Massage Therapist Required
Lee Naylor from the Fit and Healthy company runs corporate programs to improve staff health.
She requires at least one therapist skilled at providing 15 min neck and shoulder treatment in a corporate setting for a full week of programs from July 25 to August 1st 2011 in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne Victoria Australia.
The Therapist would need their own car and treatment table and / or Massage Chair.
To obtain more details and to negotiate remuneration please contact Lee directly on
Lee.Naylor@fithealthy.com.au
Must see Video on Hip Joint Replacement
The Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) 4 Corners Program “Joint Reaction” is a must watch program for any health professional. The bottom line is that a specific type of metal on metal hip replacement device is failing and creating metal toxicity in these patient.
The ….. “metal on metal technology, made partly from cobalt and chromium, (was) sold originally to doctors and patients as a big leap forward in joint replacement.
By last year, 93,000 people worldwide had had hip replacement surgery to implant this type of device. Five thousand five hundred of them were in Australia. Most have all now been alerted that their device is suspect, but many had already found out the hard way that something was badly wrong.
The question is, should the manufacturer and the medical profession have responded quicker when the alarm bells began to ring? And should the government regulator in Australia have given the green light to these cobalt and chromium devices without any clinical trials? Those questions will now be dealt with in court, and possibly in the Parliament”
Source: Transcript from 4 Corners Joint Reaction program.
The message to all practitioners is that when patients presents with hip pain or systemic illness post metal on metal hip replacement, they should be advised to see their doctor for a blood test to assess levels of cobalt and chromium present in their bodies. If the levels are high it may indicate break down of the metal articulating surfaces.
VIEW THE FULL ABC “JOINT REACTION” PROGRAM BY CLICKING HERE
AAMT & ATMS Conferences very Successful Events
Great to see so many great practitioners at the AAMT & ATMS Conferences in Cairns (QLD) and Sydney (NSW) respectively.
It was so pleasing to see nearly 300 practitioners in Cairns to support the Far North Queensland region after being hit by cyclone Yasi’s destruction.
Cairns itself and all the beautiful region to the north (Pt Douglas and the Daintree / Cape Tribulation regions) were unaffected but so many people have cancelled holidays in the region thinking the worst. The region now needs support so if you need a holiday break, think of the Far North Queensland area.
I had a very busy but thoroughly enjoyable time at the conference. (300 in my Plenary session on Tendinopathy and 74 participants in each of my 2 “Lateral Elbow Pain” workshops). It is an absolute pleasure to be part of the wonderful community of Massage Therapists we have here in Australia.
A few days at home then off to Sydney for the ATMS conference at Olympic Park. I co-presented two workshops with Dentist Robert Gammal on “The Relationship between Dental Health & Soft Tissue Structures”
During the conference I had the great fortune to hear many of the great speakers, it was an exceptionally uplifting event.
Great Conferences available for Soft Tissue Practitioners
As usual I have taken on a massive extra workload and agreed to present at 3 conferences coming up in the next few weeks to months.
AAMT at CAIRNS
Firstly the AAMT Australian Association of Massage Therapists annual conference in Cairns Queensland on May 6-8th
I will be speaking on Tendinopathy to the whole conference and then running two workshop on the treatment of Lateral elbow pain.
It will be great to support a region which has been hit very hard with the recent cyclone Yasi.
The Conference Brochure is available to download herebrochure_final
ATMS at SYDNEY
The second Conference is the International Natural Medicine Summit presenter in Sydney on May 14 and 15th by the Australian Traditional Medicine Society. I will be co-presenting with Bio Compatible Robert Gammal on the Relationship between Dental Health and Soft Tissue Structures.
The Conference Brochure is available to download hereATMSSummit2011
MNZ at AUCKLAND
The 3rd Conference is the Annual Conference of Massage New Zealand in Auckland on July 8 – 10th. I absolutely love New Zealand and New Zealanders are wonderful people. It is always a highlight of the year to travel to NZ and reconnect with the great practitioner network there. I will be presenting a pre-conference Cervical workshop and two conference workshops, Physical Conditioning for Massage Therapists and a Vacuum Cupping workshop.
The Conference Brochure and registration form are available to download hereMNZConfBrochureMNZConfRegForm
Great Sample of Downloadable Patient Information Guides From eOrthopod
There are some great free resources on the net and the eOrthopod site (http://www.eorthopod.com) is a good example.
Here attached is an example of a patient Guide on Adhesive Capsulitis or Frozen Shoulder.
Click on the guide image or here to download the guideAdhesive_Capsulitis
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