World Champion Ironman Mirinda Cafrae at Practice of Pain Management

I had the pleasure of meeting Rinny and the privilege of tweaking her body post New Orleans 70.3 Ironman race. Rinny ended up in 3rd place.

She is a super nice person and a stellar athlete with a impressive resume!

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Mirinda started sports at an early age, playing basketball and lots of other school sports. In 2000, at the age of 19, she competed in her first triathlon. Even though she did not have a background in swimming, running, or biking, she made the Australian Junior Elite Team in 2001.

Mirinda went on to represent Australia at the ITU Triathlon World Championships from 2001 to 2005 earning silver medals in 2002 and 2003. Now Mirinda focuses on the longer distance. She won the Nice Long Course triathlon in 2004 and won silver at the ITU Long Course World Championships in Denmark in 2005. In 2006, Mirinda claimed the St Croix and Baja titles early in the year, then won bronze at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships. In 2007, Mirinda came second in 4 half Ironman distance triathlons before winning the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in world record time. 2008 saw five Ironman 70.3 wins and 2009 another 4 Ironman 70.3 wins and a second place and run course record in her first attempt at the full Ironman distance in Kona.

With 15 Ironman 70.3 wins to date, Mirinda has clearly claimed the 70.3 distance as her own and leaves no doubt that she's a force to be reckoned with in Ironman racing.
To learn more about Rinny please click here

Channel and Carisse Gaude Nepal\Cambodia Trip

These two beautiful girls are Gaywynn's younger daughters, Channel and Carisse, about to embark on a great journey!

Help us to bring love, support, and learning supplies to Nepal and Cambodia!! I, Chanel, and my sister, Carisse, will be visiting Southeast Asia for two months this fall. For the first month of our travels, we will be volunteering with Global Crossroads at the Ashna Orphanage in Lamatar, Nepal. For 4 weeks, we will sleep, eat, learn, and dance with 18 orphans. We would love to bring them bubbles, posters, chalk, toys, and any other things we can get our hands on that will make them smile. That may include materials that the orphanage needs to maintain the health and well-being of the children, such as clothes and medicine. For the next month, we will travel through Cambodia visiting the temples and families that I came to know through my research there in 2010.

We are so excited to spread the enthusiasm in our hearts and any donations we receive will help us do so!

For more information and updates on our journey, visit Carisse’s blog, titled Wanderlust.

http://cgwanderlust.blogspot.com

If you'd like to support, please click on link below and type in 'Gaude' in search. Thanks so much!!

http://www.gofundme.com/

Chris "Big Sexy" Mc Donald at the Practice of Pain Management

It has been an honor and privilege to get Chris to come in for a final body tweak just before his Half Ironman, 70.3 New Orleans this coming Sunday. 

I can't think of having met a more nice and humble guy!!

I'm so impressed with the little a learned about his life story and his accomplishments and goals he set in front of him! 

His professional career spans almost 10 years, in which Chris claimed 4 Iron-man victories, 15 podium slots and 28  top-10 finishes!!

Just waiting for Chris to become the next Kona Hawaii World Champion Iron-man. 

Again Chris, thanks for your vote of blind confidence.

 It has been a pleasure meeting you, treating you and getting to to know you!!

When you were born, you didn't come with an owner's manual; these guidelines make life work better.

You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it's the only thing you are sure to keep for the rest of your life.
You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called "Life on Planet Earth." Every person or incident is the Universal Teacher.
There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of experimentation. "Failures" are as much a part of the process as "success."
A lesson is repeated until learned. It is presented to you in various forms until you learn it -- then you can go on to the next lesson.
If you don't learn easy lessons, they get harder. External problems are a precise reflection of your internal state. When you clear inner obstructions, your outside world changes. Pain is how the universe gets your attention.
You will know you've learned a lesson when your actions change. Wisdom is practice. A little of something is better than a lot of nothing.
"There" is no better than "here." When your "there" becomes a "here" you will simply obtain another "there" that again looks better than "here."
Others are only mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another unless it reflects something you love or hate in yourself.
Your life is up to you. Life provides the canvas; you do the painting. Take charge of your life --or someone else will.
You always get what you want. Your subconscious rightfully determines what energies, experiences, and people you attract -- therefore, the only foolproof way to know what you want is to see what you have. There are no victims, only students.
There is no right or wrong, but there are consequences. Moralizing doesn't help. Judgments only hold the patterns in place. Just do your best.
Your answers lie inside you. Children need guidance from others; as we mature, we trust our hearts, where the Laws of Spirit are written. You know more than you have heard or read or been told. All you need to do is to look, listen, and trust.
You will forget all this.
You can remember any time you wish.

