Tips on managing COVID-19 at home
With the recent rise in COVID-19 infection numbers, more people are being forced to care for themselves at home. Here are some practical tips to help you manage your illness at home.
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We are committed to human improvement and community development within ourselves and health services. We strive to provide comprehensive Physiotherapy and Biokinetic services as we guide people through the demanding rehabilitation process. Our patients include people of all ages and categories, referring practitioners and the community.
We dedicate time for all professionals to enhance their education based on current research.
We are a family based practice that cares about you as an individual, as well as your family.
We strive to maintain high levels of professionalism at all times. We operate honestly and with integrity.
Our aim is to improve quality of life through the demanding rehabilitative process through the use of various modalities.
This involves hands on techniques aimed at improving tissue extensibility, joint range of motion, relaxation, improved muscle function and decreased pain. Manual therapy is often an important part of your treatment.
Your Physiotherapist or Biokineticist will perform a thorough assessment on you consisting of an interview, as well as a series of objective tests. This is done in order to accurately determine the cause of your pain or dysfunction and treat you accordingly.
Post-operative rehabilitation is the process that takes place after surgery in order to help restore joint and muscle range of motion, muscle strength and endurance, cardiovascular strength and endurance, and overall function.
There are many benefits to engaging in exercise classes. We offer a variety of classes aimed at improving your overall function in a constructive, facilitated and safe environment.
As Biokineticists we can design sport specific conditioning programs for athletes in order to help them better their performance or to return to sport following an injury.
Having the correct bike fit is of vital importance for any cyclist, whether you are the “weekend warrior” or competitive “racing snake”. Our Biokineticists are fully qualified and trained in the ErgoFit method.
The Vitality Fitness Assessments give you an indication of how fit you are. You will get a comprehensive report showing your level of fitness and areas that need to be improved.
This is an in-depth assessment of your biomechanics while running or walking to improve running efficiency and to help decrease the risk of injuries.
This is a personalised assessment performed on the workspace that an individual operates in, in order to improve productivity and comfort.
A lung function test is a noninvasive, objective test and is also called a Spirometry. A Spirometry test is used to screen for diseases that affect the lungs such as COPD, asthma or exercise induced asthma.
Neurological physiotherapy involves the treatment of people with movement and function disorders that have originated from problems within the body’s nervous and neuromuscular system.
We are committed to assisting our local community by means of uplifting, up-skilling and educating lower income areas. We offer weekly services to Lion Park Primary School and Thabo Mbeki Day Care Centre.
Our paediatric physiotherapy services include treatment of constipation, bed wetting and wee or poo leaks, as well as baby massage and the treatment of babies struggling with colic.
This is aimed specifically at treating pain and or dysfunction unique to the female body across the lifespan, including young athletes, childbearing women, menopausal and the elderly.
Lymphoedema, which is the swelling of a body part that is caused by an abnormal accumulation of fluid, is treated by Complete Decongestive Therapy (CDT), which must be performed by a trained professional.
Craniosacral therapy is a gentle, hands-on treatment that helps relieve tension and tightness that can cause pain and dysfunction. Treatment is aimed at ensuring optimal activity of the craniosacral rhythm.
Dry needling is a procedure in which a sterile, single use, fine needle is inserted into a myofascial trigger point (a ‘knot’ in your muscle) in order to help decrease pain and improve function.
a technique we use to help open up the intervertebral joint spaces. This is done with a traction machine which uses pulleys to distract the individual intervertebral joint.
Taping is often used in addition to treatment from your Physiotherapist for stability by restricting movement of injured joints, soft tissue compression to reduce swelling and support anatomical structures.
A Cybex test is used to measure the maximum strength of a joint through its available range of motion. The results are analysed and interpreted by our Biokineticists.
Rehabilitation specific to concussion is of vital importance in order to ensure that you return to optimal function within an appropriate time frame.
Shockwave therapy is a non-invasive treatment that uses a series of low energy acoustic wave pulses that are directly applied to an injury through a person’s skin via a gel medium.
Using gentle and non-invasive devices designed to deliver customised levels of electrical stimulation to your body's nerves, muscles, or tendons, your physiotherapist can harness the power of electrotherapy to promote treat injuries, promote healing, and offer pain relief.
Experiencing pain for an extended time causes changes within our nervous system increasing our sensitivity to certain stimuli. This can result in experiencing pain without a physiological explanation. We use specialised treatment techniques to decrease this increased sensitivity.
Visceral manipulation is often thought to be the missing link in recurring musculoskeletal pain, postural abnormalities and biomechanical dysfunctions.
At Samantha Dunbar Inc. we are in a unique position where we treat patients in both in-hospital as well as in the outpatient setting.
In the event that you or your loved one are unable to physically travel to the practice due to immobility, illness or other constraints, we are able to come to you and treat you within the comfort of your own home.
Chest physiotherapy is a hands-on treatment offered by physiotherapists to assist in the management of conditions including COPD, asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis as well as post-operative chest management.
As healthcare workers we aim to collaborate with all members of the interdisciplinary team. This is done through both written and verbal communication to make sure you get the best possible treatment.
Providing the correct and appropriate advice and education to patients, on how to manage their conditions appropriately and effectively in order to provide sustainable treatment.
Sensbalance is an assessment and treatment tool that assesses both balance and proprioception. All of our therapists are trained in the use of the Sensbalance equipment.
We have a dynamic, diverse team of qualified professionals. Our passion is to facilitate and improve daily function for you as an individual. Our treatments are unique and tailored to suit your needs. We are committed to ongoing education on a weekly basis and attend regular post graduate courses to ensure treatment is always relevant and aligned with the latest research.
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