Katherine Ludbrook Physiotherapy Services

11/08/2025

Rather than getting bogged down by negative noise in healthcare, I'm choosing to focus on empowering solutions. Thanks to NZMPA and NOI Clinical Discussions, I'm re validating my knowledge and skills to drive positive change.
Continuous learning and careful epistemology awareness are optimising my practice.

Know pain Know gain . IYKYK

18/03/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/18nMFcJhPA/
Link to herald article about hospital related Covid 19 deaths. Dry data reflecting the difficulty of managing clean and pristine environments as a trusted tool of tertiary care in a pandemic. Whereever you stand on vaccination be really smart about things you can control. Hand washing mask wearing staying at home if unwell. Know what unwell means .

Kindness is playing your hand as well as you can. Stay safe

Hospital-acquired infections may account for 10-15% of Covid deaths.

29/01/2025

What is Telehealth?

Video face to face consultation with internet based resources , an opportunity tell your story and receive timely appropriate rehabilitation plan to facilitate your best well being.

Telehealth has been the stuff of TV drama ( surgeons supporting warzone surgeries on Greys anatomy) and World Health initiatives to deliver world class health management to remote locations ( eye and skin diagnosis using the detailed cameras on smart phones.
It is a useful tool for primary care too.

Telehealth gets me into your story .
How it works;
I send you a link to connect on line at an agreed time and date.
Click on the link on your PC(personal computer) or smart phone and we are away. After the consult I follow up with an email summarising our discussion and outlining a course of action I trust will be helpful. I will also send the invoice for the consultation.

Payment is required for telehealth consultations for current fee structure please enquire by email to kate@katelphysio.com or Txt or ring 027 302 7718.

If you have health insurance you will be able to present my receipt for a refund within the parameters of your policy .

Give it a go " nothing ventured nothing gained!"

kate@katelphysio.com

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28/01/2025

While the Covid related conditions have changed,this is a great message to hear any time.

08/01/2025

Perception is possibly a number of miles from reality .tell your truth if you are asked nicely . If the situation does not feel safe …….it isn’t

15/12/2024

Injury Versus Pain . Watching the melbourne city Auckland FC game late in the second half Tommy the Closer Smith takes a stray kick in the left knee . The time delay between contact and crumple was enough to ask did he actually feel that?
Is this one of those "football" tackles?
My take;
In the field of battle a combatant is fully engaged in maximal physiological fight flight we could argue.
In that state it may take the alarm system a moment to "kick in"

He was fouled and the response seemed slow.

Pain is a necessary protection mechanism , its not always a measure of damage .
Through the replay slow motion lens we get to learn more about the gap between pain and damage .
In stark contrast on you tube is the horrible tackle Comins Menape on Riki Van Steeden OCL a long time ago. Dont watch it more than once it’s a sensitising video. The reassuring thing is while the tackle was late and ugly the actual damage structurally was not career ending for the tackled player.Your shin and knee might even twinge in sympathy all these years later.

Congradulations AFC on a hellofastart to your A League adventure.
Know Pain Know Gain