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Acute Injury - Whiplash:
Its scary enough going through a car accident, but coping with a chest pain after can be a minefield. Whiplash is the term given to “Spine Strain” and applies to the whole spine.
Our vertebrae are coated in small ligaments and each level has up to 6 small joints, each with its own capsule and cartilage – no bigger than a small finger nail.
During an accident the head, neck and back can be thrown violently forward then back, tearing tissue causing tiny bleeding and bruises deep in the spine. Sometimes the pain and stiffness does not come on for a few days or even weeks, and although often it is only one or two of the tiny joints that get affected, sometimes it’s the whole lot!
Treatment:
See a Physio!
ICE or heat for 1st 24-48 hours
REST for 24-48 hours only.
Support – neck collar for a few days only.
Then:
Start gentle movement short of pain
Maintain good upright posture
Its ok to take pain relief and anti-inflammatory’s can help
Arnica in either tablet form or as a rub (we recommend Malcon
Harker Triple Strength bruise cream)
Physio will be gentle, honest!
Acute injuries are managed very differently from chronic scarred areas. So manual treatment and massage should help symptoms – not exacerbate.
You will also be guided on gently getting back to normal activity.
It can take up to 3 months for full recovery.
“So be patient with yourself!”
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· 1: 1Tuition
· Classes maximum of 3
· Individual program
Richard has just finished his creditation course with the USA Polestar Naster Instructor.
CONGRATULATIONS – he has some great new teaching methods.
“Son the Student becomes the Master”
Journal Review
Tendinitis “now officially does not exist” (unless you’ve just had an injury?) – it has been proven that in conditions such as Achilles Tendinitis and Tennis Elbow – those aches and pains that niggle on and on – have no signs in the tissue of inflamatory cells or chemicals.
What does that mean? No point in taking anti-inflamatories or having ultra sound. Research has shown the pain and swelling is a sign that the tendon is breaking down and the body has a ‘failed healing response’. Its now called “Tendinopathy” and needs to be treated with specific “eccentric”exercise, a biomechanical approach to treatment. This will reverse the breakdown, strengthen the tendon tissue and facilitate repair.
Thanks to Jill Cook a Research Physio from La Trobe University in Melborne, who came over and told us all about i
DON’T FORGET YOUR FEET!
Muscles in the big toe activate the whole chain: Ankle – knee – hip – pelvis when you walk,
Helping to absorb shock and more with ease. So when you have a minute activate your toes by
pressing them into the floor and spreading them wide. They are so far away from the brain
they are often forgotten!!
THOUGHT WAVE
Aim at “Exuberant vitality in every thing you do”. So said Ralph Waldo Emerson who coined
The phrase “Give me health and a day and I will make the power of emperors ridiculous”.
Talking of which:-
“The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire”.
Let that fire be positive, peaceful and loving sending out like a laser beam to those who
make war in Iraq.
Remember:
Health should not simply be strong but invincible. So perfect that nothing better can be imagined
and nothing worse can touch it.
Great Spirits Have Often Encountered Violent Opposites…………..
