Fiona Hooper - Osteopath

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📅 Date:This Saturday
⏰ Time: I’ll be there from 8.30am-12pm, but the festivities continue all day!

Come say hi 👋—we can’t wait to meet you! 🤗

🌱May you awaken your inner strength to achieve everything you desire.
🌱May you remain brave, strong and true to yourself.
🌱May you experience freedom and deep fulfillment within your soul.
🌱May your heart be filled with a peace so profound that no words can capture its beauty.
🌱May you know, deep down, that you are worthy of it all.
🌱May you be endlessly blessed with abundance.
🌱May you be the visionary who thrives on change, disrupts mediocrity, and leads others toward greatness.
🌱May you live the life of your dreams.

One of my fave pics ever and my wishes not just for my babies but everyone reading this 💫🥰

👐 This patient is clearly out of alignment and in need of a tune up 😆
Some are more obvious than others 🙊
I often find children don’t complain of pain unless there was a specific incident.

Repetitive falls, bumps, and knocks can accumulate over time, and a change in behavior is often the tell-tale sign 🤯

Each child is different.
In my kids, I notice more tears, decreased tolerance, and increased activity during sleep.
When the girls have endured significant stress or it’s been a while since their last treatment, I try to schedule a tune up 🫶🏼

Their little bodies need care too, and it’s a great way for them to learn how and when to look after their body 🥰

‘Give a child a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach them how to fish and you feed them for a lifetime’
~ A mum that doesn’t want to make lunches anymore 🤣

👄What is Orofacial Myology? (Often called Myofunctional Therapy)

👅 OM is a specialised field that focuses on creating optimal function of the muscles of the face, mouth, tongue and throat.

Any problems in these areas may influence vital functions like eating (including breastfeeding), talking, breathing, and facial expressions.

Myofunctional therapy aims to find and treat muscle imbalances and habits that can interfere with these activities.

So essentially, this explains why my family (including Mr husband) are messy eating, mouthing breathing, sleep deprived, mumblers 🤣

I’m like a personal trainer/yoga instructor for the face and it’s suitable for all ages.
It can be a game-changer for kids struggling with speech issues, dental alignment problems, open-mouth breathing, or thumb-sucking, and it’s equally beneficial for adults dealing with snoring TMJ/jaw pain or other muscle-related concerns like neck pain and headaches.

I believe it’s a crucial missing piece of the puzzle when it comes to achieving optimal health 🤩

🦷The kid who had 5 cavities at 5 years of age and 2 teeth pulled out at 7 🫣

🙋‍♀️ Labeled “bad parent” over here 🥺

This experience led me down the path of research to find answers that would let me off the ‘bad parent’ hook because something still didn’t quite add up for me.

Enter {Orofacial Myology}. I’ve discovered this area of human function is so crucial for optimal health!!

A combination of mouth breathing, taking bottled formula to bed 😬and tissue salt deficiencies…

What you don’t know, you don’t know, I guess 🙈

This research led me to further my studies, and now I realize that I’m not just here to help my own kids but everyone else’s too 🤩.

The passion is real, very raw, and I’m a little obsessed with this area of my Osteopathic world 😍

😴 The kid that's always tired—wakes up exhausted, still takes naps in the car, and can fall asleep anywhere.

The reason I studied Orofacial Myology was because I knew she needed help and believed it was the answer to a range of symptoms that didn't seem to add up.

I wanted to learn and understand it for myself so I could help her, and in doing so, I realized that many others need to know about this too!

The world of Orofacial Myology and Myofunctional Therapy is so fascinating, and I believe it is one of the missing links for optimal health.

It's not just for babies and children. If missed at a young age, these issues can present in adulthood in ways you wouldn't imagine.

So follow along as I share my family's journey, and hopefully, you'll learn some pretty cool stuff too 🤩

🎉 Congratulations Elly & Eyrlie on the most amazing opening week!
It’s been so much fun supporting these beautiful humans in the launch of their new CorePlus Studio on the Sunshine Coast 🤩

It feels like home away from home seeing your beautiful faces again 🥰

Who would have thought that I would love Pilates in a Sauna this much 😂
It’s like tricking my brain into thinking I’ve just ran 10km 😆
Well played 👏
There’s a big difference between wants and needs and everybody ‘needs’ Pilates, Reformer & Yoga in their life 🤩 The infrared heat is a detoxing, time efficient bonus 👌👌

$100 off Foundation memberships Offer ends tonight! $29/wk is just silly!

🤰Last week, I had the privilege of treating a wonderful new mum and her precious newborn.
Watching her come in for treatment, despite the challenges and exhaustion that comes with nurturing a newborn, filled me with so much pride.
It was a reminder of how important it is for mums to look after themselves post-pregnancy, and as a result it has inspired me to launch ‘Mums & Bubs’ treatments.

