Erin McCall-Peat Physiotherapy

04/02/2023

💜 World Cancer Day 💜

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, ‘I’ll try again tomorrow.’” — Mary Anne Radmacher

Thinking of all the beautiful and most courageous ….

03/10/2022

🌸 Breast Cancer Awareness month 🌸

A huge part of our role as physiotherapists is education. Educating our patients, the public and ourselves so that we may be better clinicians.

I had a conversation with a patient recently that shed a completely different light on the topic of awareness months and the ‘other side’ of the impact they make.

What my patients have taught me, directly and indirectly, since starting in the oncology field has been invaluable and so often incredibly humbling and I hope to head into October with more perspective.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/well/live/breast-cancer-awareness-month-anxiety.html?smid=url-share

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08/09/2022

Happy world Physiotherapy day 🩼🤸🏼‍♂️

05/09/2022

💛 childhood cancer 💛

September is childhood cancer awareness month.

800-1000 children are diagnosed with cancer every year in SA.

Most common cancers are:
💛Leukaemias
💛Lymphomas
💛Brain/Nervous system
💛Nephroblastomas
💛Sarcomas

It is estimated that up to 50% of children go undiagnosed due to lack of awareness resulting in less successful treatment as often cancers are only diagnosed after they have metastasised (spread to other parts of the body).

What to look out for:

🩺 loss of energy
🩺 easy bruising or bleeding
🩺 ongoing pain in an area of the body
🩺 fever or illness that doesn’t go away
🩺 vision changes
🩺 persistent headaches
🩺 lump or swelling

Every 3 minutes a family gets the devastating news that their child has cancer.

Sending love to the most incredible, bravest little heroes and their families

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09/08/2022

Happy Women’s Day.

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02/08/2022

World Breastfeeding Week.

No matter what your feeding journey looks like, YOU are all your tiny human needs, a happy, healthy mama both physically and mentally.

A physiotherapist can offer support while you navigate this journey.

🍼 advice on feeding positions
🍼 treatment of back and neck pain and
assisting with posture
🍼 treatment for engorgement, block milk
ducts and mastitis

Remember YOU are enough 🤍

07/07/2022

Early diagnosis, treatment and education is so important for patients with Lymphoedema.

20/06/2022

📝 SETTING INTENTIONS 📝

I’ve always been one to take the week as it comes, trying to ensure I get the most important things done and hoping I remember the rest.

I was gifted this little book for Christmas and I’ve really enjoyed making use of it.

Spending a few moments on a Monday to actually put down some goals, having them in black and white makes me feel more accountable when it comes to achieving them, to set my priorities and also to look back at the week and offer up a bit of gratitude and self reflection.

Wishing everyone a wonderful week

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19/06/2022

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY

Wishing all the incredible men who love like fathers a very special day.

“Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.”
- Anne Geddes

15/06/2022

💛Neuroblastoma Awareness Week 💛

14/06/2022

🩸WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY 🩸

🩹less than 1% of South Africans are
active blood donors
🩹a unit of blood lasts 42 days
🩹blood can be donated as often as
every 8 week
🩹a unit of blood can save the lives of up
to 3 people

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06/06/2022

🎇CELEBRATE 🎆

All that you are, all that you have overcome and all that you strive to be.



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30/05/2022

👩🏻‍🍼IT IS ENOUGH 🧑🏽‍🍼

Personally I am having to remind myself of this a lot lately through my parenting journey and life in general so hoping it connects with even one person reading it today. HAPPY MONDAY

📉The times we feel we haven’t performed
at work
👨‍👩‍👦The guilt we sometimes feel as parents
for not being enough for our children
🏆Our disappointment in not reaching a
goal
👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏾An ability to stay connected because life
happens and we sometime just need to
survive

All we can do is the best we can manage at the time, it doesn’t make the emotional turmoil we may feel any easier or less real but if we are giving all we possibly can then IT IS ENOUGH

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23/05/2022

🚦DON’T STOP🚦

This past year in particular has taught me that life will always present us with challenges and opportunities, some that we never would have expected to have to face and others that we will choose.

We plan how we intend to overcome these hurdles or how we plan to rise to the opportunities and there will be occasions when we succeed and times when we fall short.

All we can do is our best, not stopping until we are proud, proud of our success or proud of our attempt.

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17/05/2022

🌸 Breast Cancer & Physio 🌸

Did you know that Physiotherapy can play an incredibly important role for patients diagnosed with breast cancer?

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16/05/2022

🌱 Monday Mindset 🌱

Starting the week with a little motivation.

May it be on repeat this week whether your challenges be great or well within your control.

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12/05/2022

👩🏽‍⚕️INTERNATIONAL NURSE’s DAY 👩🏽‍⚕️

“You treat a disease: you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you win—no matter the outcome.”

Robin Williams in Patch Adams

Thank you to all the nurses, the sensational work that you do and all that you give of yourselves.

♥️

08/05/2022

🌸 HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY 🌸

“To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.”
- Dr Suess

Wishing all the incredible moms a super special Mother’s Day.

28/04/2022

Yes, Physiotherapists have a very important role to play for patients fighting cancer. Beautiful blog by Lomé Prinsloo Physiotherapy 💛

As I've mentioned before in my first blog post, physios are involved in many spheres of medicine. You will find us in the ICU, medical wards, rehab centers, on the sports field, in old age homes, in private practices, and, now you will also be seeing us in oncology. Yes, you read correctly. If someo...

15/04/2022

02/04/2022

🌱GROWING 🌱

Heading off to Cape Town to finish up the last week of the Lympheodema Management Certification course.

Really looking forward to being able to offer this service and growing in this area of care.

15/02/2022

💛CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS DAY💛

“ Sometimes real superheroes live in the hearts of small children fighting big battles” - unknown

Today is for all those incredible SUPERHEROES who are stronger and braver than we could ever imagine.

You are so loved.

14/02/2022

🌸HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY 🌸

Extend your love beyond today.

Extend it to yourself, your being, your beauty.

🤍 Erin McCall-Peat Physiotherapy

04/02/2022

To the incredible heroes whose ‘fight’ is beyond words.

26/01/2022

💛 THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM 💛

Grateful for the opportunity to continue learning about the human body, it truly never ceases to amaze.

“It's incredible how the human body is. That it could do so much. That it can go beyond the everydayness of life; That it can be extraordinary and powerful, and harbor a spirit of hope and pure will.”
- Lynne Cox

31/12/2021

⭐️Happy 2022⭐️

May it hold
😊happiness
❤️reunions
🙏🏼answered prayers
👍🏼opportunity

x

25/12/2021

🎄Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays 🎄

Wishing everyone an incredibly special day.

A huge thank you to my patients for your trust and support through this year. ❤️

May 2022 give us a bit of a break 🤣

20/12/2021

⭐️Festive Season⭐️

Erin McCall-Peat Physiotherapy will be open over the festive season.

🎄 hours: 8h00 - 16h00
🎄 bookings via call • WhatsApp •
online

To everyone heading off on holiday, wishing you safe travels and may you enjoy a wonderful end to 2021.