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By Ian at Back To Life Clinic Health Information, Newsletter, Other

Covid-19 safety procedures post “Freedom Day”

Following the Government plan on July 19th to ease restrictions (so called "Freedom Day") I thought it best to confirm what Covid-19 safety procedures the clinic will be operating following this date.

The very simple answer is that for us nothing will change post "Freedom Day". Because we are a registered healthcare provider we need to maintain the pre-Freedom Day safety levels. Here at Back To Life Clinic we plan to keep on going above and beyond these requirements, as we have to-date, to maximise the safety for all of our clients. These particularly include:

  • Face masks for all clients and practitioners
  • Ongoing high-levels of cleaning and ventilating between every client

 

Here's a quick summary of what you can expect to help keep you safe post Freedom Day:

Covid-19 Safety procedure summary

We are hopeful that these systems and procedures will provide a safe and friendly environment for you to get back to living and enjoying life again, but if you do have any questions or concerns then please do feel free to contact Ian on 01636 362022.

 

You can find further detail on our dedicated Covid-19 Safety Procedures page.

By Ian at Back To Life Clinic Back Exercises, Charity Support, Health Information, Neck Exercises, Newsletter, Stretches

Christmas present for the Beaumond House Advent Calendar

Back To Life Clinic's 'Christmas Present' for the Beaumond House Christmas 2020 Advent Calendar

As well as supporting Beaumond House throughout 2020 we are raising more funds throughout December by taking part in the Beaumond House Advent Calendar campaign. To raise funds we will be donating £5 for every client who attends their appointment in a Xmas jumper in December!

As part of the Advent Calendar we also said we would provide a free present to everyone by taking you through some simple stretches to alleviate some common Christmas time related issues. In this video we take you through some easy neck stretches to help alleviate neck stiffness and related headaches (cervicogenic headaches), as well as upper back stiffness.

If you'd like to help us to raise more money for Beaumond House and our other charity of the year (ShawMind), then please book your appointment today.

By Ian at Back To Life Clinic Charity Support, Health Information, Newsletter, Other, Work Related

Newark Advertiser interviews osteopath Ian Jenkinson

Julia Jones of the Newark Advertiser recently visited Back To Life Clinic. She was here to find out about the extensive safety and hygiene measures being implemented to keep our customers and staff safe. With the heightened alert status now imposed across Nottinghamshire, these safety procedures are even more important. (You can access more information about these here).

Julia also highlighted one of my key messages, "people don't need to be suffering and living in pain". Instead, more often than not, there is something we can do about it. Hopefully then we can debunk myths like, 'I should expect to be in pain, I'm getting older'. It would be great to see that more people are seeking help from myself, or other therapists, to help them live happier, healthier, pain-free lives.

You can read the full article on the Newark Advertiser website.

By Ian at Back To Life Clinic Back Exercises, Health Information, Hip/Leg Exercises, Neck Exercises, Newsletter, Other, Shoulder/Arm Exercises, Stretches, Work Related

How to set up your work desk when working from home

10 Top Tips to achieve the perfect work desk setup when working from home

This video takes you through 10 practical easy-to-follow tips that I use myself - and in the Back to Life Clinic with my patients - to help create a perfect work desk setup in your own home. Simply follow these steps to create the perfect work desk setup so that you can have a healthy and pain free back and neck whilst working from home.

The 10 tips cover topics such as your chair, desk and screen heights, how to create a chair that supports you like a proper office chair, whether to sit or stand, along with advice on how to think about and change your posture to enable you to work all day pain free. In the video I recommend some stretches to help counter the typical issues that build up because of sitting for hours at a desk. The links to videos of these stretches can be found here:

Neck stretches

Front of your chest stretches

Upper back stretches

By Ian at Back To Life Clinic Health Information, Newsletter, Other

New patient journey and Covid-19 safety procedures

Safety and the customer experience are very much at the forefront of our new patient journey plan. Here's a quick summary of what you can expect to help keep you safe:

Covid-19 Safety procedure summary

We are hopeful that these systems and procedures will provide a safe and friendly environment for you to get back to living and enjoying life again, but if you do have any questions or concerns then please do feel free to contact Ian on 01636 362022.

 

Further detail:

All patients will be asked to complete an online Covid-19 screening questionnaire prior to any appointment - this will help identify anyone who shouldn't be coming in to the clinic and who may benefit more appropriately from our online telehealth sessions

 On attending the clinic we would ask you to minimise time in reception by arriving no more than 5 minutes before your appointment time, wear a face mask inside the building and sanitise your hands when entering the clinic room - at which point your temperature will be taken by Ian

 Ian will be wearing full PPE including: face mask, visor, gloves and apron

 

 

The clinic room itself will be fully cleaned and disinfected before and after every patient and the room is aerated to enable an exchange of air between patients. This additional cleaning and aerating time means that a 30min appointment now takes 60mins of clinic time (halving our capacity).

 To help minimise contact - online telehealth sessions are still available (and this will be used for the first appointment for all new patients), as are touchless payments - either via the online pre-pay option or in clinic (on request by splitting amounts)

 

 

 

By Ian at Back To Life Clinic Health Information, Newsletter, Other, Uncategorised

Coronovirus Update – Closing the clinic for face-to-face appointments and opening for online consultations

Closing our doors and moving to online consultations
OPEN LETTER TO PATIENTS:

Dear ,

As I’m sure you can understand the situation is changing rapidly with Covid-19. I have been taking every possible care to prevent any spread through actions like disinfecting all surfaces and equipment between each patient. However, I do not feel that I can say for definite that there is absolutely no risk for patients attending a clinic appointment. With some of my patients being in the higher risk age categories, I have taken the decision that for the best care of all of my patients, currently, I will not be providing face-face hands-on treatments from this point forward.

From a business point of view this is a hard decision to make, but the care of every patient who puts their trust in me is paramount. However, I do want to try to keep helping you with your rehabilitation, so I am going to offer to keep providing my support via online consultations (i.e. online appointments via secure video link) instead. These will still enable me to review your progress, test your movement and identify the areas you need to work on, but instead of my hands-on treatment helping, I will be showing you how to perform the correct exercises, stretches and strengthening work to help get you fully better.

Online Consultations:

As I’m sure you can understand, this is quite a change and I need a few more days to sort out all of the technology to make sure this works correctly, so if you are ok, I will contact you in the next day or two to arrange this directly.

I hope that is all ok and I apologise for the obvious change and resulting inconvenience this may cause, but I hope you understand it is being done with the best intentions in mind.

Best wishes

Ian

Ian Jenkinson
Principal Osteopath
BackToLife Clinic

Contact: 01636 36 20 22
Email:    ian@BackToLifeClinic.co.uk

By Ian at Back To Life Clinic Charity Support, Health Information, Newsletter, Other, Work Related

Newark Advertiser article about Back To Life Clinic and osteopath Ian Jenkinson

Newark Advertiser Osteopath Article

Julia Jones has written a lovely article about Back To Life Clinic for the Newark Advertiser. The article coincided with the opening of the new clinic premises at Northgate Business Centre.

The article looks at:

  • What the benefits are, for people who are in pain, of visiting osteopath Ian Jenkinson
  • Why people shouldn't believe that getting old means they should accept and expect pain
  • Why Ian is so committed to helping free people from pain

Read the full article by clicking on the photo above, or see the Back To Life Clinic facebook page.