🫶🏼 The incentive is that bubs receives a complementary earthside tune up at the same time as mum 😉

Not sure why I’ve only come up with this idea nearly 10 years post my first baby, but here we are 😋

How can I help?

🙋‍♀️ For Mums: Osteopathy can be a powerful support for post-pregnancy recovery by:
• Easing back and pelvic pain: Addressing the physical impact from carrying and birthing your baby.
• Restoring posture and alignment: Helping your body adapt to its post-pregnancy state.
• Enhancing circulation and lymphatic flow: Reducing swelling and promoting healing.
• Relieving muscle tension and stress: Supporting relaxation and overall well-being.

👶For Babies: Just as we care for you, we extend that care to your newborn, helping them adjust to life outside the womb.
Osteopathy can support your baby by:
• Improving feeding and latching issues: Ensuring they feed comfortably and effectively.
• Easing sleep disturbances: Helping your baby settle and sleep better.
• Addressing digestive problems: Relieving colic and reflux symptoms.
• Correcting physical alignment: Gently resolving any tension or misalignment from the birthing process.

🌻The journey through postnatal recovery and motherhood is so important to me and I want to make it easier for mums to care for themselves and their baby.
I’m here to support every mum every step of the way💗

Side note: How cute is little Azalea Bell? Took Wade and I a few minutes to work out which kid it was 😂

What an honour it is to be your mum 🥰

💕 Mother’s Day Gift 💕
From one mum to another 🫶🏼

GIFT
✨ 1 x Osteopathic Treatment (60min)
✨ 1 x Magnesium Float (45min)
✨ 1 x Infrared Sauna (30min)

Conditions of entry (please read VERY very carefully):

✨ Follow & sharing is optional 😂
Don’t follow my account unless you really want to 😆 I’m not here for a follow for a gift or to give a gift for a follow 🤣
Share because you want to share the love 🥰

✨ Tag others you may think would like to win. But let’s be honest the more you tag the less chance you have to win 😂

✨ BONUS: Not essential & purely for a bit of fun 😉 Share your funniest parenting moment or share one of a mum you know 🙊

🌼 Lucky mummy will be announced on Mother’s Day and contacted via DM 🤗
Unfortunately winner must reside on the Sunny Coast to redeem gift (unless you’re keen for a holiday 😉)

Happy reminiscing 💕

👐 Guess who’s got a new location and new threads? That’s right, 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

I’m finally settled in at House of Alcheme, and I’m buzzing to try out all the therapies they offer.
The best part? You can join in too! It’s a wellness wonderland in there 🤩

I’ll be offering Osteopathy treatment and Orofacial Myology (OMT) sessions. 👅 Plus, stay tuned for Telehealth OMT coming soon!
Mildura, I’m only a Bonza away ✈️ in the heart of the Sunny Coast and will always find a spot for you 😍

Catch me in action on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Please spread the word or swing by to say hi! 🫶🏼

The mouth breathing duo🫤 swipe ➡️ Sorry fam 🫣

Wade has always slept like this. He’s always had a challenge with energy and falls asleep at the drop of a hat (or mid conversation -rude 🤦‍♀️).
I knew it wasn’t normal but you can lead a horse to water……
Azalea on the other hand……I’m going to make her drink 😆
Her mouth open sleeping was so subtle and kinda cute when she was a baby. It was more obvious in the car and I just assumed it was when she was exhausted.
But the posture started looking more like Wade (and a little less cute 😬) and I started to question if she was cocking her head back to open her airways 🤔 It literally looked like she was ready for CPR 😳

I started to notice that she would wake tired and no kid should wake tired for no reason.

I could have easily blamed genetics. But I feel this is only acceptable when all other possibilities have been ruled out.

My biggest trigger was when the girls went to the dentist for a check up and I was told that Azalea reverse swallowed. I was like wha?? 🤔
There wasn’t a huge emphasis placed on what that meant or what needed to be done so…….this over thinking, analytical brain of mine went searching.
I mean, my kid doesn’t have a weird swallow 😂😂 I didn’t even realise it was a thing 😆

So I decided to complete an Orofacial Myology course (with the amazing ladies at ) to learn how to identify orofacial dysfunction and take the best action for my own child.
I figure I was going to pay the same amount seeing other professionals anyway 😆
And you know what……? Wade has the same issue and so does Maddison! So genetics? Maybe 🤔 but does it mean that it’s untreatable? 🤔 We shall see….
So this Dr Mama is on a mission to improve the sleep quality of my family and watch their health thrive 🤩

