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
Bush fires Australia 2019 Exhausted volunteer fire fighters Everyone knows this has been a terrible spring and summer in Australia for drought and bushfires and to be honest it almost feels disrespectful to those suffering in fire regions to be having fun and relaxing at the beach with the family (like I am) when fire
A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year blog in not so merry or happy times Read More »
Ladies playing Walking Netball Recently I had a patient who, when I asked about her exercise that she is currently doing or would like to do, told me about Walking Netball!?! Now we are a netball family and in all my years sitting around netball courts, I have never heard about it. I actually couldn’t
Here’s a great pelvic floor friendly exercise: Walking netball? Yes really! Read More »
Position for voiding from Pelvic Floor Essentials (2022) by Sue Croft Non-obstructive urinary retention (NOUR), when it doesn’t respond simply to positional management (see above) and complete abdominal and pelvic floor relaxation can be frustrating for therapists to treat and patients to live with, as it can often mean recurrent urinary tract infections and problematic
TTNS for urinary retention (NOUR): A Case Report Read More »
I love pessaries for prolapse management. I wear a pessary for my own prolapse (perhaps oversharing a bit there) and fitting pessaries have been a great adjunct to all the other things (pelvic floor muscle training, engaging your PF muscles prior to increases in intra-abdominal pressure, lifestyle changes, excellent bowel management -correct position, defaecation dynamics
The forgotten pessary Read More »
The iconic Tuna Factory at Scopello, Sicily This is the last installment in my travel blogs about our trip to catch up with our children who live in London. This last weekend was in Scopello, Sicily. Bob and I first of all left Geneva (after the train trip from Zermatt) and flew into Palermo, hired
Sicily, Scopello and The Tuna Factory Read More »
As promised, there has been plenty of holiday spam and today’s blog is no exception. It’s hard to play catch-up with writing when you are partying every night with your close family (living distant), so I am here is Rome writing in the dark, staring at this beautiful coppola to play catch up with my
The elusive Matterhorn Read More »
The 12th September is RUOK ? Day. A day which Gary Larkin began in 2009 after his own father died by suicide. Soon after his father’s death, Gary himself started to have suicidal thoughts. As an advertising executive, he used his marketing skills and high-profile contacts to create a national day of awareness to encourage
RUOK Day and Faecal Incontinence following a 3rd or 4th degree tear Read More »