Schewitz Physiotherapists

26/10/2021

An expert explains all the amazing things that happen in your brain when you work up a sweat.

23/09/2021

Top tip for recognition of someone not coping: Talk. Check your language or the language of others. Ask for help!!!
It's been shown that in many western countries we're not great at talking about how we feel. In fact, many of us have lost the art of feeling both physically and emotionally. We internalise, we have that stiff upper lip attitude and we're not great at asking for help.
Our words are potent and choice of language is crucial in dealing with stress and recognising stress in others, so stop and listen.
Listen to your use of words and those of others. If you find you're repeatedly using negative language or damaging words, this does have a physiological impact on our bodies, attitude or energy, and coping ability. So, if you are aware this is happening, mentally ‘stop’ or ‘delete’.
• Send the negative image /wording packing by replacing it with a kinder one.
• Chances are, the negative thought arrived on an upper chest in breath. So, as it leaves – breath o u t … pause, ground your feet, and reset …
Talk about how this has affected you. Don’t just say I'm stressed. Use your words e.g. my shoulders are stiff, I'm not sleeping, I feel fragile, exhausted - label it. WORD EXPRESSION IS POWERFUL.
It might be: angry, anxious, tired, weepy, tense, frustrated, cornered, desperate, grief-stricken, murderous, fearful, helpless, sleepless, betrayed, inadequate, guilty, jealous, envious, lonely, and isolated, out of control, depressed, hopeless, and shy.
It helps to examine the language of feelings in detail, to feel where they attach themselves physically as you express them –- in the center of the chest, back of the neck, shoulders, jaw, or small of the back for instance.

28/06/2021

We are celebrating LOVE YOUR LUNGS / BREATHE EASY this week 💙

Today we are talking about BREATHING FACTS.

It’s a breathing fact that there are differences in breathing capacity between the sexes. For instance, females have disproportionately smaller radial rib cage dimensions and shorter diaphragm compared to males, making it harder to move air in and out of the lungs. But it’s not only this that affects the amount of lung capacity we have, but , and are factors too.

At rest, we generally around 12 litres of air per minute. However, during strenuous this can raise to around 100 litres per minute. Compare this to an male who is able to breathe around twice this amount.

(all research papers can be found in our blog on http://ow.ly/YqVJ50FhDoN website)
🔹Expiration is normally passive (only during workloads does it become forced).
🔹 muscles play a vital role in the efficiency of breathing at rest and also during exercise.
🔹Strength of the reduces with age (approximately age 25 years).
🔹Weaker inspiratory muscles are usually highlighted with , especially in the .
🔹At rest we use as little as 8-12 litres of air per minute.
🔹During exercise we can use around 100 litres of air per minute.
🔹Respiratory rate is a significant predictor of critical .

Continue reading on our website.
🔗http://ow.ly/DK7u50FhDoO

16/06/2021

|BRIEFING PAPER| World Physiotherapy Response to Covid-19

"Safe and effective rehabilitation is a fundamental part of recovery from illness and can improve function in people living with disability. Currently insufficient evidence exists to guide best practice for safe and effective rehabilitation in people living with Long COVID.

In the absence of evidence for best practice in Long COVID rehabilitation, the heterogeneity of symptom presentation and clinical course in people living with Long COVID, and the lessons learned in people living with ME/CFS, caution may be required when recommending all forms of physical activity.

In particular it is currently unknown when and by what amount physical activity (including exercise or sport) is safe or beneficial, so that it does not impair functioning among adults, young people and children living with Long COVID."

Link to briefing paper, 👇🏻
https://world.physio/news/world-physiotherapy-briefing-paper-focuses-safe-rehabilitation-people-living-long-covid

- if you're treating long covid patients, best stay as evidence based and as up to date at possible!
🧫🧯🧬⚖️⚗️📚🌬️physio

14/06/2021

'Exploring the art of breathing' in Better Breathing Magazine Winter 2021 issue. "Generalised breathing protocols do not fit everyone, especially if there is a respiratory disorder. If this applies to you, you probably need an individualised, tailor-made programme from a cardio-respiratory physiotherapist who is highly skilled in your specific condition or disorder.” Author Tania Clifton-Smith https://tinyurl.com/9tk6sc2p

13/06/2021

Resources you can use 📚

Five facts about … osteoarthritis 👉 https://bit.ly/2Thsn24

With all the evidence and a brilliant infographic too from Australian Physiotherapy Association

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12/05/2021

|DEEP vs BIG|

Most people believe that taking a deep breath creates a calming effect. Taking one or two deep breaths seems to re-establish the primacy of self-control.
It can be over-done, however.

“Deep breathing” has two potential meanings:
1. Large volume
2. Directing the inhalation down below the chest
People usually latch onto the first meaning and so they fill their lungs more completely, but if this is not balanced by slower breathing, then hyperventilation is the inevitable result.
A racing, anxious mind can easily contaminate the breathing process, speeding up breathing and turning an attempt at self-control into hyperventilation.

The instruction “take a deep breath” is better than “breathe deeply” because the second is not time-limited, and if done too quickly, can promote hyperventilation.
“Breathe deep down, but slowly” is good advice, as is the simple instruction to breathe “low and slow." - Gilbert

Such seemingly simply verbal cues, but oh so important!

📸 BradCliff Breathing

04/05/2021

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Asthma Report, more than 339 million people suffer from asthma, which can cause wheezing,...

23/04/2021

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/03/05/bjsports-2020-103758?fbclid=IwAR2x6etHQYsy-hdH7Od2LXjp5P9dnHGipRE9ynnkhvxkBLkF2hyR4AHBdAw

Objectives To (1) determine if wearing a cloth face mask significantly affected exercise performance and associated physiological responses, and (2) describe perceptual measures of effort and participants’ experiences while wearing a face mask during a maximal treadmill test. Methods Randomised co...

12/04/2021

It’s a breathing fact that there are differences in breathing capacity between the sexes. For instance, females have disproportionately smaller radial rib cage dimensions and shorter diaphragm compared to males, making it harder to move air in and out of the lungs. But it’s not only this that affects the amount of lung capacity we have, but , and are factors too.

At rest, we generally around 12 litres of air per minute. However, during strenuous this can raise to around 100 litres per minute. Compare this to an male who is able to breathe around twice this amount.

(all research papers can be found in our blog on POWERbreathe.com website)
🔹Expiration is normally passive (only during workloads does it become forced).
🔹 muscles play a vital role in the efficiency of breathing at rest and also during exercise.
🔹Strength of the reduces with age (approximately age 25 years).
🔹Weaker inspiratory muscles are usually highlighted with , especially in the .
🔹At rest we use as little as 8-12 litres of air per minute.
🔹During exercise we can use around 100 litres of air per minute.
🔹Respiratory rate is a significant predictor of critical .

Continue reading on our website.
🔗http://ow.ly/VLqE50EhCEd

07/04/2021

Recommended listening👇👇👇

Prehabilitation - from the brilliant MDTea podcast team, with downloadable show notes and accompanying infographic. Listening time: 35 minutes

🎧👉 https://bit.ly/39ugWcG

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