Rainsford Physiotherapy

⚽️ Have you started pre-season training yet?
⚽️ Are you feeling physically fit after taking a couple months off?
⚽️ Were you playing 7-a-side but haven’t run the full length of the field in a while?

🚨 Check out this free resource (link in bio) to help get you up to pace for the start of the season. Time is of the essence to get fit again!

Feel free to share this around 🙂

🚨 Check out my new blog posts for info on topics I commonly talk to patients about in the clinic 🚨

Use the link in my bio 😀

Did you know that not all pains in the body can be treated the same?

Find the link to my blog in my bio to learn more about pains in your body and how you can go about finding relief!

Great chance to see your local pro and university soccer teams in action!

🚨 Game is tomorrow!

Go to UVic’s Vikes website to grab tickets

What activities are you looking forward to getting back to this Spring?

Gardening 🪴 ?
Baseball ⚾️ ?
Paddling 🛶 ?
Soccer ⚽️ ?
Lacrosse 🥍 ?

Is your body ready for the demands of these activities?? Grab the link for my blog from my bio to make sure you know what steps to take!

Do you know the difference between a Sprain and a Strain?

Find the link to my blog post on this topic in my bio!

🎥 New YouTube video!

Have you practiced TRE (Tension, Stress, and Trauma Releasing Exercises) but find it hard to invite the tremors to specific muscles?

Check out this short video so you can enhance your practice!

🚨 New blog post!

Are you, or someone you know, an Industrial Athlete? 🦺

Learn more about this important group of individuals and how we can prioritize their health and well-being with the link in my bio.

Know you need to grab some exercise/rehab equipment but not sure what to get? 🤔

Take a look at my Recommended Rehab Product page!

If you’re looking for something that isn’t listed send me a DM and I can help you find something that will fit your needs.

🚨 Come try TRE (Tension, Stress, and Trauma and Releasing Exercises) this week and learn something new about yourself!

🔗 in bio for more info on TRE and to register
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Looking for a way to reduce stress in your body 🤔 ?Have you thought about tending to your indoor plants 🪴 ?

The findings in this article were that both blood pressure and HRV (heart rate variability, an indication of how your nervous system responds to daily experiences) reduced when you took care of an indoor plant 🌱

What a great tool for stress management❗️

Thanks to the Institute of Clinical Excellence for sharing this content!

🚨 New blog post 🚨

Do you track health parameters, such as weight, blood pressure, or steps taken? What about heart rate variability?

While not a perfect measure, HRV can give interesting insight into how your response to stress and general physical fitness.

Read on to find out more! Use the link in my bio

You are invited to the next TRE Group Class series!
There are 2️⃣options for this Series of classes:

In-person: Thursday afternoons 🌛 (4:45-5:45pm) at Herald Street Health
Dates: February 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Online: Thursday mornings ☀️ (8:30-9:30am) over Zoom
Dates: February 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Check out the link in my bio for more information and to register!

Message me if you have any questions 😁

I just listened to this great podcast episode by a friend of mine, and local TRE provider, Arjuna George, talking with Richmond Heath from TRE Australia.

If you are interested in learning about how first responders can become more resilient to stresses from work (or generally in their life) then this would be great to listen to!

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/beneath-the-helmet-show-firefighter-wellness-mental/id1676314109?i=1000637639958

After a few requests I have compiled a list of Physical Rehabilitation products that I commonly recommend to my patients.

While there are many options to be found online, these are some that I have personally used and find effective or have great reviews (I haven’t needed a Neck Hammock yet *knocks on wood*)!

What would you add to this list?

Only a couple more spots in my TRE group class series starting this week! Sessions are for 5-weeks in a row (attend as many as you like) and are on Thursdays from 5:15-6:15pm at our clinic in downtown Victoria, BC.

Tension, Stress, and Trauma Releasing Exercises are accessible to all (once learned), don’t require special equipment, and provide you with a tool to help manage your body’s responses to stress and trauma.

Link in bio for more info and to register! Message me for details if you want to chat before considering registering.

Please consider completing a 2-Minute survey (link in bio) to provide me insight into how you would like to access TRE with me!

Want a reminder about what TRE is? Check out my blog (link in bio)!

New video up on my YouTube channel!

Have you seen any of my other posts about TRE but haven’t known what it was all about? I’ve made a quick introduction video that explains how I use this intervention to help you learn how to reduce patterns of muscle tension in your body.

New Blog post 🚨 🚨

There are some handy acronyms I use when giving advice on what a patient can do to optimize healing after an injury. Have you heard of POLICE, or LOVE & PEACE?

Find the link in my bio to learn more!

You are your own pilot. Where are you taking yourself this week?

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Answers from last week:
1. Split pea soup
2. In between jobs
3. Travel on the 7 seas

Enjoy the sun ☀️ this week!

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Answers from last week:
1. Slightly overcast
2. Water under the bridge
3. Football

What are you preparing for this week?

Give this post a like if you get all the puzzles 😃

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Answers from last week:
1. Wish upon a star
2. Double booked
3. Best man

Make time for your wellness… whatever that looks like for you. Not sure what to do? Ask for help!

Give this post a like if you get all the puzzles 😃

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Answers from last week:
1. Upside down
2. Half time
3. No one to blame

Couple weeks ago I decided to start a pull up progression training program provided to me by my friend Gordon Seow. So far there’s been ups and downs

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Answers from last week:
1. Split decision
2. Hell bent on winning
3. Musically inclined

Who do you get to help you out the pieces together?

🙋‍♂️

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Answers from last week:
1. I’m counting on you
2. Honey bee
3. Polite

This thought has been a game-changer for me!

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Answers from last week:
1. Hand in hand
2. Man on the moon
3. Heart beat

What’s the hardest thing to ignore that you tell yourself?

For me, the thing I tell myself that is hardest to ignore is that I should be accomplishing more with my time. A good reminder for me is that, sometimes, less is more 🙂

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Answers from last week:
1. 3D movie
2. Back seat driver
3. Dr. Dolittle

What work do you need to get done so your body can have the successes you want for it?

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Answers from last week:
1. Sideburns
2. Arm chair
3. All dressed up and nowhere to go

Do you have effective strategies for managing stress and tension patterns in your body? No? Have you tried TRE?

I have a new series of small group TRE classes starting next week (week of May 22) - two in-person and one over Zoom

Find the info link in my bio!

This thought is one that I have often.

Rather than dwell on that one thing you’ve been thinking about, why not start today?!

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Answers from last week:
1. Adverb
2. All in a day’s work
3. Penny for your thoughts