Yoga Physio Therapy

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Yoga Physio Therapy
Physiobodyandsole.com.au
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• Yoga has been around for hundreds of years. Yoga
  aims to still the mind. In modern day yoga we are
  most familiar with asanas, a series of physical
  poses used to get us into our bodies and out of
  our heads, thus stilling the mind. In many
  lives today there is constant stimulation from
  computers, mobile phones, TV, driving and
  generally having busy and demanding lives. This
  stimulates the body physically and eventually
  leads to stress and can result in aches and pains
  or injury.

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• Some Useful Poses
• Child's Pose- Get down onto all fours. Then sit
  hips back onto feet. Stretch arms out in front
  and touch forehead to ground. Stay there for 10
  slow deep breaths. Feel the lungs fill up in your
  mid to lower back.
• 2. Mountain Pose - standing with good posture for
  2 minutes. Weight through mid foot, knees soft,
  hips soft, pelvis neutral position, sternum
  lifted and lined up with pubic bone, neck long
  and lifted under back of skull, looking straight
  ahead. It helps to be assessed for your
  individual posture by a physiotherapist.

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3. Savagsana - relaxation pose at the end of
exercise or yoga lie flat on back, let feet fall
outward, keep neck long, arms resting slightly
out from your side with palms resting up. Stay
there for 5 - 10 minutes observing your
breath. You can use specific poses to return you
body to optimal health. Yoga can unwind your body
out of stressful and injury prone patterns. Yoga
can help you undo patterns that have built up
over time. A home program can be given, and its
more fun than general stretching. For those
already doing yoga, you may be stuck on
particular poses. You can be helped by massage
(hands on treatment) or joint releases.
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• Yoga and Physio together may include
• Assessment of movement patterns and muscle
  activation by moving through a series of poses
• Correction techniques knowing where to touch for
  enhancing muscle control or lengthening tight
  muscles
• Specific exercise or yoga home program
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• Video analysis available
• Aim to relieve muscular tightness, realign,
  restore and reconnect the body to return it to
  optimal health sooner.
• Foot and Ankle Physiotherapy
• Namaste -)

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Thank You
Oxygen Fitness and Pilates 67 Lithgow St, St
Leonards. 2089. Please call 0290998087 http//www.
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