Dioni De Guzman, PT - Physiotherapist

27/07/2025

🧠 Exercise and brain health: new insights on cognitive benefits 🏃‍♀️

NEW summarising a recently study and highlighting the unexpected winners - children, AHDH and gentle movement ✅

Read ➡️ https://bit.ly/4lZACYN

22/07/2025

What gait deviations do you notice?

16/07/2025

When looking to rehab the adductor musculature, we must consider the multiple functions they have upon the movement and stability of the hip and include this in our exercise programme.

Groin pain is a common clinical entity faced by clinicians, particularly those who treat athletes. To complicate matters, distinguishing adductor related

14/07/2025

Bedtime dosing of antihypertensive medication provides superior nocturnal blood pressure control and improved circadian rhythm compared to morning dosing, without increasing adverse effects. These results highlight the potential benefits of adjusting medication timing for better hypertension management.

Research led by Sichuan University in China has revealed that bedtime antihypertensive medication dosing improves nocturnal blood pressure control over morning dosing in patients with hypertension.

06/07/2025

Almost a decade ago, but still very relevant. Many are still stuck in this old tale of manual therapy.

Have you ever struggled to explain what exactly your hands-on manual therapy is doing? It’s time to shift from outdated tissue-fix narratives to empowering, brain-focused education.

Manual therapy doesn’t “break adhesions” or “put things back in place” — it modulates the nervous system, reduces threat, and changes pain perception. The words you choose matter, they can help or harm. Use your explanation as a bridge to teach patients about pain, neuroplasticity, and how movement creates real, lasting change.

Let’s keep building more resilient, confident patients, now and in the future.

You put your hands on a patient and begin to press, guess, mob, thrust, manipulate, needle, scrape, and “release” their tissues, ...

01/07/2025

Blood flow restricted resistance training has demonstrated potential to improve strength, movement, and pain levels in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis. This method allows effective exercise with lighter weights, offering a practical alternative for those who find traditional resistance training challenging due to pain or fatigue.

It's a debilitating disease that affects more than 500,000 Australians, but new research from the University of South Australia is offering fresh hope to people living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

28/06/2025

Back pain is very rarely a medical emergency. Don't go rushing for X-rays and MRI. Just pay your physiotherapist extra. Lol! Yes, it can be scary, but not threatening.

Here's a patient who's had the worst pain in her life. Can hardly move upon waking up. Her French partner used to be my patient for same problem some years ago.

21/06/2025

Training the brain to better handle discomfort can increase enjoyment and adherence to physical exercise. Gradually exposing oneself to manageable physical stressors helps build mental resilience, making workouts feel less daunting and more rewarding over time. Mental adaptation is key to sustaining a regular fitness routine.

If the idea of going to the gym makes you moan and groan, you're not alone.

18/06/2025

A new study sheds light on how physical activity helps protect the brain from Alzheimer’s disease on a cellular level.

A new study has shed light on how physical activity helps rewire and protect the brain from Alzheimer's disease on a cellular level as people age.

02/06/2025

Shoulder pain... Is it rotator cuff tendinopathy or something else?

https://www.physio-pedia.com/Rotator_Cuff_Tendinopathy

25/05/2025

We’ve all spent time trying to find just the right words to explain pain — the perfect metaphor, the cleanest neurobiology, the ideal elevator pitch.

But what most people need isn’t a lecture.

They need their own story reflected back to them.

If you’ve ever seen a patient’s eyes change when you said something that clicked — that’s not because your science was perfect. It’s because your attention was.

Try this:
In your next session, take one line from your patient’s story and build your explanation around it. No metaphors. No TED Talk. Just their words, echoed back with care.

👉 Credit: The Modern Pain Podcast by Modern Pain Care

10/05/2025

This! Research consistently highlights the crucial role of play in child development. Play contributes to cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. It fosters problem-solving skills, creativity, and language development, self-regulation, and resilience in children. 💕💕

https://www.theottoolbox.com/occupational-therapy-play/