I’m pretty sporadic with the socials thing so I’ll do my best to share our progress.
At least you guys can help us stay accountable 😋
I’ve told the girls that I’m now considered a PT for their tongues and yoga instructor for their face 😂

🍇 MILDURA
I have 2 more Osteopathy appointments left this week and a few more the following week 🤩
Online bookings can be made here
https://fionahooper.cliniko.com/bookings
or feel free to message 🤗

👐 Osteopathy in Mildura 👐

It looks like Bonza has answered my prayers 🥰 and will be flying me door to door so I can see my family and treat my long lost patients 😉🤩(new patients welcome 🤗)

First trip is next weekend and bookings can be made here

https://fionahooper.cliniko.com/bookings

I’m a wee bit excited 🤩

🎄This Christmas angel is nearly 80 years old!

How’s that for a family tradition 😍
She was on my mum’s first Christmas tree as a baby and has been on our family tree every year since.

This year she is with me on the Coast and I’m sooooooooo honoured and proud to have her🥺💗

We live in such a disposable world and I am mindful every Christmas to share and create memories and traditions that our girls can also get warm and fuzzies from in years to come (and to find gifts with purpose 😉).
Who else has some pretty cool traditions at Christmas time??
Please share with me 🤗🤗

*Also apologies mum, for hinting your rough age 😬🙈 love you!

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Introducing the 2nd fastest team of 8 year old girls in the State for the Swedish & 4x100m Relays🏃‍♀️ 🤩

So proud 😌
No words, just lots of screaming 🤣
Hence why any videos uploaded will be on mute 😂

So proud of these girls! 💕

🌱As parents we encourage our girls to ‘go with the flow’ & ‘follow their intuition’ everyday.
We try and ‘life school’ in flow too.

We believe things and people come into our life for a reason and yesterday meeting the one and only Iceman was no exception!

As the photo suggests only I knew the true value in capturing this moment. But I knew that this moment was also the beginning of being able to introduce breath work, cold immersion and so much more to the girls with much greater meaning.

The girls spent the whole car ride home scrolling his Insta feed 😂
I even had to explain to Maddison that Wim was my equivalent to her Sky Brown 🤣

Wim genuinely wanted to have a conversation with us and his passion for his ‘work’ which is his life isn’t just for the camera.
His passion for health is on 24/7 and it’s infectious 🙌😉

So this post is for those who didn’t know this incredible man and are possibly missing out on some really phenomenal ways to live their best life physically and mentally 🤩
A guy who has proven the ‘woo-ha’ scientifically and genuinely wants all humans to live a beautiful life 😍

The girls and I are watching many videos of Wim now before we try a week of cold showers 🤗 and I welcome others to join us too (from your own shower of course 😆)

🤍 MILDURA 🤍
Osteopathy appointments are available this Wednesday 17th of August 😍 from the amazing .

Book online here 👉 https://fionahooper.cliniko.com/bookings
(or in bio or stories)

I could possibly offer 2 more days, depending on which way the wind blows us 😆

Next on our skatepark tour….🛼🛹
Roxby Downs 🤣
And I might throw in a treatment or 2 😝
from 27/7 - 3/8.

For those who haven’t already grabbed a sneaky spot you can book here 🤩

https://fionahooper.cliniko.com/bookings (or link in bio)

Roxby, it’s raining Osteo’s! 🤩😆

We have you covered for the next 6 weeks at Red Earth Wellness 🤩

What a beautiful opportunity to get on top of those stubborn niggles, get some amazing advice on injury prevention and rehab or simply get a tune up and feel on top of the world (not biased at all 😆)
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I’m so excited to be able to host these legends while they sprinkle the Osteo magic as they travel the country 🤩😍

May 2-16 - Nomadic Osteos - Britt & James

https://nomadicosteos.au2.cliniko.com/bookings

May 18-26 - Ashby Smith - Osteo & Strength/Conditioning Coach

https://amphibian-grape-wgt3.squarespace.com/

May 27 - June 10- Nomadic Osteos - Britt & James

Ahhhh this looks so good 😍😍
It’s not me 🙊 but another amazing Osteo is travelling through my 2 fave locations 😋

Make the most of this opportunity 🙌🙌

Bookings can be done online here

https://amphibian-grape-wgt3.squarespace.com/

Welcome Ashby!

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‘I’m a country boy (Mildura born) who has been living in Melbourne for the past 10 years.
I’ve been an Osteo for 4 years now, and a fitness coach for over 10.

During that time I’ve been lucky enough to work with some amazing people and go to some amazing places. From working in hospitals in India, traveling to indigenous communities, working with the Victorian Volleyball program at the AIS, and now with the Victorian Touch Rugby team traveling with them through regional Victoria and New South Wales.

