Focus Physio Cairns

21/05/2025

BUNIONS BUNIONS BUNIONS
Calling all bunions.... that is almost 25% of the adult population!

Do you have bunions or know someone with Bunions. Ild like to hear from anyone wanting to see if a new approach i have been developing of the past decade could assist their bunions. Participation would just require and cost your time and feedback. Looking for at least 8 people. If you think you may fit the criteria email me at focusphysiocairns@gmail.com with 'BUNIONS' in the subject line

14/04/2025

decompression post 5 day course in christchurch
looks like…

13/04/2025

5 long days in course. Visceral Vascular Manipulation.

Barral says the Vascular system reigns supreme. That means it has highest priority to preservation and attention. Makes sense as without delivery of blood to an area then the area cannot survive.
Most of the time we dont think of this area as being compromised or accounted for as where pain is experienced mostly is how the body has shifted to avoid restriction or tension to another area (potentially the vascular/blood vessels)

I have had this course on my radar for years but it never makes its way to Australia. Was very grateful for the instructor to fly over from Scotland to The Barral Institute in New Zealand.

This course not only helped give more insight into the vascular bodily system (heart and all blood vessels) but has amazing results. Suprisingly i feel like it has helped all my Barral courses taken in the past as well.

who would benefit? anyone…. but greater signs are feeling heavy in your arms or legs, thoracic outlet syndrome, dysrhythmia, high blood pressure, after trauma, calming autonomic nervous system, frequent brinchitis, frequent stitch to one side, headache, vertigo, thyroid dysfunction, tinnitus, cranial trauma, dizziness and feeling foggy

28/02/2025

i dont recommend doing 2 courses back to back. 6 days of intense learning. however i do recommend all this course offers!

Manual approach to the Brain 2.
heres a quick summary of what we learnt
manual therapy for tensions within the brain and surrounding tissues
working on enhancing hearing and language (can be helpful for delayed speech and stutters)
Chronic pain at the thalamus and cingulate cortex
deep muscles to the foramen magnum involved in whiplash
Memory and alzheimers
Replenishing brain nutrition and lymphatics

who would benefit? everyone.
but in partucular anyone suffering any of the above, head knocks (over 6 weeks previously) speech challenges, brain fog and more

a big take away you can implement now is how important daily exercise and deep breathing is for brain health.

25/02/2025

its course time!
I just finished Advanced Visceral manipulation “Trauma”. where we worked on areas of the body which are more likely to recieve and hold restrictions by impacts to the body. This course was amazing! The body is complex, and its eviedent when dealing with repercussions of Trauma such as car accidents, sporting falls or other impacts. My body was so happy to recieve this work at the same time of learning thanks to my long list of sporting accidents and impacts. I am able to understand first hand the impact of truama coming in and then going out of the body.
Gentle techniques that provide amazing shifts. i am so excited to share and assist all my clients that need this work.

23/09/2024

Hi Lovely people. I have been a social media recluse.
Just sharing a clinic update.
I am still working from my home space and its the best move i have made. A huge reduction in stress and fatigue. Advocating good wellbeing really starts with myself. Clients state they enjoy the peaceful atmosphere as well.

I am looking at the Diary for 2024 and there is only 5 weeks of bookings available before i go on holiday for 4 weeks . these appointments are for mid November to Mid December. If you need an urgent appointment leave a note on your booking to be added to the cancellation list.

What is exciting for 2025..... well i went on a course booking spree. I love to increase my knowledge and up-skill. Next year will be another big year of courses. I have lined up the following
1). Advanced Visceral Manipulation - Trauma (great if you have experienced any big physical Trauma such as motor accidents or falls)
2). Advanced Visceral Manipulation - Brain level 2, part 2 of 3, the Brain courses have been so valuable to my understanding and assisting of function in the body.
3). Visceral Vascular manipulation Upper and Lower body. I have been waiting so long for this course to become available and so excited to be signed up for early next year. Barral the founder states the Vascular System reigns supreme, this means the system that carries blood around our body has first priority to be protected. I have 7 days in course total for both upper and Lower Limb. My brain will need a holiday.

Courses completed in 2024 are ...
1). Completing Lymphatic Total body balancing. I have a new appreciation for the Lymphatic system and clients often experience immediate relief which is very rewarding for all.
2). Visceral Manipulation level 5. Thermo emotional Manipulation,
3). Neural Manipulation level 4 (cranial nerves which are amazing for so many reasons especially those who suffer headaches or had any head trauma)
4). Strain Counter Strain (a great introduction course to this excellent therapy that is hard to describe in a few short sentences)

Shelley

06/02/2024

Last year I became curious about a course many people were talking about in other courses I had attended..... so this weekend I am signed up for fundamentals in "Strain counterstain"..... watch this space for a post course update or click the link to read more from their website
https://counterstrain.com/patients/

Also I should add bookings are generally 2 months wait. please find next available is early April. I have had a few people ask if I was still practising as they could not see space in the diary, this could be part of the confusion. If you need a more urgent please call reception to arrange to be on our cancellation list.
Thankyou for all the support

04/11/2023

Focus Physio is back operating from this Tuesday (7th of November). The current office space is temporary while we wait for the new building to be complete. Once it is ready we hope you will find overall its a brighter and better than our old office.
If you have an appointment coming up soon all information on how to find us will come through in your reminder text message and email. If you are still unsure please dont hesitate to call.
Pam and I (Shelley) are looking forward to the next part of the Focus Physio journey and helping out on your journey as needed.

19/09/2023

Last day of this amazing course. Manual thermal evaluation and viscero emotional connections. these new tools enhance all the other visceral evaluation and treatment tools i have learnt to date. within the course we are taught to discern if there is an emotional, functional or structural element to areas of the body, mostly concerning organs. We are taught to feel the heat in the energetic body (scientifically proven to extend approximately 10 cm from your body). Using the measure of heat we can then have a greater understanding of what may stand in the way of better health and vitality. Organs are heavily connected to the limbic system which is the emotional centre of the brain. an over load of emotions can be stored in organs for a multitude of reasons but generally at the time they were too much for us to process. Over time this can create a physical dysfunction, fatigue or blockage. you may be aware of sayings such as ‘heart ache’ and ‘a gut feeling’ or ‘dragging your feet’ and how they are strongly felt body sensations connecting to a emotion. Now that sensation may fade and disappear with time but if does not mean the impact/trapped emotion also disapears. these can linger and cause trouble in other ways and more insidiously.
what i liked about the tools learnt in this particular course is efficiency and quantity of information gathered by feeling heat eminating from the body and how we dont necessarily need to talk about what the senario or emotion that happens to be lingering. i am able to utilise particular skills to help your brain understand, build a bridge and start to clear it from the body area leaving a cleaner slate and more efficient processing of the organ and the brain. amazing!

31/07/2023

end of an era…. the office has sold! current plan is to keep practicing for another year or two on a smaller scale while i set up the next project!! cant wait for that to take shape

14/04/2023

Visceral manipulation is not a well known therapy, but that does not mean its not effective and powerful when applied well. would you like know a little more on how it works and how it could benefit you? then click this link

Barral's clinical work with the viscera led to his development of a form of manual therapy that focuses on the internal organs, their environment and the potential influence on many structural and physiological dysfunctions

22/02/2023