On Point Osteo

29/07/2023

Happy 1 year Dr Lucy Moore!!
We have loved having you join the team 🩷 turns out you’re quite the lawn balls shark… and that we have a competitive team of osteopaths 😂😂 thank you so much Lucy for taking such good care of Dr Jaymee Howell’s patients while she’s been on sick leave.
Welcome Dr Lisa Timms! It’s been a great month having you on the team. You’re loved by everyone who has had a chance to see you 🙌🏼

19/07/2023

📣🌡️ Calling all health-conscious individuals! Let's dive into how osteopathy can supercharge your immune and respiratory systems in simple terms! 🤩💪

✨ Osteopathy, a natural and holistic approach to healthcare, focuses on supporting your body's ability to heal itself. Our skilled practitioners use gentle techniques to optimize your immune and respiratory systems. Here's how it works:

🌬️ Breathe Easier: Osteopathy targets your musculoskeletal system, which is closely linked to your lungs and breathing. By ensuring proper alignment and mobility of your body, including your spine and rib cage, we help enhance your lung capacity and respiratory function. It's like clearing the path for smooth and effortless breathing! 🌬️

💥 Boost Your Defenses: Osteopathy also activates your immune system, which acts as your personal army against illness. Through techniques that stimulate lymphatic drainage and improve circulation, we help your body remove harmful toxins and waste products efficiently. This optimization supports your immune cells in their battle against viruses and bacteria, making your defenses stronger than ever! 💥

🌿 So, in a nutshell, our osteopathic treatments act as a health-boosting support system for your body. By improving your respiratory function and empowering your immune system, we aim to keep you feeling strong and resilient against the upcoming flu season and other common illnesses. 💪

💡 Ready to take charge of your well-being? Contact us today to schedule an osteopathic session and experience the incredible benefits it can bring to your immune and respiratory systems. Let's embark on this journey towards optimal health together! 🌟

15/02/2023

Public Service Announcement 📣
Dr Lucy Moore is booking up in the next 7 days before she’s on a weeks holiday.

Don’t be stuck on the fence about booking an appt because she will book out this week and the week she returns.

Our advice is always try to book a few weekly appointments ahead to make sure you secure a time that works for you. It’s easier to reschedule if you don’t need the appointment but hard to create space to a full schedule 🙂

We hope you stayed dry after the storm ☔️

On Point Osteo Team 👌🏼

21/09/2022

FYI: we are open Thursday the 22nd!! We know how busy life is so we are remaining open on Thursday. It’s that GOLDEN opportunity to see someone about that annoying pain or stiffness that’s been grating at you.
Appointments are available online. Link is in the bio above 👆 www.onpointosteo.com.au 🫶🏻

16/08/2022

Hello Everyone! We have exciting news! We are now doing longer consult times. This is to ensure there is enough time to properly discuss your presenting complaint and do what we are known to do treat amazingly! But now you get more time! This will also help us to run on time; so less waiting around for us! I hope you are all staying warm!

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05/05/2022

𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙢𝙚𝙙
𝖣𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗒 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌? 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖼𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗂𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆? 𝖮𝗋 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗅𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗇𝗈𝗂𝗌𝖾, 𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖨 𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗌𝗂𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗂𝗆𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝗂𝗍….
𝖨 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗎𝗆 𝗈𝖿 𝖾𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗍𝗒. 𝖸𝖾𝗌 𝖨 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗋 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗌𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗀𝗎𝗒𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖺 𝗀𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗍𝗌, 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗌, 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝖾𝗍𝖼 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝖨 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗌…𝖭𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾! 𝖢𝗁𝖾𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝗀𝗅𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗉 𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗉𝗅𝗎𝗀𝗌

12/04/2022

04/04/2022

When was the last time you had a 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲? 🐆
One that the therapist is massaging allllll of the right places for YOUR BODY, not just a sequence everyone’s had that day?
𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘰…..
Well On Point Osteo has done the leg work for you! We have found Cris! 𝗛𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 🤗
The only problem will be when Dr Jaymee has to book in advance to secure a spot with him because he is too busy 😋
www.onpointosteo.com.au

22/03/2022

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘆? The key to moving out of chronic pain is to help your nervous system feel safe. Your brain (motherboard of the nervous system) needs to feel safe otherwise your fight or flight nervous system will be activated think you’re adrenal glands). Not feeling safe (real or perceived threat - the brain can’t tell the difference) can lead the nervous system to misinterpret or amplify pain in an attempted to protect you from “threat”.

