoire developed in her many years of experience which also include extra myofascial release training, functional taping and ENAR laser therapy certification. Contact Michelle directly on 0416 253 981 for an appointment.

13/05/2022

A shout-out to all mamas dadas, mamas and dadas-to be. Live your life, raise your bub without the 'shoulds'. I love

'Just love on them. Love all over them. Love everything about them. Love all the little tiny things. Unapologetically love them. But don’t forget to love yourself a little too.'

'Motherhood is a dance. Follow your baby’s lead. Trust your instincts. Enjoy every moment. Sway to life’s music. Dance to your own beat, together, as one. Before long, the song will be over, and you’ll wish you were dancing all over again.'

'There are no ‘shoulds’: they ‘should’ be sleeping through the night by now, they ‘should’ self settle, they ‘should’ not fall asleep on the b**b. Every baby is different.

https://www.pinkymckay.com/the-best-new-mum-advice-ever-from-real-mums-whove-been-there-and-survived/?fbclid=IwAR0V6EAVsjEX5yfM2yRqdNvJLPR2J__054xnsYz9s4KtsDe2of5MopGUGqk

There is no shortage of advice for new mums – but most of it just does your head in. Your head (along with your body and your confidence) is pretty much already ‘done in’ anyway as you wonder what the hell am I doing? Can I really do this without having a total Mummy meltdown […]

12/05/2022

Move it baby!!!🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️🚶🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃🕺💃

Walking is good for you! 🙂💪

04/05/2022

Remedial Massage Therapist Wanted

We are looking for a Diploma Qualified Remedial Massage Therapist to join our team. Work with a Chiropractor and Osteopath in a collaborative, happy environment. Pm link below for details

04/05/2022

Therapists wanted!
Being In Health is an Allied Health Clinic at the Belconnen Markets. We are looking for a dynamic practitioner who wishes to join our collaborative team. Work with a Chiropractor and Osteopath. Room would suit a massage therapist, acupuncturist or counsellor etc. We have space available for weekly rent or by the day.

21/04/2022

Yes!!!!!!

https://hercanberra.com.au/life/family/ella-kurzs-parturescence-childbirth-as-a-transformative-experience/?fbclid=IwAR2l6bx3jnazQi2bv5KkCyxJ3jbU86DxdM4wGQN2cmh4a9HsX-KF3coc0GU #.YmEaaV__a0c.facebook

Midwife Ella Kurz was awarded the Stephen Parker Medal for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis for 2021 for her PhD thesis about transformation through childbirth.

24/02/2022

Amazingly, researchers at RMIT in Melbourne have harnessed sound waves to regrow bone. Having seen clinically the amazing healing effects frequency medicine has on tissue it's exciting to see Science is directing its focus into supporting this drug-free and under utilised modality
-Rach the Gentle Chiro

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=498744608274304&id=100044163079733

SOUND WAVES HELP TO REGROW BONES

Researchers have used sound waves to turn stem cells into bone cells, in a tissue engineering advance that could one day help patients regrow bone lost to cancer or other degenerative disease.

Tissue engineering is an emerging field that aims to rebuild bone and muscle by harnessing the human body’s natural ability to heal itself.

In a new study, researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, showed that stem cells treated with high-frequency sound waves turned into bone cells quickly and efficiently. Importantly, the treatment was effective on multiple types of cells including fat-derived stem cells, which are far less painful to extract from a patient.

The high-frequency sound waves used in the treatment were generated on a low-cost microchip device developed by RMIT and the method doesn’t require any special ‘bone-inducing’ drugs.

Distinguished Professor Leslie Yeo and his team have spent over a decade researching the interaction of sound waves at frequencies above 10 MHz with different materials. The sound wave-generating device they developed can be used to precisely manipulate cells, fluids or materials.

“We can use the sound waves to apply just the right amount of pressure in the right places to the stem cells, to trigger the change process,” Professor Yeo says. “Our device is cheap and simple to use, so could be easily upscaled for treating large numbers of cells simultaneously - vital for effective tissue engineering.”

(The research was published in the journal ‘Small’.)

16/11/2021

Being In Health Centre is looking for a committed, dynamic and friendly remedial massage therapist to join our team of allied health providers. Enjoy a collaborative, professional and supportive environment. Willingness to do some weekend shifts favourable. Established patient base, practice management and marketing support provided. Minimum Diploma in Remedial Massage and Association Membership required. We are a preferred Provider for Medibank Private. Dry needling and proprioceptive strapping techniques very beneficial. Attractive package including superannuation.

Please email Rachel if this sounds like you!

06/07/2021

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29/04/2021

Autumn 2021: Introducting Osteopathy and Medibank Private Members Choice massage - https://mailchi.mp/70ef16d85153/autumn-2021-introducting-osteopathy-and-medibank-private-members-choice-massage

Being In Health Belconnen is excited to welcome Patricia, our new Osteopath, into our rooms. Patricia practices holistically and specialises in visceral manipulation and cranial osteopathy, in conjunction with biomechanical approaches. She is very interested in childhood trauma and its effects on ...

26/04/2021

Focusing on caring for Canberrans of all ages, Belconnen Osteopathy has officially opened at the Belconnen Fresh Food Markets.

17/04/2021

21/03/2021

Introductory Remedial Massage Offer - https://mailchi.mp/5c3c2cc5ca4e/introductory-remedial-massage-offer

Being In Health is proud to welcome Yana, our new Remedial Massage therapist, to our team.  Yana has been working therapeutically in remedial massage for five years and has established a loyal following in Canberra. We are thrilled to offer her services in our rooms. If you wish to try Yana, come a...

21/01/2021

Being In Health Centre is looking for a committed, dynamic and friendly remedial massage therapist to join our team. Established patient base, existing bookings, practice management and marketing support provided. Minimum Diploma in Remedial Massage and Association Membership required. We are a preferred Provider for Medibank Private. Dry needling and proprioceptive strapping techniques very beneficial. Attractive package including superannuation. Enjoy a collaborative, professional and supportive environment working with a Chiropractor, Osteopath and Counsellors.

Please email Rachel if this sounds like you!

21/01/2021

Being In Health Centre is looking for a committed, dynamic and friendly remedial massage therapist to join our team of allied health providers. Lear and co - manage client in a collaborative, professional and supportive environment. Willingness to do some weekend shifts favourable. Established patient base, practice management and marketing support provided. Minimum Diploma in Remedial Massage and Association Membership required. We are a preferred Provider for Medibank Private. Dry needling and proprioceptive strapping techniques very beneficial. Attractive package including superannuation. Rental options for self - employed therapists are also available.