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Runners’ Reward Program – Helping You Participate

admin — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:57:36 +0000

At Mosaic Myotherapy, we believe wholeheartedly in the importance of keeping fit, not just for day-to-day enjoyment, but also as a way of ‘future-proofing’ your body so that you can live a long, healthy, active life.

As a part of encouraging community participation in regular exercise, we’ve developed our ‘Runners’ Reward Program‘. This new initiative rewards runners (cyclists and others too) who choose to participate in organised events, eg fun runs, marathons, charity fitness events, cycle events, etc with a $10 discount off our regular prices each time they visit us during event lead up and for one calendar month after the event has concluded.

We hope that by seeing us regularly, you’ll be able to compete at your optimum, both in terms of performance, and enjoyment too, and that, together, we’ll quickly be able to address any minor injuries or niggles you experience so they don’t cause problems later on.

For runners and others who would like to incorporate a regular myotherapy session into their training schedule – to help increase flexibility (as necessary) and to address any aches and pains that arise in the lead up and/or recovery phases – this could amount to a saving of $40-$60, based on two or three visits before and after your event, possibly much more if you register early for your event and see us regularly as your training progresses.

How it Works

Sign up for your chosen event.
When you want to see a Myotherapist, call our office on 1300 55 44 51 to book a session with us in our St Kilda rooms (click here to see map)
Be sure to mention our Runners’ Reward Program when you book your appointment with us
Bring proof of event enrolment (eg email receipt, runners ID, etc) which clearly indicates your name, the event name and the event date to your appointment
We’ll reward your participation with a $10 discount off our regular prices. (For an intial visit you’ll pay $80 instead of $90 and for review visits you’ll pay $75 instead of $85). These reward prices will apply each time you visit while your reward is valid.
Your’reward price’ will remain valid for one calendar month after your event concludes, allowing you to take advantage of your reward during the event recovery phase too.

Events on our Reward List

The following events are presently on our reward list. If your event isn’t listed here, simply drop us a line via our Contact Form and we’ll happily add it. Most of these events are based in and around Melbourne however we love travelling, and we know a number of our clients do also, so if you’re travelling interstate or overseas to participate in an event, tell us about it and we’ll add it to our list also so you won’t miss out on being rewarded.

March Events

9th Mar : Albert Parkrun (reward expires 9/04/2013)
10th Mar: Start to Finish Exocise Triathlon Series – Race 5 – Brighton (reward expires 10/04/2013)
10th Mar: Australian Grand Prix Run, Melbourne (Albert Park) (reward expires 10/04/2013)
10th Mar: Scody 3 Peaks Challenge 2013 (reward expires 10/04/2013)
16th Mar :Albert Parkrun (reward expires 16/04/2013)
17th Mar : Sydney Trail Running Series – Bobbin Head (reward expires 17/04/2013)
17th Mar : Gatorade Triathlon Series – Race 5 – Portarlington (reward expires 17/04/2013)
17th Mar : Active Feet Fun-Tri Series – Race 5 – Portarlington (reward expires 17/04/2013)
23rd Mar : Albert Parkrun (reward expires 23/04/2013)
24th Mar: Nissan Corporate Triathlon National Series – Adelaide (reward expires 24/04/2013)
24th Mar: Run for the Kids 2013 (reward expires 24/04/2013)
24th Mar: Ironman Melbourne 2013 (reward expires 24/04/2013)

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Health Insurance – Use your 2012 allocation before it expires !!!

admin — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:25:54 +0000

The end of December is rapidly approaching and with it, the expiration of the current year’s extra’s allocation for most private health insurance funds.

Therefore, if you’re feeling a bit stiff and/or sore from working, playing or partying too hard as the infamous silly season gets into full swing, then now’s the perfect time to call your health fund and see whether (or not) you have unused funds available for the current year.

If, like us, you’re keen on maximising the value you get from your health insurance, then make an appointment to see us before 2012 ends, rather than waiting until 2013.

To book an appointment with one of our myotherapists simply call our office on 1300 55 44 51.

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Mosaic Myotherapy – Supporting Your Causes

admin — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:39:46 +0000

Are you running for a cause as part of one of the major running events?
… for example, Run Melbourne or The Melbourne Marathon.

If you are, and you’d like Mosaic Myotherapy to sponsor you, then come see us while your fundraising page is open.

