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Heather Vella

@heathervella_

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M.Physio,BAppSci(Ex&Sport Science)extensive continuingeducation
I share expertise,experimentation, learnings, +my recovery athlete turnednaturalhealer

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I am more than illness injuries and a survivor.

I am more than just a Physio sport scientist ex athlete and my endless qualifications.

I have so much heart, curiosity, tenacity, light and intelligence to utilise and give

I want to be of service somehow, to contribute to connect from the heart

I hope to create some things that will help people find freedom, joy and feel alive again, no matter their challenges.

To be continued… by @heathervella_

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8 months ago

I thought I would never even be able to sit up or walk again let alone travel on a plane to Mexico , and make it through a a whole retreat sitting up standing even managing stairs and walking meditations and even DANCING 💃 in spite of pain and challenges but with a heart full of such love and life 🥹🙏❤️‍🔥-

I was already crying with gratitude at Sydney airport before even getting on the plane at the fact that I was out of the house travelling and had made it through the train trip without pain flaring yet at that stage 🥹..

the past 2 years were the toughest years of my@life on the back of a tough non stop ten years of major injuries illnesses grief, CPTSD and other challenges.

I have been working every moment of every day at overcoming myself and changing and healing myself and I think it is finally happening.

But regardless I’ve regained my hope and love@for life irrespective of circumstances, and my giant love filled heart and radiant enthusiastic loving energy I had before all my injuries& health problems and THAT is a gift worth more than ANYTHING 🥹🙏💖❤️‍🔥

I have so much to say and so many people to thank (especially my loving divine coherent heart community who I couldn’t have done this without 🥹🫶❤️‍🔥, and my loving supportive family 🥹🙏❤️‍🔥💖🙏)

but for now I’ll just share this wisdom courtesy of @drjoedispenza and many other spontaneous remission stories I have read -

A lot of people who heal change everything about themselves- and a lot of them say that their disease was their greatest gift, their greatest teacher and they never would’ve found the happiness that they have found today without their challenge

I have gained so much unexpected love, connection, community, purpose and life 🥹🙏💖

I had to learn to love myself unconditionally, to forgive others and myself, to every day practise letting go of fear guilt shame, self criticism, feeling a victim, suffering, ego, “identity”, expectations, depression, hopelessness, despair and embrace trust and unconditional love and gratitude over and over again.

My body is not fully physically healed (YET) but my heart spirit mind and soul are and I truly believe my body WILL follow taken in Barcelo Maya Riviera by @heathervella_

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I can’t describe how grateful in words I am to be running again. Still having to work on knee mobility daily, and strength differences but so, SO grateful and proud of my progress. 🥹❤️‍🔥💖 I’ve said it before and i’ll say it again. I mean every word I say DEEPLY, no platitudes come out of this body ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 taken in Wanda Sand Dunes by @heathervella_

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4 years ago

Self diaphragm release potentially can help with any of ribcage shoulder neck pain , breathing difficulty, throat issues. This could be particularly useful after cold/cough, stress causing shallow breathing /stiff ribcage , for singers, endurance athletes after stitch etc etc etc as per usual. I only bother sharing things I think are a little bit unusual outside the box or my own original ideas and applications and things I think might really help people . I don’t just bother sharing everything I know or things that are obvious because there’s too much info overload on the Internet already. by @heathervella_

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Use your brain . Be creative . In anything and everything you do by @heathervella_

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**GLUTE- HAM TIE IN (where glute hamstring meet) Getting right leg coordinating again establishing neural connection and firing and patterning after nerve inhibition and ongoing nerve fascia joint things I am still healing

As always the devil in in the details the body can find all sorts of cheating strategy ways to do things - BE IN YOUR BODY FEEL WHAT IS ACTIVATING OR NOT COMPARE SIDE TO SIDE, NOT FOREVER!! just to repattern then with practise it will become automatic a new strategy available to your subconscious Brain (that chooses EVERY single nerve signal and motor pattern to make EVERY single movement that you do ) and you become skilled and proficient and increasingly optimally coordinated
I would advise FILM SELF FROM
SIDE
IN FRONT
BEHIND
check if cheating !

Play with it! Try different heel heights from the ground and focus on big toe vs outer toes and the connection from glute hamstring preactivating as toes first touch then working all together , then all together !

Credit for exercise inspiration from Coach Chong - although I have added elements of my own here the focus points of glute ham tie in , the head over the stance leg (from studying running mechanics and years of hours of slow mo video footage fe and backwards to develop my coaching eye ) and preactuvation from core down through leg before touching ground, and the opposite arm working with opposite leg and had knowledge an understand of FDL FHL exercise s and fascial chains function and exercises for many years through both physiotherapy and athlete experience and experimentation

He has a lot of great stuff but I don’t agree 100% with everything he saysI do like the couple of his exercises I have tried and he has many things backed by research so I must give credit and due respect where due! by @heathervella_

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5 months ago

Unedited footage Ways to get right leg moving normally after major or long term injury

Some fascia , compensation patterns, biomech chat peppered throughout +rough outline:

- shoes foot mechanics chat FFW if boring
- Banded glute med bs TFL vs external rotators again skip if boring basic
- Banded duckwalk/monster walk
-with hams drill Some explanations fascia and hypermobile considerations - posture and form is everything and you cns train your muscle and fascia to protect your joints and bones !
- some self fascia work and later PNF disinhibition to help increase range of motion and explain why use towel so not compensating at back or pelvis
- I step backwards onto the ball and catch panic rising about the right kneee and use functional neuro techniques to try to reduce threat but I don’t get it fully under control so I end the video and continue working on it with breathing heart coherence and other tools 😂

Unfortunately earlier explanation was not captured thanks to Monty knocking camera over unbeknownst to I.