Reiki in Lafayette, LA

I am happy to announce that Gaywynn start seeing clients at our clinic starting Monday March 19-2012.

Appointments can be scheduled Monday through Friday at 8:30 AM and on 

Thursdays from 8:30 AM though 3:00 PM.

A Reiki session can be scheduled for one hour or for thirty minutes.

To contact Gaywynn:
Cell Phone: (337) 349-1191
Email: gaywynn@gmx.com

Reiki

Soon we will be adding Reiki as a complimentary form of healing to our existing
Physical and Manual Therapy.

Gaywynn Gaude, Reiki Master/Teacher will be joining our Practice of Pain Management, Inc.

I truly welcome this modality,
offering a complimentary means of assisting people in need of whole body treatment.

To learn more about Reiki, please click here.
To contact Gaywynn:
Cell Phone: (337) 349-1191
Email: gaywynn@gmx.com

Anniversary

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Practice of Pain Management, Inc.
So blessed, so grateful!!!
Looking forward being of service to patients the next 20 years.....

IronWoman Linsey Corbin at Practice of Pain Management

Proven IronWoman Linsey Corbin  made a stop in Lafayette, La
in preparation for the New Orleans 70.3 Ironman.

During her visit she made several stops at Precision Bikes, Red Lerille's and 

I had the honor and privilege tweaking her body for the 70.3

Linsey and her husband Chris are truly 'first class' people and I'm glad to know them!

Christmas-New Years Outing

Paula, Scott and I had a nice dinner at the Blue Dog, celebrating the Holidays, thankful for a great year at the clinic. The food was great, the company even better! Thanks Paula and Scott for your great contributions to our clinic!

Killer Miller subject to pain...

Aside of the 'Chronic Pain Patients', athletes frequent my clinic in order to fine-tune their 'machine'.

This morning it was stellar athlete Mark "Killer" Miller that was in need of some pain relief. Mark is well deserving of the title "Killer", his triathlon/ironman career spans 3 decades and Mark has finished 20 Ironman competitions in that span, not to mention the half-ironmans, triathlons, marathons and centuries! It is always an honor and privilege to work with Mark. I feel blessed with our friendship!

TGIF!

The clinic will be closed on Friday June 18 2010
Even the most dedicated physiotherapists deserve a long weekend once in a while;) Hup Holland Hup!!!

Healing Hands

Help me as I care
for my patients today,
Be there with me,
O Lord, I pray
Make my words kind
--it means so much--
And in my hands place
Your healing touch
Let your love shine
through all that I do,
So those in need
may hear and feel You.

Memorial Day

We will be closed on Monday, May 31st 2010 for Memorial Day.

Happy MothersDay;)

Happy Administrative Professionals Day!

Just a little post, to share my gratefulness for Paula.

Paula has just started working at the clinic in the capacity as office-manager, 

yet it feels like she has been part of the team for a long time!

She makes life so much easier for Scott and myself, 

the patients love her and the front-office runs smooth.

I surely hope Paula knows how much she is valued...

Chris "Macca" McCormack visits Vuijsters Physical\Manual Therapy

It's not often I have World Champions come through my clinic,
subjecting themselves to my treatment, hence this posting of Macca's tweet!
(for those not familiar with my personal blog,
my nickname on the blog and also on twitter is 'wielrennerke',
which directly translated means 'wheel runner' or bicycle-racer.)
This is the second year in succession Chris McCormack honors
Lafayette, LA with a visit,
while he's getting ready for the New Orleans 70.3 Half Ironman.
Chris has a great support in Lafayette from Mark Miller's Precision Bikes!