This question, simple yet confronting. I encourage you to give yourself 5 mins (can be less) to sit down and honestly ask yourself this.
*hot tip - journaling can help to get the thoughts flowing (yes I know it may sound tedious or lame but how can you knock it if you haven’t tried it).

I don’t expect you to come up with the holy grail to your problems. It could how ever highlight some areas you could implement some small remedies to create a positive change.

I’ll be brave and give you an answer for me today - my nervous system may not feel safe because I haven’t had a day off in a few weeks with the QLD floods and running a biz. So it hasn’t had a change to not be on alert… plus I haven’t been able to horse ride (injury) which is my ‘me time’. Solution? = schedule in some SMALL acts of self care so they can be frequent (5mins) and 1 larger fun activity so that I can bench my “worries” and emerge myself in joy.
SELF CARE- so important but I’ll do a post about that next!

21/03/2022

𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿!
𝖶𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖢𝗋𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝖻𝗈𝖺𝗋𝖽! 𝖬𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗂𝖼 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗋𝖺𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆. 𝖨 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗎𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺 𝗌𝗈𝗅𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅 𝖺𝗍 𝖮𝗇 𝖯𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍! 𝖣𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗈𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗆𝖻𝗎𝗅 𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗂𝖼. 𝖡𝖴𝖳 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗌 𝗐𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾! 🥳. Take advantage of his previous patients not knowing where he is yet. He won’t have availabilities for long! 😅🙃

04/08/2021

COVID UPDATE
Osteopaths are considered ESSENTIAL so we are still open.
Now might be a great time to get your body functioning optimally. This will also help your mental health through these hard times. The cleaning protocols are very stringent, so we apologisefor that sterile clinical smell but your mask covers that. Some days there will be the clinic dog here to help brighten your day. Stay safe ❤️ HICAPS AVAILABLE

30/06/2021

Don’t worry we are still open during lockdown. Please wear your mask (it will help disguise the cleaning product smell 😋) and sanitise your hands on arrival.

01/06/2021

Who has sore shoulders up to their neck? This is such a common complaint. Especially with our mobile/laptop/couch habits! Here is something you can do seated or standing to help you ease tension

👌🏼take one hand behind your back towards the other side of your body & clasp that hand with your other hand
👌🏼pinch the shoulder blade (of the arm wrapping behind you)towards the spine, then drop that shoulder down away from you ear
👌🏼look down towards your hands

You should feel a nice stretch along the top of the shoulder of the arm wrapping around the body.

Breathe and hold for 20-30seconds ** it shouldn’t be painful, it should feel like a stretch
👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

24/05/2021

Feel like you’re hunching? Or getting a sore upper back while working at the desk?
Here is a quick way to counteract that!
Remember to pinch the shoulder blades together and drop them down away from your ears! That way it’s a contraction and stretch!
Let me know if you like it!👌🏼

07/05/2021

Don’t you wish it was another long weekend? Oh well, I’m here for you! I have two return appointments left for the week or one new patient appointment 😍

28/04/2021

Who loves dry needling? Lots of you do!

Dry needling is just one of the tools in the toolbox that can be used as part of your treatment.

I personally love it as you can have such a target response over such a large area at once compared to what I could achieve through massage.

These needles are 23 times thinner than a blood test needle so they are small.

The research shows many positive outcomes from needling.
👌🏼muscle relaxation (decreased tone)
👌🏼changes it fascial tension (connective tissue)
👌🏼increase blood flow to the area
👌🏼eliciting a tissue repair response
* also for those that have had it before and it hurt like nobodies business because it made the muscle painfully twitch, the research also shows that it’s not essential to obtain that response for the beneficial effects so I try to make it as pain free as I can and avoid it :)

At the risk of losing your attention I’ll explain the two theories of how these beneficial effects happen in a simplified version.
A) the pain or trauma ended up causing motor neurons to get stuck on sort of a reflex loop (reflex arc) to “guard, guard, guard” or “contract, contract, contract”. The needle is a small but large enough stimulation to break the reflex arc, kind of like short circuiting it so that the muscle can relax.

B) a muscle in constant spasm becomes damaged. Spasm reduces blood flow = less nutrients and oxygen to the muscle = fibres die off = increase in scar tissue = which holds the muscle in a tense state = a continuation of the above thus pain and tension. Putting the needles in these spots of the muscles cause it to relax (can be seen under elctromyogram ).

Now you know why so many people love it 😊