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COVID-19: HOW TO SELF-ISOLATE? (It’s harder than you think…)

COVID-19: HOW TO SELF-ISOLATE? (It’s harder than you think…)
March 25, 2020MarianaUncategorized

Self-isolating means staying at home and avoiding contact with other people to help prevent the spread of disease to others. Now, you may think, sure, I stay at home all the time! I’m a homebody. But what people don’t realize is that if they are a homebody, what is stoping them from inviting a friend over, or two or three friends? Not really self-isolating now are we?

Self-Isolating is difficult in different ways for different people. Let’s review the most crucial ones like getting food!

When possible, you should seek services over the phone (March of Dimes, LHIN network) or the internet (food delivery apps) or ask for help from friends, family, or neighbours with essential errands. How this helps with preventing virus spread: Staying at home means you are allowing health care professionals to catch up with the rate of infection without new infections starting. This is the best preventative measure.

 

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The decisions we make NOW are what will determine what the next 3-6 months will be like.

Staying at home means:

  • Do not use public transportation, taxis, or rideshares
  • Do not go to work, school, or other public places especially with large crowds (ex. parks)
  • Do not go to bars or restaurants
  • Do not go to libraries, cinemas or theaters 
  • Limit your frequency to essential services (i.e., grocery stores, pharmacies) and duration at these places; be sure to keep your distance from other people
    • If necessary, wear a mask and gloves to these locations
  • Limiting the number of visitors in your home and avoiding visits to others
  • Cleaning and disinfecting regularly touched items (i.e., counters, tabletops, toilets, sink handles, doorknobs, phones, keyboards, tablets, bedside tables, garbage bins) on a daily basis
  • Washing your hands after touching high-contact areas

    #COVID-19 #CoronovirusPandemic #SocialDistancing #PhysicalDistancing #Self-isolation #SpreadPrevention #PreventTheSpread #FlattenTheCurve #StayAtHome #StaySafe #AvoidCloseContact #DisinfectEverything #SocialSupport

 

 

 

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#tbt When gyms were open #goodlife Had the pleasu #tbt When gyms were open #goodlife 
Had the pleasure of working with the staff at the Women’s GoodLife in Richmond Hill on how to Avoid Lower back pain with their clients and Protect their own back while working @glammafitt @strongbikinimom 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

#gym #goodlifegym #physiotherapy #lowerbackpain #lowerbackstretch #workingout #weighttraining #weightlifting #richmondhill #thornhill #vaughan #markham #physiotherapytoronto #mechphysio
💫 One of our most compliant patients performing 💫 One of our most compliant patients performing his #mckenziemethod stretches this #longweekend !! 🏆🏆🏆

👉Benefits of stretching on the weekend:

✅ Reset all the tension built up from the week.
✅ You have more time TO stretch! 
✅ Prepare your body for extra activity that’s usually done on the weekend.
✅ Feel rejuvenated on your time off work.

#lowbackpain #lockpain #neckpain #workfromhome #athletictherapy #physiotherapy #wellness #jointpainrelief #triggerpoint #mechphysio #sciatica #mobility #healthylifestyle #massagetherapy #painmanagement
To all the leading ladies we have the pleasure of To all the leading ladies we have the pleasure of meeting and treating at the clinic, 
🥳🥳🥳Happy Women’s Day!!!🥳🥳🥳

❤️Each and everyone of you- grandmothers, moms and daughters, inspire us to be great, to be loving and to be strong 💪💪💪💪

#happywomensday #happyinternationalwomensday #momsofinstagram #momlife #momanddaughter #womensupportingwomen #womeninbusiness #womenempowerment #athletictherapy #osteopathy #physiotherapy #leadership #thornhill #vaughan #markham #northyork #toronto
🥳🥳Congratulations to Tristan @tristan_kwon o 🥳🥳Congratulations to Tristan @tristan_kwon on the successful completion of your Internship at @mechphysio It’s been a pleasure to have you contributing to the clinic and developing your skills as a therapist and as a health practitioner🙏🙏🙏🙏. You are an exemplary candidate for Physiotherapy and We wish you the best of luck in your studies! 
@classicsab and @melinabisogni
This Valentine’s Day Season and until March 1st, This Valentine’s Day Season and until March 1st, we invite you and your Special Someone to come to Physio together! 
I know, how romantic right?!💕💕💕💕

💘You and your Lovey get 15% off the Physio session and receive a Gift💘 

💘And don’t worry if you can’t both come at the same time, as long as both appointments are before March 1st! 

Happy Lovin’! 

#physiotherapy #massagetherapy #lowbackpain #neckpainrelief #neckpain #exercise #training #sportsinjury #healing #bettertogether #thornhill #vaughan #northyork #richmondhill
No, it’s not a whoopee cushion! This here is a No, it’s not a whoopee cushion! 
This here is a Hot Water Bottle. 
Back in the day, every household had one in their medicine drawer to help with aches and pains and cramps. 

But we know that treating pain properly requires Mobility! Not just heat and rest. 

