Kate Egan in Bangalow, New South Wales | Osteopath

Kate Egan

Locality: Bangalow, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6687 2640

Address: 2/10 Station Street 2479 Bangalow, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.hinterlandosteopathy.com.au

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25.01.2022 There are many unhelpful myths about back pain, including: back pain is caused by wear and tear, discs popping out, damage or the joint being ‘out’ of place t...he back wears out from lifting or heavy physical activity it is dangerous to exercise, bend or lift with back pain there is nothing you can do for back pain as we get older back pain can put you in a wheel chair. Around 80% of people experience back pain in their lifetime, but it is rarely life threatening. For 10-30% of people back pain can be very distressing, interfering with daily activities, the ability to remain active and negatively affecting their quality of life. This can also impact on those caring for the sufferer usually family and friends. For further information on understanding and managing back pain and other pain conditions you might like to take look at this useful pain health website https://painhealth.csse.uwa.edu.au/pain-conditions/ #hinterlandosteopathy #understandyourpain #explainpain #understandingbringschange #exploreyourhealth

25.01.2022 Reception on a sun shiny day @ Hinterland

25.01.2022 Help yourself to our fruity freebies courtesy of the Moran family's over abundant fruit trees

21.01.2022 You may wonder why we so often assess and treat the under side of your lower rib cage. We are working on the diaphragm muscle, which is part of a treatment tha...t is looking at the respiratory-circulatory osteopathic model of treatment. The thoracic diaphragm is a domed circular muscle of respiration. It attaches the whole way around the inside of the lower 6 ribs, the xiphoid, the lumbar vertebra (L1-L3) via the diaphragmatic crura, and has attachments to the arches over the iliopsoas and quadratus lumborum muscles. To say the least, it's a pretty integral part of you body. The capacity to breathe allows the free movement of body fluids and according to the concept of this model, treatment can improve respiratory dysfunction affecting the lung, rib cage, vascular, and lymphatic motion. The founder of osteopathic medicine emphasised the importance of the thoracic diaphragm and body health. #hinterlandosteopathy #osteopathy #breathedeep #breatheeasy #structureandfunction #holistichealth

21.01.2022 Another Hinterland beauty enjoying the morning sunshine. Pilea Peperomioides aka Chinese Money Plant, the UFO plant, or the missionary plant. #hinterlandosteopathy #loveindoorplants #greenspace

21.01.2022 Get out, get exploring and try something new today! There is an abundance of great walks throughout the Byron hinterland and surrounding areas to suit all fitn...ess levels. We recommend getting yourself a copy of Byron Trails: 50 Walking Adventures in Byron Bay and Beyond, by Mairead Cleary. Regular physical activity can improve your muscle strength, boost your endurance and improve your mood! #hinterlandosteopathy #nature #healthylifestyle #breathedeep #getoutside #winterwonderland

19.01.2022 What is #osteopathy? Osteopathy is a manual therapy and hands on treatment that may include massage, stretching, repetitive movements, mobilisation and/or mani...pulation. Osteopaths focus on your neuro-musculoskeletal system - the bones, muscles, nerves and other tissues that support your body and control its movements. Osteopaths may help with relief from musculoskeletal pain and discomfort, provide clinical exercise programs and offer advice about your lifestyle, stress management, diet or other factors that may influence your pain, injury or movement.

18.01.2022 #hinterlandosteopathy #osteopathy #remedialmassage #cosmeticacupuncture #acupuncture #exploreyourhealth

17.01.2022 Hinterland doorman

17.01.2022 Give PEACE & LOVE a chance We all think of the acronym RICE (R-rest, I-ice, C-compression, E-elevation) for acute injury treatment. A new set of acronyms ...has been proposed by the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) - PEACE and LOVE. The PEACE acronym refers to the treatment of injuries for the first few days post-injury and LOVE refers to the treatment of injury after the initial healing phase (after 3-7 days). Full article can be found at https://bjsm.bjm.com/content/54/2/72

17.01.2022 We are so excited to have osteopath, Betty McKew join us at Hinterland in the coming weeks. Betty will be practicing on Saturdays and some week days. Bookings will be available soon .. stay tuned We warmly welcome you @bettymckewosteo

15.01.2022 Help your happiness

14.01.2022 Get your yoga on and improve your mood The British Journal of Sports Medicine took a look at the effects of yoga on depressive symptoms in people with mental ...disorders. The study showed that physically active yoga has a positive effect on improving depressive symptoms in people with a range of mental disorders and that session frequency per week significantly influences the magnitude of depressive symptom reduction. Give this research a read at: https://bjsm.bmj.com//early/2020/04/05/bjsports-2019-101242.

