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A word on work and love

Thursday, January 15th, 2009 | General | No Comments

As my roommates will attest, I have been perfecting my workaholic persona this past year or more, seeing loads of patients (which I always enjoy) but mixing that with running a business while simultaneously learning how to run a business…staying barely one step ahead of things on a regular basis!

So what’s the whole purpose of this? Well, I think I could sum it up simply by saying, I would like everyone to experience physiotherapy in a way that allows them to feel like they are awakening to either a new part  of themselves yet undiscovered or re-awakening an old part of themselves they thought was gone (more often then not, that youthful feeling you USED to have when rolling out of bed was easy and you almost “sprung” out of bed your joints felt  so light….) That’s why I get up early almost everyday and stay up a little too late, a little too often. But it’s worth it. I get great satisfaction from my work- people so often comment “You sure seem to love what you do”!

May you try this mini-motto I’ve decided to adopt (for the week initially) but maybe for good, even better! It is this…

“Do what you LOVE, love what you do!”

Easy. Simple. Turns things around in my brain anyhow, especially when Im facing something I could procrastinate on.  ”Love is all you need”, right?

Sue

A chance to win an amazing Prize Pack & help a local family!

Sunday, December 28th, 2008 | General | No Comments

Local dad Neil Winn is no stranger to battling with cancer, it’s been over 4 years now since the initial diagnosis… This fall when he’d finished a bout of radiation it looked like things were going to go on a hiatus and life would resume a certain kind of normal but when his neck pain just wouldn’t go away, doctors confirmed the worse, the cancer had moved.
Just before Christmas, Neil underwent fairly dramatic surgery while his wife Heidi Voelker and 2 year old daughter Reece hoped for a positive outcome. Heidi, who works on Whistler Blackcomb in the winter making the slopes safe and helping the injured, has been taking time off to take care of their daughter and Neil.
I’d like to help out and I hope you’ll join me in a raffle I have planned. Tickets are $5 and available through my online store to be purchased via credit card through a secure server. The GRAND Prize is an ultimate New Years Health & Fitness Makeover which includes:

• an entry to the 30 Day Challenge ($30)
• a pedometer ($10)
• a 90 minute head to toe physiotherapy assessment ($150)
• a post-challenge assessment for 45 minutes with a physiotherapist ($75)
• a BOSU ball (a physio ball cut in half mounted on a base for FUN exercises) ($135)
• TOTAL= $400!

Use this link to go directly to the online store and get your tickets!
Draw takes place on January 4th, 2009.

It takes a community to raise a table…

Friday, December 5th, 2008 | General | No Comments

On December 2nd, I ran into a major glitch while expanding my physiotherapy practice….a key piece of equipment for my new space arrived damaged and unusable. It’s pretty hard to treat patients without a treatment table!

The following day, when the responsible parties involved in delivering the product were not feeling the need to reply to my concerns and inquiries from their head offices in far off places, I decided to take matters into my own hands and placed a few local calls….

First, I contacted Jones & Co. to get some advice from Shawn Jones on how to proceed. I thought maybe I’d leave a message but ten minutes later, he arrived on the scene to check out the damaged goods and make some recommendations. Wow!

A wonderful therapist in North Vancouver offered to rent me her table for as long as I needed so I thought I’d work out transportation. I asked Newport Auto’s owner, Noel Koehn, how I would load a 220lb+ treatment table into the back of a pick-up truck…he offered his own shop truck and some manpower for lifting! Another wow! 

I thought I’d also look into having the table welded back together. Kelly Jian of Kelly Jian Contracting arrived 15 minutes after I placed the call to his office and offered me some great solutions, on the spot. My excitement about opening the new space was back because I could now see how I could be operational, very quickly with Kelly’s help!

 The night before, I had been a very disappointed small business owner, wondering how best to approach the big business world when they don’t seem particularly interested in a small businesses “problem”. Tonight I’m completely floored by the level of service and sense of community that exists in Squamish. 

I’d like to say a heartfelt and gracious thank-you to the great leaders of the businesses mentioned above.  I’d also like to acknowledge my two colleagues, Angela Newton and Karen Ogilvie for their ability to “go with the flow” so well and last but not least thank-you to the dozens of understanding patients whose appointments had to be moved, I am extremely grateful.

New Blog and New Site!

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 | General | Comments Off

These are exciting times because today we are happy to officially announce the launch of our new website and blog at ReachPhysio.com. The blog is here to keep you updated on helpful health and training tips that keep you in great shape and doing the activities you love.

On the new site, you’ll be able to book appointments online using MindBodyOnline.com, learn about our team, find our location, contact us, hear about upcoming events in the community, and much more.

We hope you like the new site and if you have any feedback to help us improve our service, please don’t hesitate to contact us!

Thanks,
The Reach Physio Team