by Julia Urquhart | Jan 7, 2021 | Exercise, Paediatric physiotherapy, Physiotherapy
From it’s inception in 2016, our little boutique clinic has grown and taken on new chapters and services, many of which I couldn’t have imagined when we started in the little regional town of Sale. Every so often something or someone comes along, and this time we are so blessed to have Nicki Hribar on our dream team. Nicki brings her love of children and paediatric physiotherapy to Calm & Connection Physiotherapy… [Read more]
by Julia Urquhart | Oct 26, 2020 | Bowel Health, Exercise, Pelvic Floor Health, Physiotherapy, Prolapse
Research on effective strategies to prevent and manage pelvic floor disorders, such as incontinence and prolapse, continues to grow. With recommendations form the International Consultation on Incontinence, Calm & Connection have the top 10 tips for pelvic floor health…. [Read more]
by Julia Urquhart | Jun 23, 2020 | Chronic Pain, Exercise, Mindfulness, Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation
I could never imagine I would ever be invited to speak on a podcast, but here it is! The amazingly talented and inspirational Kerry Dover from The Momentum Architects picked my brain about breathing, core stability and how we might be ‘breathing wrong’…. [Read more]
by Julia Urquhart | Jan 10, 2019 | Exercise, Physiotherapy, Pilates
Well if you have made sense of this federal government in the past 3 years you are doing well! One thing we can help make sense of is the new reforms to health insurance declared in 2018 in regards to claiming natural therapies (such as Pilates) on your health insurance. As many of you are well aware, Physiotherapists have been teaching and utilizing Pilates based exercises for many years to assist in health and rehabilitation, and in our case, assist in maintaining pelvic floor and core stability. Then this happened…… [Read More]
by Julia Urquhart | Oct 16, 2018 | Chronic Pain, Exercise, Mindfulness, Physiotherapy, Pilates, Rehabilitation
We all know we should ‘do it’, we all want to be good at ‘doing it’, we all feel great when we do ‘do it’. So why is exercise still such a hot topic to discuss and why do we need ‘experts’ to motivate us to get going. Simply put, human nature and the thinking mind enables us to go for the easy option. Suddenly… motivation is becoming a very complex issue… [Read More]
by Julia Urquhart | May 31, 2018 | Bladder health, Exercise, Pelvic Floor Health, Physiotherapy, Prolapse, Rehabilitation
Protecting the pelvic floor across the lifespan is important to help reduce the risk of incontinence, prolapse and bowel dysfunction. Constipation, smoking and chronic coughing, pelvic floor muscle weakness and poor lifting technique are among some of the lifestyle factors that can increase the risk of issues later down the track. However, in recent times, high impact exercise such as Cross-fit and H.I.I.T (high intensity interval training) have hit the media as being associated with bladder weakness and incontinence…. [Read More]