Western News: November 14, 2017

18 Tuesday November 14 2017
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HEALTH & AWARENESS
WESTERN NEWS
Hip pain: Do I have arthritis or
could it be mainly my muscles?
The team at Physical Sense in
Sydenham sees clients with a
range of symptoms but many
of their middle-aged and senior
clients visit complaining of pain in one or
both hips.
Physiotherapist Ietje van Stolk suggests
that a major part of the pain could be due
to muscle pain rather than simply arthritis.
“Even if an x-ray shows arthritis, the reason
for the pain may be the muscles around
the joint,” she explains. Alternatively, a back
muscle could also be the cause, as shown in
the image.
Ietje recalls one case where an 89 year old
client with severe arthritis who walked with
a stick, told her, “I will end up in a wheelchair,
I cannot put any weight through my right
leg due to pain in my hip and buttock”.
“Within 4 treatments, she was walking with
her stick but without the severe pain,” says
Ietje. “The arthritis was one of the factors
that made her muscles spasm but the other
was that older people move less and the
flexed position the hip is in when we sit is
particularly bad for the hip.” Ietje is happy
with the fact that although the client was 89
and could have been “given up on” or told to
live with the pain, she made a difference to
Hip muscle that causes hip pain
(the crosses are the areas of the muscle spasms, the red areas is where the pain is felt)
her health and wellbeing.
At Physical Sense, hands-on techniques
(massage and triggerpoint deactivation
techniques) are used to release the muscles.
The client also gets a home exercise program
designed to mobilize and stretch the hip,
strengthen the important core muscles and
increase general strength and balance. They
teach a movement sequence that stretches
the hip in all directions whilst the client is
able to lie safely on their bed, perfect for
older or less mobile clients.
In many cases having the muscles
released and being taught how to maintain
it, is enough to stay on top of the problem. If
severe arthritis is the underlying cause, some
Back hip muscle that causes hip pain
maintenance therapy may be necessary, but
that is often more affordable and, for older
patients, better tolerated than surgery. In
very few treatments the client will know if
it is going to work for them or not, without
financial commitment.
Physical Sense Gym and Physio is located at 300 Colombo Street, Sydenham. The Blue Line Bus stops in front of the door and there is ample
parking. To enquire about specialised exercise classes or physiotherapy treatment, phone 377-2577 or visit www.triggerpoints.co.nz
NEW ZEALAND RED CROSS
GLOBAL LEADERS IN FIRST AID TRAINING
Christchurch Course Dates 2017
Venue: 32 Birmingham Drive, Middleton
First Aid Revalidation Course (6 hours)
Cost $130.00 per person (certificates must not have
expired for more than 3 months)
Time: 8.30am – 3.15pm
Monday
13 Nov
27 Nov
Tuesday
21 Nov
5 Dec
Wednesday
16 Nov
20 Dec
Friday
24 Nov
8 Dec
Sunday
26 Nov
3 Dec
M Learning Workplace Revalidation Course (4 hours)
Cost $130.00 per person (certificates must not have
expired for more than 3 months)
Time: 8.30am – 12.45pm
Tuesday
11 Nov
Monday
20 Nov
Wednesday
6 Dec
For bookings please call 0800 REDCROSS or 339-7111
Book online at www.redcross.org.nz
USE THE RED CROSS ADVANTAGE - COMPREHENSIVE FIRST AID, ESSENTIAL FIRST AID,
REVALIDATION OR TAILORED TRAINING TO SUIT yOU AT yOUR PLACE OR OURS.
RED CROSS
Ensuring a safe work place
Learning first aid is not only a part of ensuring a safe
work place, but also an integral part of our engagement with the
wider community. We all learn the necessary skills to ensure that
in times of emergency we are able to assist our work colleagues,
but are we able to take these skills home, into the community or
on to the sports field?
not all work places are the same and the injury risk for each place
can be wide and variable. The office attended by administrators
does not carry the same risk as those people working with heavy
machinery, or perhaps at some distance from a regular ambulance
service. it is therefore essential that you pick the right first aid
course to suit all of your activities – both professional and social.
take, for example, an office worker who does not have a high
risk work environment and whose concern might be to ensure that
they can deal with minor cuts and superficial injuries, or the ability
to perform effective CPr. These skills can be achieved on a course
of eight hours duration and would generally fit into low to medium
risk area. But take this same person on to a sports field either as a
spectator or player when a higher level injury occurs. The eight
hour course covering unit standards 6402 and 6401 (or 26551 and
26552) does not cover head neck and spinal injuries, eye injuries,
hypothermia and poisonings.