14.01.2022 SATURDAY APPOINTMENTS are now available with Betty McKew. Book online: www.hinterlandosteopathy.com.au Or call: (02) 6687 2640... Betty is an experienced Osteopath with a wide range of clinical skills. She uses an artful combination of direct and gentle techniques in her hands-on approach. While she treats all types of people in her practice, Betty specialises in Women’s Health and perinatal issues, dance injuries, chronic pain management and headaches. She sees the patient as a whole person body, mind and spirit. She aims to help her patients understand a specific diagnosis and its effect on the person as a whole, through the relationships of biomechanics, body systems and more. #hinterlandosteopathy #osteopathy #acupuncture #shiatsu #findyourhealth

13.01.2022 While pain flare-ups are very painful and scary. The common triggers are poor sleep, stress, tension, worries, low mood, inactivity or unaccustomed activity. Un...derstanding these contributing factors can help you put in place practices that help prevent exacerbations. If you have a flare-up, instead of treating it like an injury, try to stay calm, relax and keep moving. #hinterlandosteopathy #calm #keepmoving #relax #bekindtoyourmind

13.01.2022 We obviously all do it, however, ‘remember to breathe’ in this context refers to spending a moment to take a deep breath, or to slow your breathing rate down, f...ocus your mind and to catch up with yourself amidst your busy life. One example is the practice of 2-to-1 breathing (exhalation at a duration twice as long as inhalation). Depending on how you count your breath cycles, this may involve inhaling for the count of 2 and exhaling for the count of 4. The technique of 2-to-1 breathing facilitates a deepening of relaxation by extending the period of parasympathetic activity (rest and digest) within each breath. To put it more simply, 2-to-1 breathing decreases nerve activity in the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight), which arouses the body for physical activity and exertion, and increases the influence of the more quieting parasympathetic nervous system, which regulates the relaxation response

12.01.2022 Shiatsu & Abdominal Bodywork appointments are now available with Evelyn Stavrinidis. MONDAY, TUESDAY & SATURDAY. Book online: www.hinterlandosteopathy.com.au... Or call: (02) 6687 2640 Evelyn personalises her treatments to meet each individual’s needs and presenting circumstance. She integrates multiple eastern modalities employing various techniques that work with both the dense and subtle layers of being. A combination of abdominal bodywork and shiatsu therapy is the primary treatment and may include the following complimentary techniques: Acupoint palpation Sotai Moxibustion Cupping Guasha Qi gong and breathing as a take home practice #hinterlandosteopathy #shiatsu #chineitsang #sotai #moxa #cupping # guasha #qigong #mindbody #findyourhealth

11.01.2022 Loving our fresh stack of new business cards & fridge magnets. #hinterlandosteopathy #osteopathy #massage #acupuncture #naturopathy #exploreyourhealth

11.01.2022 Backs are really strong structures and they don’t go ‘out’ of place Back pain is rarely associated with serious tissue damage Good sleep, healthy diet and... regular movement and exercise helps back pain Backs get healthier and stronger with exercise and movement - too much rest is unhelpful Back pain can be effectively managed at any age People with back pain do not end up in a wheel chair For further information on understanding and managing back pain and other pain conditions you might like to take look at this useful pain health website https://painhealth.csse.uwa.edu.au/pain-conditions/ #hinterlandosteopathy #understandyourpain #explainpain #understandingbringschange #exploreyourhealth

11.01.2022 LET YOURSELF REST If you’re exhausted, rest. If you don’t feel like starting a new project, don’t.... If you don’t feel the urge to make something new, just rest in the beauty of the old, the familiar, the known. If you don’t feel like talking, stay silent. If you’re fed up with the news, turn it off. If you want to postpone something until tomorrow, do it. If you want to do nothing, let yourself do nothing today. Feel the fullness of the emptiness, the vastness of the silence, the sheer life in your unproductive moments. Time does not always need to be filled. You are enough, simply in your being. - Jeff Foster

10.01.2022 Stocked and ready Drop in on TUESDAY's for an acute or long consultation with Naturopath, Mary Thiel. Mary has an array of herbal medicines and supplements a...vailable in her dispensary to support and advise individuals with their health issues. Available: 9am - 5pm (02) 66872640 www.hinterlandosteopathy.com.au Drop in, book online or call for your appointment.

09.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day

08.01.2022 For your reading pleasure We've just purchased these fantastic books to live in Hinterland reception. They are fantastic resources for understanding and manag...ing pain. "All pain is real, and for many people it is a debilitating part of everyday life. It is now known that understanding more about why things hurt can actually help people to manage their pain and continue to go about daily life. Recent advances in fields such as neurophysiology, brain imaging, immunology, psychology and cellular biology have provided an explanatory platform from which to explore pain. Written by David Butler and Lorimer Mosley, Explain Pain uses simple language to discuss how pain responses are produced by the brain: how the autonomic motor and immune systems in your body contribute to pain in response to injury, and why pain can persist after tissues have had plenty of time to heal." #hinterlandosteopathy #explainpain #paineducation #understandingbringschange #keepmoving

06.01.2022 Every now and again almost every patient that walks in the door, sits down and says the same thing. Its often something like "I'm so tired, exhausted, its so hu...mid out there, I don't know what's wrong with me". Its also often at these times when its especially humid or cold, or those times when there's a lot going on in the world, whether that's your personal world or things like covid or political upheavals or Christmas is just around the corner. As humans we so often expect to be able to achieve the same things all of the time. We live our weeks to a schedule and often expect to be able to handle that schedule well throughout the year and beyond that as we age. However, the world we live in doesn't really work like that, we have cycles, seasons and many influences outside of us that are beyond our control that we also experience as humans. Our bodies use more energy coping with things like humidity and cold and stress and in these times we might be slightly less capable of doing the things we normally do. We might feel exhausted and we might need a Nanna nap Remember to listen to your body and give yourself a break.

05.01.2022 And much much more!! Credit: @osteohustle

01.01.2022 We are looking to grow our Hinterland team and would love another remedial therapist to join us. If you are looking for a new space to practice and are interested in joining a lovely team of osteopaths, acupuncturist and massage therapist, please email [email protected]