So my question to you is: 
🤨If you’re suffering with a back pain or a shoulder ache, are you going to reach for the hot water bag and ‘rest it off’ or will you reach out to a good Physio clinic to get worked on? 😀

#physiotherapy #athletictherapy #osteopathy #fitness #fitnessmotivation #lowbackpain #neckpain #shoulderworkout #shouldermobility #workfromhome #covid_19 #pandemic #massagetherapy #massage #recovery #myofascialrelease #healthylifestyle #thornhill #vaughan #northyork #richmondhill #toronto #sportstraining #personaltrainer
As we approach the weekend, let’s take a moment As we approach the weekend, let’s take a moment to reach out to one another and just... talk. 
Let’s be there for each other. You never know who’s life you might change or who’s life you might save. 

Health care workers such as physiotherapists and other rehabilitation professionals are always listening to patients concerns and life struggles to offer support and compassion. 

Movement and emotional state are unarguably connected. The endorphins released in your blood stream from doing exercises and being active help improve your current mood and outlook on life. Studies show that tactile stimulation of massage therapy eases anxiety and improves sleep. 

#physiotherapy #bellletstalk #massagetherapy #osteopathy #mentalhealth #covid_19 #thornhill #vaughan #markham #northyork #toronto #community
Yep, another day and another cervical shift. 😩 Yep, another day and another cervical shift. 😩
8/10 pain and tingling running down the arms and an inability to turn the neck. It’s just awful 😔 

We have seen so many of these cases this year, specifically since April 2020 when people started working from home or just being at home jobless 😭😭😭

🤲We are here to help you through this painful time. 
🤲We are here to promote wellness and well being to get you through this unprecedented time. 

🌎As we have seen around the world, health is vital to our #mentalheath and to the people around us. Let’s make some moves to achieve better health during this pandemic 😷 

#neckpain #ergonomics #ergonomicchair #lowbackpain #spinehealth #Fitness #Instafit #Getfit #Fitspiration #Health #Healthy #Wellness #Healthylifestyle #Healthandwellness
Keeping you safe while helping you feel better.
✅ Sanitize
✅ Wipe Down
✅ Social Distance 
✅ Screening
✅ Masks 

#physiotherapy #massagetherapy #osteopathy #athletictherapy #frontlineworkers #wearamask #covid_19 #staysafe #stayhome
One more day and that’s a wrap! ✨ 🥰Here we One more day and that’s a wrap! ✨

🥰Here we are, the rehab staff only including our amazing Physio intern, Tristan, wishing our #mechphysio family a Merry Christmas! 🎅🌲🎅🌲

✨Even though we were closed for 3 months this year, we still managed to stick around, re-open, and safely provide Physio and rehab services to the community as well as provide an educational environment for Physiotherapy candidates.

✨Our team will always remember this year - the COVID year- where team work, determination and optimism were the driving forces to our survival as a health clinic in the middle of a pandemic. 

#physiotherapy #massage #massagetherapy #athletictherapy #osteopathy #sports #sportsinjury #sportsrehab #functionaltraining #strengthworkout #merrychristmas #thornhill #markham #richmondhill #vaughan #vaughanmoms #vaughanmills #northyork #workfromhome #backpain #backpainrelief #neckpainrelief #neckpain #neckexercises #myofascialrelease
This picture is worth a thousand words. ✅ A det This picture is worth a thousand words.

✅ A determined man 
✅ A motivated man
✅ An inspiring therapist 
✅ Laser focus on the goals of treatment 
✅ Confidence building
✅ Lifestyle training 

This is what #physiotherapy is all about! 

#physiotherapy #airdyne #workout #functionaltraining #functionalmedicine #strengthtraining #lowerbodyworkout #lowerbackpain #sciaticarelief #sciatica #sciaticapain #sciaticnerve #stenosis #massagetherapy #athletictherapy #osteopathy #sportsinjury #fallprevention #balancetraining
💕As adorable as this picture is of a new grandm 💕As adorable as this picture is of a new grandma and her granddaughter 👶 we can’t help but notice the not-so-great posture that is often assumed when holding a newborn in cradle hold 🙄

👉 This asymmetric posture of the shoulders and upper back with the additional load of a 6-10 lb bundle of joy can lead to neck and shoulder pain really fast! 

💁‍♀️So what should we do?? Take baby away from grandma?!?!? 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Or teach grandma some baby holding #ergonomics :

✅ Sit in a supportive chair (not the couch) 
✅ Use a pillow or lumbar support behind your lower back
✅ Arch your upper back (push chest out)
✅ Hold baby evenly levelled on both arms
✅ Have both feet flat on the floor 
✅ Alternate which side you hold baby’s head on as this is baby’s heaviest body part 
✅ Hold baby on a pillow in your lap 

#physiotherapy #massagetherapy #athletictherapy #osteopathy #newborn #newmom #newmomlifestyle #shoulderbladepain #neckpain #neckpainrelief #lowbackpain #lowbackpainrelief #thornhill #lifewithababy #vaughanmoms #vaughan #yorkregion #markham #northyork #richmondhill
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