I have a very hands-on approach with my assessment and treatment, and further training in dry needling (similar to acupuncture).
My main clinical passions are knee issues, the treatment of headaches, shoulder issues, rib dysfuctions, and low back pain.

Outside of work I love my sport (especially cricket) and music. I’m always up for a good chat, so if you ever see me outside of clinical hours feel free to wave me down. With my type of work I get to meet some amazing people, and I’m always keen to hear another great story.

I’ll be traveling through central Australia from May-June this year so if you or anyone you know is dealing with some pain or an injury please reach out!’ ~ Dr Ashby Smith

🌻 Five years of you!!
Our little pocket rocket with so much fire in her belly.
We have loved watching you sprinkle your magic all over this country 😍💫
Hip hip Hooray Miss Azalea Bell, we LOVE you!! 🎉

Watching your babies do their ‘first’ of many things in life is seriously the coolest feeling.
Watching them do it better than you is somewhat harder to swallow 😆

If only we had captured Maddison’s pure delight as she snorkelled for the first time, with Mum in the background pretending she doesn’t have a fear of water 😂and Dad drowning because his mask was on wrong the whole time 🤣🤣
This is our reality but I’m sure you’ll only see us enjoying the sunshine and swimming amongst the sea life 🙊🐠🐢

Oh 🙋‍♀️ and I was the only family member who didn’t need the paper bag on our reef boat adventure to Lady Musgrave Island 🤢😂 But I doubt there’s footage of that too 😂😂😂

Our last episode of ‘What’s up down under’ is on channel 10 this Saturday at 3pm.
I hope you guys enjoyed seeing our faces on your screen 🙊🥰

🌻’ Follow what lights you up, and you’ll light up the world’.
We all have a gift to share with the world, my job is to help my babies find it & nurture it 🤙 (even if it’s in a world that’s so foreign to me 😆).

We adore him 🥰

🌱’To find health should be the object of the doctor.
Anyone can find disease’ ~ A.T Still (Founder of Osteopathy)

I’ve lived by these words for the last 17+ years 🙌
I continue to do so and I encourage you too 🌻

These pics were taken 3 years ago today 😍
I’ve been wandering Australia looking for the best in everyone 🥰
To empower and encourage others to have a positive relationship with their mind & body.
I’m sincerely grateful for the beautiful people I’ve met and the opportunities our family has experienced along the way.
It would have been nice to have travelled another lap or 2 in this time however the universe has had other plans for us 😉

I hope no one has been holding their breath awaiting our return 🤞🥴🤪and wanted to take this opportunity to encourage anyone we’ve crossed paths with to reach out if you need to 🤗
Maybe you need a little nudge or just want to say hi 👋…..maybe you want to know what I had for breakfast 🤷‍♀️or the last time I went to the gym 🤣
I’m happy to have a chat as many of you know that our chats often help me too {solving the worlds problems together} 😆😂
Sending oodles of love to you all 💕💕💕

via .app

I miss my little buddy 😔
He had 10 homes in 3 states in nearly 19 years!
So I guess it makes sense that our home is on wheels 🤣
We really should have done it from the beginning 🙊😉
Can anyone beat these stats? 🤔And were you drawn to a life on wheels too? 😆

All 🎤 up 🙊
It’s just a bit cute 😍
One more episode to go!
Tomorrow @ 3pm on Channel 10.
Let’s see how well we pulled off our pancake cooking segment 😳😆

Growing up to love and thrive on moving!!
Creating healthy habits from the beginning so moving doesn’t become a chore later in life.
We hope that one day our girls will default to moving their body when needing find their happy place 🤩

As an Osteo I believe our movement foundations as children are essential for everything we do as adults! To move freely.
To move pain and injury free.
To move like an athlete 😉

Now with the Olympics on I’m a little inspired to move so tomorrow I’m joining my beautiful Osteopathic friends from ‘The A Life’ on a 5 day ‘From the ground up’ challenge!➡️

🌻Over 5 days they will cover 5 foundation movement classes that will equip you with tools to build strength and freedom in your body!

⚡️DAY 1 - BULLET PROOF JOINTS
⚡️DAY 2 - MOVE LIKE BUTTER
⚡️DAY 3 - STRENGTH IN FORM
⚡️DAY 4 - COORDINATION & FLOW
⚡️DAY 5 - FREE YOUR FEET

Please check out their page to join 😍
** And let’s face it I’m really joining after being shown up at Ninja Jungle by my mini me 😩🤦‍♀️ This body ain’t moving the way it should 😆🤪