Troopie Yoga

  Web Designer, Massage Therapist Living the dream —– I am a WordPress expert and spend much of my time travelling the world with my trusty laptop and can maintain or design your web site from anywhere in the world. I also create training manuals and support videos – if you need to know how to do something, just ask. Travel – Every 3 months I embark on an overseas adventure. In March 2013 I will be travelling through Europe doing the ‘Grand Tour’ with my 81 year old mother. Web Design – I specialise in creating web sites which promote Indigenous languages, culture, heritage and environment and have been designing online for over 15 years. I also provide mentoring for Aboriginal web site designers. Recent Web Design...

FREE ONLINE MINDFULNESS TOOLKIT I highly recommend this online toolkit consisting of a series of seven videos, with accompanying worksheets and information, on Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). http://jayuhdinger.com/category/chapters/ Created by Jay Uhdinger, a psychologist who says - “If I die tomorrow this course is my legacy. In this course you learn the concepts that I believe are the most important to understand to live a happy and fulfilled life. What you learn is based on Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). I’m a Psychology geek since over 10 years and meditate since about 5 years on a regular basis and MBCT combines both of these worlds and gives you a powerful toolkit to experience life in a very special and amazing way. It is...

How do you know that you have passed beyond simple sore shoulders and are experiencing an injury? Don’t ignore any of these symptoms – you may shorten your career if you don’t seek help. •Stage 1 – pins and needles in the hands, often at bed time •Stage 2 – weakness and having difficulty lifting the same amount as you once lifted •INTERMEDIATE STAGE – waking at night in pain, experiencing pain when rolling over on your shoulder in bed, finding you need to change your sleeping position due to discomfort. •Stage 3 – restriction of movement of the shoulder – eg can’t do the freestyle swimming stroke •Stage 4 – unable to lift the arm or turn the hand over The end stage, where you can’t lift your arm is called ‘Shoulder...

I wrote the item below in anticipation of the usual Christmas season stress, but it’s relevant any time of the year…. It’s a fact that stress kills people. You have one life to live and it’s going to be a challenge- sometimes really difficult – without adding artificial stress to the mix. Some types of stress can be totally eliminated by adopting a better attitude or lifestyle. Developing good mature approaches to life help you when things are genuinely tough. Be kind to yourself and those around you. Being rich in love is more satisfying than being rich in possessions. Seasonal Stress – 43 days to new year Written on 22 November, 2010 Talking with other massage therapists, I must say that the increase in stress hits suddenly...

 - Should you get a massage if feeling sick? Apart from the risk of passing your illness on to others (and thus rendering me unable to massage for a period of time), it is not good for your health to have a massage in the early stages of an illness. If you are feeling hot/cold feverish, headache, nausea etc then your body is telling you to rest. The beginning stages of a cold or flu are the most contagious so you should stay away from others at that stage. MASSAGE SPECIFIC ISSUES The main function of massage is to stimulate your circulation thus promoting healing. When blood flow increases, the activity of cleansing increases. This is the blood’s job- to seek and eliminate waste and toxins. The waste and toxins are moved out via the Lymphatic system. You...

Continuing the ‘Troopie Yoga’ series, let’s look at the pressures on the body of the Remote Nurse or Health Worker.  I’ve never been out bush with a Remote Nurse, and I base this post on what I am presented with when someone enters my massage clinic.  Here we look at the residual effect and what is commonly highlighted by the client. Driving Firstly there is the effect of long distance driving.  Rotator Cuff injury and locked up subscapularis muscles are common. This comes from sitting in a position with your hands in front of you whilst having to negotiate endless small corrections with the steering wheel. In order to do this you need to constantly squeeze the muscles under your arms and around your lower rib cage – these are...