Alberta Infant Motor Scale The Alberta Infant Motor Scale or AIMS is a standardised examination tool used by paediatric physiotherapists to assess infants. The test covers infants from birth up to 18 months of age and assesses their gross motor development. Who is the AIMS used on? The AIMS is an appropriate test for any […]
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What is a Perineal Massage? Perineal massage is a technique often used by the pregnant mother, or partner, to prep the pelvic floor for vaginal childbirth. It is the method of stretching and introducing pressure sensations to the perineum (birth passage usually stretched during the crowning stage of vaginal birth). The aim is to decrease
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Are you pregnant? Wanting to continue or start exercising in a safe manner while prepping your body for birth? We can help! These classes are brilliant as you can exercise in a safe manner – especially if you have any pre-existing pains or discomforts that come along with being pregnant (lower back pain, thoracic pain,
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A Physiotherapist can help with a broad range of pains you may experience as a woman! We are there through all the steps of life such as growing pains, pelvic pain and endometriosis. With pregnancy aches and pains and even needling to help with getting things moving with birth. Postnatal care with pelvic floor care,
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The next round begins on the 4th of April! We are looking for mummas that are wanting to focus on themselves after birth and work on making themselves feel in charge of their new body. Focusing on the pelvic floor with exercises and breathing techniques. We work slowly up from lying, sitting and then standing
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Introducing our antenatal exercise program! This video runs through some of the exercises/stretches that you can expect to see during our antenatal program, where of course each program is tailored to the individual. The female body undergoes many changes throughout pregnancy, so the aim of this video is to give you some insight into some
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We’re hoping to continue spreading our wings down in Yeppoon with our Mums and Bubs: First Steps program over the next year. We are so excited to meet some new faces in the area and start you on your Post Natal journey! Focusing on our pelvic floor and activating this throughout our exercises but also
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Are you pregnant? Wanting to continue or start exercising in a safe manner while prepping your body for birth? We can help! We are starting our Antenatal Classes soon and are wanting to gage interest in those wanting to sign up! These classes are brilliant as you can exercise in a safe manner – especially
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We are beyond excited to be able to bring this program to our mummas in Yeppoon! These are run on Monday mornings with our Physiotherapist Chloe Petith! Working on core strength and pelvic floor work to get your body moving again after birth.
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Mums and Bubs: First Steps week 6 Team in full force this week loving on all the babies! This week is a big step as we have now learnt all the basics and are seeing big improvements in all the mums techniques!!Big thanks you Kylie from TerryWhite Chemmart Rockhampton Day & Night for coming in
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We had Janelle Day, Dietitian come in to have a chat with the new round of mums coming through to answer all of your questions about baby led weaning and also those midnight snacks for mumma! We love being able to educate all our mums throughout this program so they come out more educated and
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A number of factors contribute to weakening of the pelvic floor during pregnancy:1. Hormonal changes cause the pelvic floor (muscles and tissues) to soften and stretch;2. Weight gain;3. Straining with constipation; and4. Inappropriate pregnancy and postnatal exercises such as intense core abdominal exercises and high impact exercise (e.g. jogging). Benefits of Pelvic Exercises for Pregnancy
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Once pregnant, many women tend to decrease their activity levels. Research states that barriers to exercise reported by pregnant women include lack of motivation, perceived lack of time due to family and work demands, desire to postpone weight loss until after delivery and pain with movement.Many pregnant women are either not advised of the benefits
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