It is an honor and a privilege to work with Chris, who not only is a stellar athlete,
but also a great person with a phenomenal story.
His body is truly like a machine and it takes a good 1 1/2 hour to fine-tune it!
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The 'wall of fame' at my clinic has expanded once more...
This time with a personalized\autographed world-championship jersey,
identical to the one Macca sported in the 2009 , Ironman Hawaii.

QUALITY SLEEP equals QUALITY RECOVERY

In this day and age we are so goal oriented and have so many projects on our list. It makes it easy to consider sleep, a 'wasted time' and try to fill our evening with, watching the news or realty shows on TV.

It is a phenomena I see in patients and athletes alike. For both categories sleep should be their best friend. While for patients pain and suffering depletes their energy levels, the same applies for athletes, with their rigorous training- and race schedules. Sleep deprivation does more than make people drowsy. Sleep-deprived individuals gain weight, experience more pain, stiffness and musculoskeletal injuries. Hypertension and glucose levels are related to sleep disturbance. Sleep disturbance in athletes can slow glucose metabolism by 30% to 40% and increase levels of cortisol, impairing physical performance and recovery. Lack of sleep can affect motor and cognitive skills at the same level of 3 to 4 coctails!

It is well known that sleep is the time when all body systems/cells repair/replace themselves.

SLEEP equals HEALTH!

Heart rate slows during sleep, allowing for repair of 'worn out' cells, bone-tissue adds calcium, among other minerals during your sleep. Muscles replace contractile cells, that've been targetted all day. The brain rests and repairs transmission networks during sleep.

Adults need between 7 to 9 hours of sleep a night, teenagers need 8 to 9 hours of sleep in order to be rested and healthy the next day. 4 to 6 hours of sleep, (even though it gives us more time we feel needed, in order to accomplish our activity goals), is not sufficient for long-term health!

Some tips to establish a healthy sleep pattern:

Regular sleep schedule.

Regular bedtime routine.

Stable sleep environment.

Healthy food/drink.

Regular exercise routine.

Healthy bladder/bowel routine.

Setting a regular bedtime and awake time is a first step. Slowing down activities about 30 minutes prior to going to bed, allows the brain/mind to 'unwind' and get ready for sleeping. Sleep environment stability includes darkness, quietness, stable temperature, and layered covering of your body. Healthy food and drink includes, avoiding caffeine and alcohol, as well as eating late evening. A small snack of protein, calcium and carbohydrate can promote sleep and at the same time prevent nighttime hypoglycemia. Moderate exercise, at least 4 to 5 hours before bedtime, improves both sleep -quality and-duration.

Sleep equals Health.

Quality Sleep equals Quality Recovery.

Quality Recovery equals Quality Performance;)

Nothing substitutes the Human Touch

In spite of so many inventive technological modalities, there is nothing that substitutes the 'human touch'. The 'hands-on' therapy provides for a 'non verbal' communication between therapist and patients. It is a form of therapy, dating back thousands of years and in my books, still the best form of therapy! Whether applied as deep tissue mobilization or in the form of manual mobilizing bone structures, in order to restore funtional mobility/flexibility.

Vuijsters Pain Management Dime Tour

This dime-tour has been made possible with iPhone camera!

Photo credits: Ruud Vuijsters

This location has been home to Vuijsters Pain Management, 
for about 5 years now. 
As you can tell from looking at the pictures, 
we strive to offer a relaxed atmosphere.

"Health is not necessarily the absence of pain,
rather the presence of a divine serenity." RJV

New Office Manager at Vuijsters Pain Management

I am pleased to introduce to you, Paula Hogan. 

Paula will take Stacey's place as the new office manager of my clinic. 

Big shoes to fill... But I'm sure she'll do just fine!

Paula has extensive experience in the field of Physical Therapy.

Prior to this she's worked in retail. 

You'd think she knows a thing or two about customer service;) 

Paula started her training today and will start full-time as of next week.

Both Scott and I welcome Paula on board and I sure hope all our patients will do the same.