What is Virtual Physio?
April 24, 2020
Virtual Physio is Basically Physio through Video Chat.
We take your history as normal, and we can establish a lot from your story. Often there’s a fair amount of useful education we can give which can cause immediate shifts. There’s nothing like actually understanding what’s going on with you!
We then watch you move. We might get you to show us your problem or painful movement. We are finding we can assess breath, how you tense your muscles, your posture and alignment, and what your movement and core stability strategies are.
In terms of pelvic floor specific assessment, we can tell if there are any poor strategies and start to help you to right those wrongs. We can also tell from what you feel in your body, and what you may feel with your own hand (over clothes).
We are using an awesome online platform called Embodia that utilizes the healthcare (safer) version of zoom. We can then send you your exercise program through Embodia, where you will have videos of your exercises and options to make notes and keep a tally of your sessions if you’d like. We can see your notes to keep track of you as needed and that helps guide us for the next session.
It’s ideal to set yourself up for the appointment somewhere where we can talk freely (perhaps not at work if you are in the office), but if there’s babies and kids running around we can work with that it’s part of the joy of pelvic health!
We are finding the ‘silver lining’ of this time is how empowering this approach is for patients, and that because we can see where you are and what your layout / equipment is we can make super accessible programs for you.
Our clients are still having positive experiences – and getting better!!!!
If you have any questions don’t hesitate to call us for a free consult over the phone, or you can book with us online here.