Take Pain out of Life's Equation
Welcome to our virtual PHYSIOTHERAPY clinic where we serve global citizens. We approach pain through restoring functional RANGE and MOVEMENT through a thorough understanding of your history, presentation, pain behaviour and movement patterns.
We work with highly motivated individuals who would like a highly tailored plan to overcome persistent musculoskeletal pain.
Are you tired of living in pain?
Has Pain stopped you from doing the things you love?
Does it hold you back from doing the things you love for fear of triggering the cycle of pain? Did an ankle sprain stop you from running again eventually? Has back pain prevented you from going on hiking holidays? Or has pain stopped you from working?
Has Pain made you exhausted, stressed and fearful?
Has constant pain worn you down? Are you stressed out, and considering surgery now because of a pain you ignored for years? Do you take regular pain medication that causes you to be drowsy and lethargic? Are you held back by the pain and have adjusted your life around the fear of aggravating your pain?
Has Pain changed the way you move?
Secondary compensations are unnecessary part of the pain picture, often stemming from untreated dysfunctional movement patterns, over a period of months or years. Poor biomechanics result in unequal force distributions and can result in pain, wear and tear away from the initial site of injury
Has your Pain snowballed?
Did your pain start in your foot then gradually developed into knee pain? Did you initially have a niggling pain that you lived with that gradually turned into an inability to lift your shoulder, or perhaps a barely disguised limp? Has it resulted in sleepless nights, or the cessation of your favourite sport?
What can be done?
Tammie Quai
Certified Physiotherapist
"Effective and long lasting pain management is through educated self management and therapeutic movement and not constant manual therapy"
With 20 years of clinical Rehabilitation experience under her belt, across 3 different continents, Tammie rises to the challenge of treating complex cases with empathy, evidence-based care and efficiency. Her approach is patient centred and focussed on empowering people to move well to live well.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Physiotherapy be effective via Zoom?
In short, yes! Manual therapy has an immediate but very short lasting effect on your pain. How you move habitually and what you do on a daily basis has contributed to your pain and conversely, the therapy for injury prevention and rehabilitation that you do on a daily basis in your own environment is a more effective, long term strategy in controlling your symptoms.
If you live in areas with no Physiotherapy access, virtual Physiotherapy can be very convenient and effective in treating your pain.
If you need a second opinion, Zoom can be a very efficient way of getting a second opinion.
If you are a Physiotherapist working remotely, after you get your patient's consent, we can Zoom with your patient present to discuss progression or complex and challenging presentations.
Are all patients suitable for virtual physiotherapy?
No, not all patient presentations are suitable for virtual physiotherapy.
For example, if you have had recent surgery, frailty that require support to stand, fracture or trauma, I advise you to consult a local physiotherapist who can be right next to you as your balance is challenged during treatment.
If you have a recent neurological injury either to the brain (stroke, traumatic head injury) or spinal cord, it is likely you need intensive face to face team support from physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech and language pathologists all working very closely together to ensure excellent outcome.
If you sincerely and strongly believe that you need manual therapy to get better then virtual Physiotherapy may not be for you
What is the single biggest predictor of success in rehabilitation?
What I have seen repeatedly in clinic is that patients who start with poorer function but are highly motivated often recover to a higher level than those who have better function but are poorly motivated.
Our body is truly amazing and our brains have wonderful plasticity, meaning that if our comprehension is not compromised, we are always able to learn new ways of moving by building new neural pathways and motor patterns. We do this by redirecting the attention of the brain by specific education into your condition and presentation, sensory input, therapeutic stretches and strengthening and breath retraining.
What is your approach to virtual physiotherapy?
I only work with individuals who are motivated to improve their movement. I use this framework to effect change in my patients
(1) I get a thorough history from you to fully understand why your symptoms have presented and the impact it has on your life.
(2) I assess your range and movement and look at your functional abilities
(2) We agree on the goals to be met.
(3) I start with damage control. The immediate goal is to stop the pain cycle.
(4) We start working on strengthening stability muscles
(5) As you start to be able to control your symptoms, we will start with more challenging movement.
(6) Throughout this process, I will use 3D anatomical models to teach you.
(7) Discharge when your goals are met. And unlike discharge from a traditional clinic, you won't feel like you're missing something because over our sessions, you would have acquired the skills and confidence to self manage effectively.
But how can you tell if I have improved if you don't touch me?
The most important measure is YOU! Isn't it far more important for YOU to tell me that you have improved than for me and my ruler to tell you that you have improved?
You live with your symptoms everyday and while we clinicians call it subjective, to me it is more important than what I measure. Subjective is what brought you to seek help in the first place.
Which of these 2 scenarios would you be more satisfied with? (1) I make the measurements and insisted that you feel better but you don't really feel improved at all (2) We clearly define which symptoms we are going to work towards reducing and you are educated and empowered to manage and reduce your own symptoms? Which approach do you see having a more positive impact on your life?
Are there any guarantees?
In life, there are no guarantees but I provide risk-free consultations! Your recovery is my utmost priority. You will more likely do the required exercises and make optimal progress if you like and trust your physiotherapist. If WITHIN 10 minutes of the consultation, you don't think I am able to help you for whatever reason, just let me know. I'll give you a full refund. Likewise, I reserve the right to stop the consultation if I think I won't be able to help you. You will be fully refunded for that consultation.
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