In gait walking and running the head and torso should move over the stance leg.
With threat or inhibition the person subconscious Brain areas may not allow person to fully get over that leg to weight bear , so I’m doing this with a focus on that to get my body taking weight over the right leg

I think in all my videos the camera reverses so it looks like the left when it’s the right ?

Feat. Monty being a lovable patience-trainer pest 😂🦮 by @heathervella_

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6 months ago

Ten day retreat in Mexico last year after the 5 day retreat with mum earlier in the year helped me heal and do things I thought I’d never have the privilege of freedom to do again (and the support of my coherent heart group 🥹🙏💖)

after the 10 day retreat actually believed for the first time after everything that I could maybe live a free and independent full colourful experience rich life agin 🥹🙏💖🌱✨💫

Then at Mexico with love and support of dad this retreat and my friends Reached a level of healthy and free at this retreat I hadn’t thought possible 🙏🥹🌱💖.

A few flare ups since BUT I have done it before and I will do it again !

I couldn’t have done this without so many people to@whom@I am immensely grateful 🥹🙏💖including my family, my coherent heart group and close friends I’ve made in there, the teachings of Dr Joe dispenza, and surrender and be humble enough to ask for help from a greater power or source or god I’m not sure what to call it, and admit all the things I needed to change and ask for help in changing and being the greatest expression of my soul

Going again in June 🙏🥹💖and I need to stay focused forward

Keep my attention off fears and things I don’t want and keep focusing attention on what I do want and choosing emotions practising heart coherence so that my body can heal.

Perhaps I can start by affirming that I already AM whole and healthy and robust and resilient , that it’s in the fields I’m creating (body systems are governed by electrical signalling and magnetic fields and other physics concepts I don’t fully grasp yet that materialist science hasn’t caught up with yet ) and that physical matter will catch up.

I can overcome myself in any environment and circumstances

I@am@focusing forward on change and being the best most capable loving giving version of myself.

When we are out of survival we are more loving caring and able to support others and we all need connection community and to feel like we matter

This is a bit everywhere I’ll probably fix the caption later but I felt in my gut I needed to revisit these photos remember this feeling and AFFIRM MY BELEIF IN MYSELF and@what I am doing and my worthiness taken in Riviera Maya, Mexico by @heathervella_

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6 months ago

Rehab hurdle walking drills and walking drill version slow mo sprint drills for ROM balance proprioception to build towards walking moving dancing running LIVING freely without pain or restriction again . I use fascia manipulation techniques and self corrective nervous system techniques at various points for threat and inhibition reduction (facial tik right on same neuro tag as threat around right leg as had facial paralysis and tik at same time injured that right knee initially so it’s a process undoing threat and neuro tags and convincing body safe to move again and continue to build capacity in spite of ongoing joint swelling and nerve pain in safe ROM and to encourage lymph flow and movement of swelling out of joints for less pain after

I think the fascia manipulation and fascial chain discussion bits were in two earlier videos I took in the same session on Thurs eve but the footage wasn’t great let me know if interested I’ll record some of today’s or Tuesday’s rehab

I also filmed some of the pool session I did after doing this as warmup as I can’t do high intensity stuff of land but it’s important for inflammation reduction and fitness and cerebellum adaptation high speed cross coordination and BDNF

Full vid uploading to YouTube tonight will be up soon if want to fast forward etc by @heathervella_

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Don’t do at home without building up. Read text on video it’s important!

Also, I’m deeply grateful to be able to walk like this 🙏☀️ but I also believe my body is capable of further healing 🌱🙏 by @heathervella_

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Back / psoas gripping? Difficulty getting your deep core transverse abdominals to work?

Getting a full exhale example follow along and benefits ,

better caption explaining to come , psoas diaphragm pelvic floor release better breathing and coordination may result from 5 of these !

Also there are 1 million ways to treat psoas tightness d lower back pain including releases fascia work and also sometimes threat perception reduction or strengthening and coordination of various muscles or fascial chains is required and ALL of those are whole separate topics for whole separate videos.

As I said an assessment as to the cause of your specific problem from your history and observing your Biomechanics and assessing your tissues will quickly narrow down which tool I would use from the toolbox to help you.!!

This technique could also help with neck or chest tightness by restoring your diaphragm’s ability to move through full range of motion while breathing!!

Give it a go! by @heathervella_

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6 months ago

There might be some answers in here you didn’t realise you needed. If anyone needs me to extrapolate further on any of the things mentioned please feel free to ask questions. I recorded these in stories the other day and thought it was worth sharing as a pos by @heathervella_

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