Riana Zietsman Physiotherapy

17/12/2022

A very Merry Christmas to all our patients. We hope that you have a wonderful festive season spent with loved ones. Thank you for your support this year!!!!

06/07/2021

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Riana Zietsman Physiotherapy

24/04/2020

We at Riana Zietsman Physiotherapy hope that all our patients are keeping well and safe.
Our rooms will be open again from Monday 4 May 2020.
All hygiene protocols will be adhered to.
Please do bring your own towels to treatment and wear your face masks.
Please contact the practice if you wish to make an appointment. Our telephone number is 0315645043.

Many well wishes. Keep safe.

02/04/2020

Some tips during the lockdown. Keep active, keep moving and stay safe!!!!!

16/03/2020

With regards to COVID-19
We would like to inform all our patients of the protocols being adopted at our practice:

1. All patients are to please sanitize their hands before and after treatment. Sanitizer is available in the practice
2. Therapists will as normal be washing and sanitizing our hands before and after each patient
3. Own towels or linen can be brought in with each patient
4. Our treatment plinths and surfaces are being cleaned after every patient
5. Door handles, chairs and our bathrooms are being wiped down 3 times a day
6. Please inform the practice if you have traveled out of the country in the last 30 days

We will endeavor to prevent the spread of this virus to our best ability while maintaining our physiotherapy services

06/01/2020

Happy New Year to all our current and future patients!!!!

For most it's back to work and reality today.
Contact us for any physiotherapy related problems.
We are here to make you the most effecient, pain free and comfortable you can be

03/09/2019

💥It’s National Physiotherapy Back week💥

The focus this year is on getting your body moving ☝🏼👊🏼🤙🏼

Our bodies were designed to move... so get out there and do some exercise 🤩🏃🏼‍♀️
Take short break in the day to move around, do a short workout in your lunch break 🧘🏼‍♀️🏋🏻‍♂️,
go for a walk🚶🏽‍♂️
Whatever it is... move that body 👣

An active body is much less susceptible to back and neck aches and pains 👀
Your muscles need to be conditioned in order to do their job properly 💪🏼
Particularly if you work at a desk, your body needs to be strong 🤓😎

🌸🌸 Our team will be at Umhlanga hospital today 🗣☺️ so pop in and have a chat 🌸🌸Riana Zietsman Teresa Moller Monique Zoe Hampton

12/08/2019

🤓 Interesting article on the link between ‘bad’ posture and back pain... 🤔

⭐️There’s is NO research to support this claim 🤨

🌞 It is, however, important to be weary of good form/alignment and proper biomechanics during exercise 🧘🏼‍♀️🤸🏼‍♂️🏋🏻‍♂️ as this is when there is much more stress placed on the structures 💥

🌸Don’t misinterpret the results;
It’s good to be aware of how you sit or stand but this is not the CAUSE of back pain.

Be sure to keep changing your sitting posture (if it’s for an extended period of time) so that different structures are stressed in different ways;
💥it’s more the length of time that you sit for, and NOT the way in which you sit; which causes pain 😁

💫👊🏼⚠️

The idea that posture causes pain has intuitive appeal, and is advocated by numerous experts. But is it supported by evidence? And should you spend time trying to analyze your own posture and correct deviations from what is considered optimal?

09/08/2019

Happy Women’s Day to all of the lovely ladies 🌸🌞❤️🌻

27/07/2019

9 times out of 10, it’s a good idea to exercise ☺️☝🏼
Great post below on the positive effects of exercising with arthritis 🙌🏼
👉🏼Remember 🌞 our bodies were made to MOVE! 🏄🏼‍♀️🏊🏼‍♂️🏃🏽‍♀️🤸🏼‍♀️🧘🏽‍♂️

22/07/2019

Don’t be too quick to jump on the theatre table 🔪👩🏼‍⚕️

Conservative treatment can be as effective as surgery, with fewer complications 🤙🏼

Bear in mind that the pain can take some time to subside (usually a few weeks) so it depends on whether or not you can tolerate the pain 🤔

If there is muscle weakness as a result of the back injury; then surgery is 100% indicated 🤓

28 year old with severe back and leg pain.

MRI Nov18 shows “Large L4/5disc protrusion w severe cord narrowing/ crowding of cauda equina rootlets”....

MRI May19 7 months later shows reabsoprtion and now pain free! 😱

Great example of conservative Mx & ‘watch & wait’ approach 🙌

Want to learn more about the anatomy and pathology of disc injuries?

Check out this great blog by Jarod Hall - https://www.physio-network.com/discs-dont-slip-dammit/

Credit - Dan Board