Best wishes for 2011!

I’m back in Perth and ready for work.
(My trip home went very well. Thanks for your kind messages and support.)

There are appointments available from Wednesday 12 January.

If you’d like to make an appoinment, call or sms 0418 606 683.
Please advise days and/or times that suit you.

Sarah attended a Bobath Normal Movement Course at Swan Districts Hospital recently.

The two day course covered standing balance from the perspective of the Bobath Concept and was run by the Australian Physiotherapy Association as part of their continuing education program for registered physiotherapists.

International Bobath Instructors Association defines the Bobath Concept as a problem-solving approach to the assessment and treatment of individuals with disturbances of function, movement and postural control due to a lesion of the central nervous system (IBITA 1996, Panturin 2001, Brock et al 2002, Raine 2006).

This approach to the rehabilitation of adults with central nervous system (CNS) pathology originated in the work of Berta and Karel Bobath and has evolved over more than 50 years. The rationale for current practice is based partly upon present-day knowledge of motor control, motor learning, neural and muscle plasticity, and biomechanics. It is also based upon the experience of expert clinicians and takes client needs and expectations into account (Sackett 2000). International Bobath Instructors Association

While Bobath evolved to assist adults with CNS problems, this approach is also used to help people to improve functional capacity, at any age, from birth onwards.

Sarah has attended other Bobath workshops and worked with three of Perth’s most experienced Bobath trained physiotherapists, in stroke rehabilitation and early intervention for infants with cerebral palsy.

She currently uses these skills and experience to work with clients with pain, movement and neurological problems in her private practice.

The City of Subiaco started road improvement works at the intersection between Nicholson Road and Herbert Road today.

The works will include road widening and kerbing modifications at the north-west and southern corners of the intersection. Pedestrian islands will also be installed.

I have been advised that the works will take approximately two weeks to complete, subject to unforeseen delays and favourable weather conditions.

While the works are in progress part of the footpath will be closed and pedestrians will need to allow extra time to allow the detour.

The speed limit has been reduced near the works and I suggest allowing some extra time to drive to your appointment.

Parking adjacent to the works will not be allowed, however parking near the studio should still be easy.