Range & Valley Physiotherapy

08/09/2024

🥳 10 years! 🥳

Really proud to receive this certificate from the in recognition of 10 years of membership.

Not sure where those 10 years went to but it's been great and I look forward to hopefully another few decades within our wonderful profession!

29/01/2024

Thank you for some Monday evening reading with a cup of tea, winding down after a day of home visits out east of Melbourne - waiting for the sun to go down before I can take my heat sensitive greyhound out for a walk!

A great article inside about young onset parkinsons disease.

Did you know that almost 200,000 people live with Parkinsons Disease in Australia, and of that population, 20% are of working age with 10% under 50 years of age.

The signs can be subtle (and widely varied) in the early days and potentially ignored or misinterpreted.

Some people note a change in muscle tone - dystopia, which may be exercise induced, changes in muscle strength or coordination, or other signs such a fatigue, mood, gastrointestinal and sleep changes

Early diagnosis is soooo very important as exercise prescription is really important - the leading intervention for Parkinsons is exercise therapy.

A multi disciplinary approach is so important - physiotherapist, GP, occupational therapist, neurologist, speech therapist etc.

25/12/2023

🎄 Happy Christmas! 🎄

Happy Christmas from Physio Eilís and her physio assistant Taabi.

I hope you all have a lovely day and a break over the holidays.

This physio is having a mini break until the New Year and returns to the clinic on Tuesday January 2nd.

In the meantime, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

16/04/2023

This month is April Falls Month and the theme is ‘Better Balance for Fall Prevention’. Unlike an April Fools’ Day joke, a fall is no laughing matter. 37% of injury-related deaths are caused by falls and 30% of those aged 65 and over fall each year.

Month is the NSW Fall Prevention & Healthy Ageing Network's annual campaign to raise awareness about the impact of falls and to promote fall prevention strategies.

During this month, we’ll be sharing information on the health and economic impacts of falls, as well as on how physiotherapy is vital in preventing falls and helping to care for those who suffer a fall.

If you’d like to learn more about this year’s campaign, head to: https://fallsnetwork.neura.edu.au/aprilfalls/

23/02/2023

February is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month - have a look here at how physiotherapy can help a patient on their journey.

06/02/2023

🏊 Community gyms & pool 🏋

Did you know that we offer 1:1 community gym / swim sessions alongside our home visits?

Perfect for helping you get back into your own independent exercise routine after any sort of physical set back, whether that be injury, surgery or illness -or a bit of all of the above!

A lovely start to the week at the wonderful facilities of in Ringwood - how lucky we are to have these fantastic facilities on our doorstep!

24/12/2022

🎄 Happy Christmas everyone! 🎄

Thank you to everyone for your support this year - I love my mobile physiotherapy practice and will continue to offer home based physiotherapy in the eastern and north eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Thank you to those of you who have ventured down to Bayswater to check out our new clinic and gym space at our new ÉRA Physiotherapy clinic - it has been a great few months and we are off to a great start!

In fact, the clinic got off to such a great start that our Physio Eilís is absolutely exhausted and is ready to sleep for a week 🤗😴😆🥳!

It's been fantastic working with you all and I am very grateful that you trust me with you and your families care 🙏.

Our home visiting service Range & Valley Physiotherapy is having a break and our home at the era.physio clinic in Bayswater is now closed and our physio Eilís is on leave for the Christmas and New Year holiday break 🎉.

Physio Eilís will be back in the clinic from Tuesday the 3rd January.

We do have availability for consults that week so if you would like to reserve a spot, you can go ahead and book online.

Otherwise, leave me and email or voicemail and I will be in touch when I return to the clinic on Tuesday 3rd January.

We are very excited for 2023 and have exciting projects in the pipelines - but first, a well needed break!

Have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!

16/12/2022

Get in touch if you would like some physio guidance on getting started (or progressing!) at your local community gym.

We offer community visits in the eastern and north eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Get in touch!

👟 Community gyms for young adults with developmental disability 👟

Catching up on admin today and reading the latest from the Australian Physiotherapy Association In Motion magazine.

Here is a great article about the benefits of community gyms for young adults living with a developmental disability - thank you APA!

👟 The community gym is a preferred place to exercise.

Many young adults living with disability don't meet the recommended physical activity guidelines of 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity every week - and so they are at a higher risk of a wide variety of avoidable health conditions associated with a more sedentary lifestyle.

Research has shown that those living with a disability prefer to exercise in a community setting.

👟 The community gym is a safe & supportive enviroment - an important role for us physio's is to facilitate these gym sessions for those who might be apprehensive about this environment or anxious about doing the 'wrong thing'.

There is a wide variety of equipment available in modern gym spaces & your physio can show you where to start and how to progress.

👟 Gyms are a social place - this is so important to those living with a disability who would really benefit from the inclusive environment that a community gym can provide.

👟 Needless to say - the health benefits of participating in community gym exercise are great!

Improve cardiovascular fitness, build strength....and of course gyms are wonderful for our mental health - connecting with others working away alongside you - even a simple hello to & from a stranger can make us feel so much better!

👟 Support is important for those living with a disability to be able to access their local community gym.

There is help out there and your physio can help link you and your family in with the right supports to get a gym program up & running.

Contact us if you would like our physio Eilís to help you get started.

Via our home visiting service .physio we offer home and community based sessions in the eastern and north eastern suburbs or Melbourne.

Get in touch!

26/11/2022

Very inspiring 💚

21/11/2022

🚙 Monday - on the road day 🏞

What a day on the road today, the weather is wild and temperamental today!

Over 200km, from Croydon to Marysville, Warranwood to Strathewen.

Health conditions encountered include:
- Traumatic brain injury
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Falls

Physio highlights include:
- Hydrotherapy
- Transfer training
- Bed mobility practice
- Balance re-training
- Fatigue management
- Pain management
- Rehabilitation

It was a joy to see all my clients today, even if travel time took longer than planned due to the wild weather and road blockages with trees down.

From light rain to ferocious rain, from hail to bright blue skies and sunshine - and lots of rainbows!

Sad to see the heavy toll the combination of flooding and roads on our wildlife:
- 5 deceased wombats
- 2 roos (one unmarked that I stopped to check, a beautiful young male)
- 1 small wallaby

Grateful to see two lovely lively and happy looking echidnas doing their thing.

And one final roo when I was on my way home. A huge male on his lonesome, very thin and likely in his twilight years. I can only imaging him in his prime! Made a welfare call to our local rescuer who will check him out.

A day in the life!

14/11/2022

Perfect start to the week - a brilliant day for physiotherapy in the pool, offering our aquatic physiotherapy services.

Did you know that we can meet you at your local community pool and set you up with an aquatic exercise program?

💧Gait re-education - water can make it easier or more challenging depending on your approach

💧Warm water is beneficial as therapeutic exercise for stiff joints and sore muscles

💧Bouyancy to aid weight bearing post surgery or provide a protected weight bearing environment

💧Bouyancy to allow you to do moves that might be too hard on land with the effects of gravity

💧Warm water to aid relaxation

💧Water - can make it easier to move or harder by providing resistance to movement

💧A safe environment to work on balance

💧Floatation - feels very good!

💧Community - it feels great to get out there and meet others who attend the pool for similar reasons we do!

Although we aren't fish, which means aquatic exercise enerally doesn't replace the work we need to do on land, it is a wonderful form of therapy and is a fantastic mode of exercise and rehabilitation!

Reach out if you need a physiotherapist to set you up with a program 😊

15/10/2022