The majority of injuries occur outside of the work place, in
fact one in three injuries occurs in the home, making it the most
common place for injuries to happen. new Zealand children
are twice as likely to die through injury as children who live in
australia. They mostly die as a result of motor vehicles accidents
or falls in the home. fatalities from leisure and sport are not far
behind those in the workplace.
The wider 12 hour course teaches the additional unit standard
6400 and provides a wide knowledge base for medium to high risk
environments. This course covers many of the skills required to
deal with the most common injuries, such as falls (which can result
in head, neck and spinal injuries) and dealing with complex scenes
such as motor vehicle accidents.
if you are not sure on the course best suited to your needs, ask
your accredited first aid training provider. They can explain the
course content and give you options that will best suit your needs.
Look beyond the workplace and consider your family and your
location. Check that you have a good quality first aid kit that is
up-to-date with replenished items, and that everyone knows where
it is located.
USE THE RED CROSS ADVANTAGE -
COMPREHENSIVE FIRST AID,
ESSENTIAl FIRST AID, REVAlIDATION
OR TAIlORED TRAINING TO SUIT YOU
AT YOUR PlACE OR OURS.
16 Hours Thursday/Friday
23 & 24 November
NEW ZEALAND RED CROSS - GLOBAL LEADERS IN FIRST AID TRAINING
CHRISTCHURCH COURSE DATES 2017 • VENUE: 32 BIRMINGHAM DRIVE, MIDDLETON
Comprehensive First Aid PLUS Course (16hrs or 4hr upgrade)
Unit Standard 6402, 6401, 6400 and 25411 or 26552, 26551, 6400 and 25411
Cost $275.00 per person incl FA Manual & GST for 16 hours or $85.00 per
person for upgrade following completion of CFA
Time: Day One 8.30am – 5.30pm Day Two 8.30am – 5pm
Friday 4 Hours 1.15pm-5.00pm
24 Nov
Comprehensive First Aid Course (12hrs)
Unit Standard 6402, 6401, 6400 or 26552, 26551, 6400
Cost $225.00 per person incl FA Manual & GST
Time: Day One & Day Two 8.30am - 3.15pm Time: Day One 8.30am - 5.30pm
2 x Monday
20 & 27 Nov
2 x Tuesday
28 Nov & 5 Dec
12 & 19 Dec
2 x Wednesdays
15 & 22 Nov
Thursday/Friday
30 Nov & 1 Dec
7 & 8 Dec
Day Two 8.30am - 12.45pm
Thursday/Friday
24 & 24 Nov
Weekends
25 & 26 Nov
2 & 3 Dec
Essential First Aid Course (8hrs)
Unit Standard 6402, 6401 or 26551, 26552
Cost $155.00 per person Time: 8.30am – 5.30pm
Monday
20 Nov
Tuesday
12 Dec
Wednesday
15 Nov
M Learning (App.) First Aid Courses
Practical First Aid
Unit Standards 6402, 6401
Cost $155.00 per person
Time: 4 hours 8.30am-12.45pm
Tuesday 14 Nov
Saturday 9 Dec
Workplace First Aid
Unit Standards 6400, 6401, 6402
Cost $225.00 per person
Time: 8 hours 8.30am-5.30pm
Tuesday 14 Nov
Saturday 9 Dec
Thursday
30 Nov
7 Dec
FOR BOOKINGS PLEASE CALL 0800 REDCROSS OR 339-7111 • BOOK ONLINE AT WWW.REDCROSS.ORG.NZ
Saturday
25 Nov
2 Dec