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Physio Paddy

🇭🇲 Physiotherapist
⛑️ Chronic pain coach
🥋 BJJ & Muay Thai enthusiast
🏉 Rugby tourist

30/08/2022

For the past 10 days I’ve been working over in the USA 🇺🇸 Such an incredible experience to play our final in the stadium of the final leg of the HSBC World Series 🏉

We will be back in clinic at the end of the week and you’re able to book online or call 67658899. With finals approaching for most winter sports, come and see us to make sure you’re ready to go 😊

16/12/2021

6 years ago I went to a seminar to learn to deadlift from two of the best in the game. Andy Bolton first man to deadlift 1000lbs (457.5kg) and Benedikt "Benni" Magnússon who pulled 1015lbs (460.4kg).

To this day I still use their wisdom with a lot of my patients, ranging from young sportspeople to residents in aged care. Always programming deadlifts in some capacity throughout the rehab.

Just quietly how big are the calves on Benni 😳

08/12/2021

Hot offer coming in for Snake Athletic members. No gap Dry Needling until 31/12/21.

Use up your private health insurance extras before it resets on 1st of January! For the rest of this year you will pay NO GAP on Dry Needling treatments. Spots will fill fast so click the link below to book online 🏋️‍♀️💪🤸‍♂️

https://bowen-arrow-physiotherapy.au2.cliniko.com/bookings?business_id=643907778120784443&practitioner_id=585116765470595964&appointment_type_id=777269695148464565

02/09/2021

This is a great point made by The Better Clinician project. One of the biggest drivers behind shoulder pain are social and environmental factors. Clinical and radiological examination alone are unlikely to determine the actual cause of shoulder pain. "Assessment is more about excluding contributing factors than identifying what is occurring."

Always treat the person not the scan :)

28/08/2021

The biggest killer of women in Australia is Dementia and Alzheimer's disease! Dementia is the 2nd deadliest killer behind heart disease for all Australians 🇦🇺

In most cases, dementia occurs sporadically, besides a small minority of cases it is not directly caused by a single gene and has no clear pattern of family inheritance. Unfortunately in physiotherapy we don't have a proactive approach to dementia. We often see patients when their mobility has started to deteriorate. When we should be having discussions with patients in their 30s, 40s, 50s to start thinking about lifestyle changes for their 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond!

Brasure et al, (2018) found that resistance training in combination with functional training 2 times a week for 10 weeks had a 26% improvement in performing activities of daily living (ADLs). It was recommended older adults should exercise 2–3 times a week, using large muscle groups, for 30–60 minutes, with 2-minute rest between sets... resistance training intensity should be based on a percentage of estimated 1RM. Program onset should occur at 55% of 1RM (muscle endurance) and progress to higher intensities of 80% of 1RM (strength) as tolerated by the individual to maximise functional gains.

As physios we need to start thinking about when we hand an elderly patient a theraband or a prescribe a few sit to stand exercises, are we doing more harm than good? Even worse our aged care funding for physiotherapy is primarily based around passive interventions massage and TENS not resistance training and exercises! This is despite good quality research showing reduced rates of depression in aged care facilities with resistance training.

Put down the theraband, it's time to pick up the barbell!

Brasure, M., Desai, P., Davila, H., Nelson, V. A., Calvert, C., Jutkowitz, E., ... & Kane, R. L. (2018). Physical activity interventions in preventing cognitive decline and Alzheimer-type dementia: a systematic review. Annals of internal medicine, 168(1), 30-38.

25/08/2021

In the Manilla clinic tomorrow we have a spare appointment and would like to pay it forward. If you have been impacted financially by covid-19 during this lockdown and struggling with pain or injury, please inbox us. We have an 11:30am session available, our shout :)

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1/126 Marius Street
Tamworth, NSW
2340

Opening Hours

Tuesday	8am - 6pm
Wednesday	8am - 6pm
Saturday	8am - 12pm

Website

http://www.fit2function.com.au/

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Bowen Arrow Performance Rehabilitation specialises in a unique pain to performance model of rehabilitation developed by Remedial Massage Therapist and ASCA accredited Strength & Conditioning coach Paddy Bowen. Paddy graduated Charles Sturt University with a Bachelor of Health & Rehabilitation Science and Diploma of Remedial Massage. He then continued his post graduate studies with a Masters of Education (Sports Coaching) at the University of Sydney. This has allowed Paddy to develop a unique approach to traditional rehabilitation, utilising both strength and conditioning, and remedial massage. Currently Paddy is studying a Bachelor of Physiotherapy at Charles Sturt University in Port Macquarie. He plans to draw from his extensive Strength and Conditioning background, and has a keen interest in sporting injures and chronic pain. If you require personalised, one on one, evidence based rehabilitation, Bowen Arrow Performance Rehabilitation is the service you cannot afford to miss! Don't let pain stop your performance, it's time to get back to your peak!