Physiotherapist specialising in Mental Health 🧠🌱Enjoy lifting up heavy stuff 🏋🏻♀️ Living with M.E. 🌾 Views my own. 🌿 She/her 🌻 Scottish Borders 📍
Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined February 2020
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Amazing the effect of one week off of work / the gym on the brain 🧠 - just said to my coach that I’d choose burpees over this, and THAT is saying something 😂 I do monthly training roundups on my Insta so made this month’s early 🏋🏼♀️ (no sound I’m afraid cause copyright n that 🤟🏼)
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Firstly, I’ve been lucky enough to receive funding through a local grant to do my award in Mental Health and Exercise Coaching - something I’ve been keen to do for a few years now but been unable to independently fund. A month or so in and already so inspired 🧠💪🏼 @mentalhealthpt
So largely inspired by both of the above, I’m now also in the middle of completing my Level 3 Personal Trainer certificate! 🫣🤭 I’m feeling really passionate about making health improvement accessible for all, and not necessarily sticking to the current fitness industry ‘norm’.
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Been a bit rubbish posting on here lately, though I’m always creeping in the background! Actually a lot of exciting things coming up, feeling like I’m finding my spark a bit again when it comes to my career 🥰
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Today’s team meeting was improved approximately 175% by the addition of my best pal as a VIP honorary colleague 🫶🏼
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Followed by a ‘good for the soul’ stretch of the legs on the lunchbreak before dropping her home… and even a hint of blue skies?!
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Working in mental health (and with a fabulous team lead) means capacity and enthusiasm for little things like this that make a day/week just that bit brighter 🥰 @KatieM_aphmh
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Long time no chat Twitter. I got a new fringe… and a new job! Going to still be split between two roles, but back to being full time NHS! ☺️
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Scottish physio friends - particularly Glasgow area. Have a chum applying for physio who is having a nightmare getting any form of shadowing experience at all - been knocked down by everywhere he’s enquired to so far. Anyone have any suggestions? Even just for a couple of hours!
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Got the photos back from last months competition - I call this “A Series Of Unfortunate Chins”
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First weightlifting comp this weekend - just a wee friendly charity one but me (and my fleecey crocs) made it onto the podium twice 🤓🤩🥉
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#hellomynameis Shona retweeted
A startling example of just how severely and quickly pwME could deteriorate if pushed into over-exertion 😞
Moving testimony from an ME/CFS patient who reports that their condition deteriorated significantly following graded exercise therapy (GET).
Comment posted on IAG lead Hilda Bastian’s blog on Cochrane review on exercise and ME/CFS: hbprojecttalk.wordpress.com/…
#hellomynameis Shona retweeted
"Are you a doctor?"
"No, I'm a physio"
"Can I see a doctor instead"
"Yes, but it will be 3-4 weeks"
Doctor in 3-4 weeks
"I'm going to refer you to the physio, this isn't my area of expertise"
Seeing a medical doctor in general practice means you are less likely to attend the Emergency Department.
Did you know only 43.9% of appointments are now with GPs?
You and your family deserve the highest quality care.
#ItsOkayToAsk for a doctor.
Facebook just threw up this belter from 8 years ago. From baby physio students, to now both specialist physios - me in MH and her in Eating Disorders - who earlier this week were arranging a call for some clinical advice and skill/knowledge sharing. Time flies! 🥰 @sjcphysio
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