Yesterday an article appeared in the Daily Mail newspaper. The title was of course inflammatory and designed to make people read, especially the millions of people who regularly do Pilates. However, as I read the article I was inclined to agree with their sentiment, and was pleased to see an excellent shout out for the APPI (Australian Physiotherapy and Pilates Institue). In the article the women's story tells of over doing Pilates exercises in a group setting which made a back problem much w...
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This week we have another guest blogger, Eilish Saba who runs ‘The Baby Care Company’. Eilish has met many new mums who have been successful in their careers, but who became unstuck in those early weeks with their baby. Her mission is to make mums feel happy and confident in those first few months, giving pregnant women the knowledge, skills and wisdom to thrive. Today she talks to Natus Physiotherapy about feeding baby.  

 
Eilish, when should you feed a new baby?

The baby’s s...

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Last year a group of 5 friends and I were off on holiday. Sitting excitedly on the plane, I couldn’t help noticing my (usually) very composed friend wriggling in her seat, appearing very anxious and looking over her shoulder. 15 minutes later a ‘ping’ informed us the seat belt signs had come off, but before I could get up to see what was bothering my friend; she was off down the aisle of the plane, into the toilet. Upset stomach? Nerves? Nausea? No, it was a flare-up of cystitis.

Cyst...

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Last year I was interviewed for 'Ready Steady Mums' regarding certain types of pregnacy and postnatal women's health physiotherapy advice. The full article can be obtained from this link http://readysteadymums.blogspot.com/2011/11/advice-from-womans-health.html In the mean time though, here is an exert from it.

....This most common complaint during pregnancy has various possible causes, many of which can be avoided with simple changes to lifestyle. The hormone relaxin is released during pregn...
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