What we are doing to allow us to continue to care for you while protecting you, our staff, our families and our community.

With the advent of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic we are being forced to rethink how we interact socially and at work. These are challenging times and at Move Better for Life, we are focused on providing a safe environment for all our clients, staff, their families and the community. Your health is paramount and so we have put in place a number of procedures to mitigate the risk of spreading infection.

We have a risk assessment questionnaire that we ask all clients attending the practice to fill out before they are permitted to undertake a face to face appointment.
Our staff are regularly washing their hands and washing their hands thoroughly between every client.
We are wiping down the beds, equipment and door handles between every client appointment.
Our staff have established a routine of sanitizing every surface in the practice twice a day.
Our staff will not be presenting to work if they feel unwell in any fashion or are in close contact with someone whose health status is in question.
We can also offer tele-health consultations. If you are feeling unwell or vulnerable contact us to start the process.
If you are practicing social distancing but are not infectious, we can also offer you an in-home visit.
We are closely monitoring the situation as it evolves. Rest assured your safety is our priority.

IF YOU ARE FEELING UNWELL please do not come into the practice. Give us a call instead. There are alternatives we can make available to you.

IF YOU NEED TO CANCEL AN APPOINTMENT DUE TO ILL HEALTH PLEASE DO NOT COME INTO THE PRACTICE TO DO SO.

We are focused on providing a safe environment for all our clients, staff, their families and the community. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in these challenging circumstances.

Move Better for Life will pause all our face to face Wellness Classes from Monday 23rd March onwards to assist in the containment of COVID-19 and reduce the risk of client and staff exposure.

In order to continue to meet our Wellness Class participants’ needs we will instead be offering one on one ore telehealth physiotherapy and exercise physiology consults. We will be in contact with you to discuss an approach that best suits your treatment and prevention needs.

We are in the process of modifying our group classes to offer online exercise options.

WHAT IS A TELEHEALTH CONSULT?

A telehealth consult is delivered online. We assess you in much the same way that we do in a face to face consult. We ask you a series of questions so we can gain a better understanding of the problem you have and then ask you to do a set of movements or tests we can see online.

Your physiotherapist will then be able to establish a probable diagnosis and provide you with a set of self -management strategies including an individual exercise program. You are given access to an app with videos to assist you to partner with us in your treatment.

We have prepared guidelines to help people engage with us in this way and will talk you through every step while you become accustomed to an online delivery.

KEEPING FIT WHILE SOCIAL DISTANCING

Our CEO Deborah Hunter is a co-founder of My AgeFit, an educational blog that provides advice and strategies about exercise and activity habits that while useful for all ages are designed to help the over 40s move better and feel better. Around the world people are increasingly being requested or required to practice social distancing, while others are in self-isolation or quarantine. Deborah, along with her sister Professor Sandra Hunter, has prepared blogs on how exercise can boost your immune system and keeping active while social distancing.

This week they launched a 7 day challenge that is designed for those who are practicing social distancing, exercising outdoors or wish to exercise indoors. A new challenge will be issued every week.

You can also sign up to receive the free My AgeFit newsletter.

Join the My AgeFit 7-day Challenge Facebook Group