Month: August 2020
Covid Safe Plan
Covid Safe Plan – Physio Plus
In these currently challenging times we are doing our best to continue to provide the optimal care for everyone while at the same time maintain safety for all patients and staff.
With fluctuating restrictions throughout Australia we are doing the following to comply with all current health directives:
Attendance at Physio Plus for staff and patients:
– Masks will be worn by all attending patients and administrative staff. Clinicians will wear both face masks and face shields as directed by the DHHS.
– We are maintaining social distancing by maintaining confined space limits & separating waiting area furniture.
– We are greeting with a smile and a wave rather than shaking hands etc.
– Hand sanitiser is available on entry.
– Email and text reminders to all about symptom and health awareness. Follow up phone calls will be completed to ensure that patients attending are not suffering any symptoms consistent with Covid or awaiting Covid testing results.
– Clinical staff will not attend work should they be suffering any symptoms consistent with Covid or awaiting Covid test results.
– We are constantly cleaning all common surfaces.
– Clinicians will be the only ones touching consultation room door handles to decreased risk of patients touching common surfaces.
– We are asking patients to swipe/tap their own private health/eftpos cards rather than passing their cards to administrative staff.
– No pens will be shared. If you are required to fill out a form, you can keep your pen as a momento.
Distancing measures at Physio Plus:
Cleanliness and sanitation at Physio Plus:
Working at Physio Plus:
Covid reporting at Physio Plus:
Cycling Injuries – Matt Delaney
With Metropolitan Melbourne now in Lockdown 2.0 exercise has become one of the essential reasons for leaving home. There has been a huge uptake in riders on the roads and we are loving it! Cycling is a fantastic sport and is a great form of cardiovascular exercise. It is beneficial for those after a hip or knee replace due to the low impact on the joints and with such a wide variety of bike set ups achievable it can be adapted to work around most injuries.
Due to the repetitive nature of cycling where most individuals will pedal somewhere between 60-120 rpm for one to four hours it is inevitable you will develop a niggle here and there. We will run through common areas for cycling injuries to develop and what to look for to minimise your risk of developing them.
- Commonly anterior knee pain (patellofemoral pain, patellar tendinopathy)
- Arises due to increase or abnormal contact pressures at the knee joint. This can be due to a suboptimal bike fit, rapidly increasing training volume, grinding away in heavier gears with a lower cadence.
- Important to get a bike fit from a qualified professional and undertake regular strengthening exercises for your glutes and quadriceps outside your cycling sessions.
- Normally arises due to prolonged time spent in a flexed position. Can occur when riding in a more aggressive/aero position than an individual can tolerate.
- This can be affected again by a suboptimal bike fit and mismanaged training volume.
- Ensuring regular strengthening exercise is complete for your core, glutes, and lower back will help mitigate this problem.
- Those individuals with foraminal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal) or facet arthropathy will likely tolerate cycling well as these structures are offloaded.
- Increased time spent in “aero” positions which causes the cervical spine to be forced into extension and protraction.
- This position tests the endurance of our extensor muscles in our neck. Handlebar position and seat height play a large role this and need to strike a balance between an aerodynamic racing position and rider’s comfort/capacity.
- Important to remember that for both our neck and lumbar spine if there is any radiating pain into upper and lower limbs, sensation changes or numbness this should be evaluated by a physiotherapist or general practitioner.
If you are experiencing cycling related discomfort but don’t want to stop, book an appointment today with Matt either onsite in Footscray or via telehealth from anywhere in Australia (or the world).
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