Creative solutions to symptom management during the COVID-19 pandemic

The intent of this blog was to raise awareness about PD in a positive light. Recently though, COVID-19 has infiltrated my entire thought process and I’m trying hard not to let it take over the content of this blog but it is proving to be quite difficult to write about anything else. However, there are many good things happening so I will write about that!

With the closure of just about everything, I find myself without the members of my team that I wrote about in Team Carla. The absence of treatment has me worried because I rely heavily upon Physiotherapy and Osteopathy to manage a variety of my symptoms, and I wondered how long it would be before my body got angry!

Well, it didn’t take long. Earlier this week, the pain was starting to increase and I knew this was due to missing my treatments and acupuncture. I wondered how this would impact my life over the days, weeks, and months that they are projecting COVID-19 will live among us.

Coincidentally, the next morning, I received a call from Tom, the world’s greatest Physiotherapist! He told me that his clinic (Concept of Movement) was providing online services to both new and existing clients! So we connected the next day, via laptop, and I had an awesome appointment. It was the next best thing to an in-person visit and I truly believe that this creative solution will get me through this difficult time.

The acupuncture will have to wait, although my husband volunteered to stick me with needles…

For my fellow PWPs or anyone else in need, click here for Virtual Service for Physiotherapy with Concept of Movement!