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Birdsong Yoga Physio is a place for people with palliative, long term and incurable illnesses to come to explore movement and reconnect with their breath by working with Yvonne, a physiotherapist and yoga teacher.

Yoga and physiotherapy can improve a number of symptoms that people with these illnesses often suffer from. It can help joint pains and stiffness; muscle weakness; loss of balance; anxiety and breathlessness; and some people feel it can lift their mood and balance their emotions.

There is no expectation or need to be able to be 'superflexible' or 'an amazing gymnast' to come to Birdsong Yoga Physio - it is specifically designed for people with palliative illnesses and a variety of physical abilities and 'If you can breathe, you can do yoga’

Category: Practical Help & Support Groups

Tagged: Exercise Palliative Care Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Yoga

Highland Hospice is set to offer a new service for outpatients with the launch of its Netley Day Therapy Centre.
The Netley Day Therapy Centre, situated in the Netley Centre of the Hospice in Inverness, is suitable for individuals with an active, progressive, incurable life limiting condition.The Centre will offer a range of short weekly programmes specifically designed to promote good feeling and to enable people to reach the optimum in health and wellbeing. Courses will include Creative Work (ceramics, painting, jewellery making), Story Telling (sharing and writing stories, memory boxes, creating a family tree), Health and Wellbeing (gentle exercise, nutrition and advice on how to manage troublesome symptoms), Complementary Therapies (aromatherapy, massage, reiki) and Carers’ Support.
The programmes are hosted by members of the Hospice’s multidisciplinary team which comprises a physiotherapist, occupational therapists, nurses, social Worker, chaplain and complementary therapist – each bringing their own specific area of expertise to the activities and interventions on offer. Each course runs for approximately 12 weeks with a 2-hour session each week. Individuals wishing to make use of the Centre can be referred by any healthcare professional and may attend any number of the available weekly sessions.

Category: Practical Help & Support Groups

Tagged: Hospice Palliative Care