Drone photo Sunshine Beach Looking back over 2020, one of the important life lessons is the value of getting away from work and routine to replenish the spirit – even if it’s for a very short time. Today, I am writing this Christmas blog from the beach, making sure I follow through with my own […]
Merry Christmas in 2020 – a very COVID19 year! Read More »
2020 is continuing to unravel and this latest turn of events has seemingly reached rock bottom. The murder of George Floyd by a policeman while observed by 3 other officers and being filmed for over 8 minutes by onlookers was shocking to witness and has become a catalyst for world wide protests about black deaths
Knowing where the next toilet is hiding is the bane of your life if you have an overactive bladder. Especially in our new #Coronvirus life where many public toilets are locked off to the general public – women and men must be really struggling. I was reminded of this when we went for
An Overactive Bladder: Urinary frequency, urgency and urge incontinence Read More »
Week Six of Telehealth consultations. This is an update for the future to look back on and reflect on these unusual times. Thursday 7th May, 2020 had some highs and lows. After 6 weeks of waiting we received our Job Keeper payments. This is a giant high for Bob and myself after weeks of
Six Weeks of Telehealth: Update for posterity! Read More »
I have been so busy responding to the Coronavirus crisis and the effect on my practice – the changeover to Telehealth and all the ramifications of such tumultuous times- that I completely have had no time to write a blog for weeks now. I love writing blogs and sometimes will shirk my pressing ‘to-do’ list
The message should be clear! #stayathome!! But it’s not clear. It’s contorted. If you had a wedding planned – tell the guests to come in the #activewear and you can have double the number (10 not 5). Just tell them there’ll be some burpees thrown in – possibly more effective after the sculling of the
#Stayathome #FFS #sorrynotsorryforswearywords: #newCoronalife Read More »
Twenty five years after our first attempt at seeing the turtles of Mon Repos we struck gold when we ventured to the brand new Turtle Centre at Mon Repos, Bundaberg. Our road trip this weekend was triggered by my son who has been closely involved with the design of this new iconic building by Kirk.
Mon Repos Turtle Centre, near Bundaberg, Queensland Read More »
You may remember that when we had the Pain and Relaxation classes at the studio, I started to produce some Nuggets of information for our clients (the Nuggets name dutifully ripped of from the magnificent Lorimer Moseley and Dave Butler of Explain Pain fame). It started as short one page handouts about persistent pain management
Procrastination (the art of avoiding the must do tasks) Read More »
Glycerol suppositories and Bisacodyl suppositories This is a short blog to alert people about the hazards of walking onto a pharmacy and getting a substitute suppository when the brand recommended is out of stock. I had a patient who had significant bowel emptying dysfunction and who was straining quite a lot report that she had
Bisacodyl suppositories are not glycerol suppositories Read More »
Aussie Bushfires, 2019/2020 There are many people directly involved or affected with this current Australian fire catastrophe. Some are very busy fighting the fires, organizing the firefighters, coordinating the helicopters and planes, saving lives, tending to the sick and burnt, feeding the hungry and rallying the troops. But there are now around 25 million people