If you’re enrolled in an event, and supporting a cause, then we’ll donate $5 to your chosen cause each and every time you visit us while your event’s webpage is accepting donations. If you’re part of a team, then let your fellow team members know about our program and we’ll support them too when they visit us for a consultation too.

Naturally, some conditions apply. These are:

that your chosen charity must have tax deductible status with the ATO;
that donations will only be made through your profile on the event’s official webpage;
that the event’s webpage must be able to supply a formal (emailed) receipt for donations;
that the name on your individual or team fundraising profile for the event must match the name on our Mosaic Myotherapy file for you; and
that the event must be open to accept donations (ie we can’t support your cause after the run organisers have closed their fundraising pages).

Supporting your cause is an important part of our commitment to the greater Melbourne community. One of the things we love about Melbourne is the generous spirit of the Melbourne people, so if you’re entering an event, then please consider supporting a cause as part of that process and together, lets make a difference to the things that matter.

And, don’t forget, if you’re enrolled in an event, then you’re automatically eligible for savings of your myotherapy treatments via our Runners Reward program (amounting to $10 off our regular price from enrollment until one month after your event).

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Run Melbourne 2012

admin — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:51:50 +0000

Now in its 18th year, The Age Run Melbourne, originally known as ‘Run to the G” is shaping up to be a highlight of Melbourne’s running calendar. Run Melbourne kicks off this Sunday with a half-marathon at 7am, followed by 10km and 5km events. There’s also a 3km Kids Run at 10am on the Saturday. Entries for the half-marathon have now closed but it’s not too late to enter the 10km or 5km events.

In excess of 20,000 Melbournians are expected to enter this year’s events, including our own Mosaic Myotherapy clients and staff. Naturally we wish everyone participating all the best for a great day and personal best times in their chosen events.

The Age Run Melbourne course takes in some of Melbourne’s scenic landmarks including St Paul’s Cathedral, Federation Square, Princes Bridge, Flinders Street Station, the Sandridge rail bridge, the Yarra River and the picturesque parkland at Birrarung Marr, making it one of the most visually appealing events on the Melbourne Running Calendar.

Here at Mosaic Myotherapy, we wish all of our participating clients, and everyone involved, including clients and staff of our fellow colleagues at Mosaic Health, all the best the event’s festivities. We look forward to hearing how you went.

Myotherapy Savings for Run Melbourne Participants

All participants in events associated with The Age Run Melbourne are automatically eligible to take advantage of special benefits under Mosaic Myotherapy’s Runner’s Rewards Program. This program rewards runners in organised events (including Run Melbourne) with savings on their myotherapy sessions. All you need do is present us with proof of participation when you come see us in our St Kilda rooms for a myotherapy session. The savings start from when you first enrol in your event and continue through until one month after your race has finished. For participants in this year’s Run Melbourne, this means that you’ll be able to save on your visits with us right through until 15th August.

Helping You Recover

To find out about how Myotherapy and the range of Manual Therapy approaches to treatment we use here at Mosaic Myotherapy, eg Dry Needling, Soft Tissue Manipulation and Massage, Functional Fascial Taping, Myofascial Release, Rehabilitative Exercise etc can help you recover fast from any post-event soreness and/or injury and/or how we can help you prepare for upcoming events, call us today on 1300 55 44 51.

We Answer When You Call – including weekends and evenings

Life doesn’t stop when the weekend starts, so Mosaic Myotherapy has recently established an After Hours Injury Service, to assist our clients when issues arise. If you feel you need to see someone after the event for assessment and/or treatment, call us on 1300 55 44 51 any day up til 9pm (weekdays and weekends too – it’s all part of the service).

We’ll respond to your queries and, if needed, organise an appointment for you to be seen at the earliest possible convenient time. We’ll also provide you with basic clinical advice to help you manage your recovery at home in the meanwhile. Naturally, if we feel you’ve got an injury that needs to be seen a doctor, or that you should visit a hospital first, we’ll let you know that too.

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Gold Coast Marathon 2012

admin — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:23:38 +0000

Another mass exodus happens this weekend as Victorians join runners from all over the country, in flocking to the Gold Coast, not to escape the Melbourne’s cold winter, but instead to compete in the Gold Coast Marathon, one of the leading events on Australia’s running calendar. Among the race bound travelers are several of our own Mosaic Myotherapy clients and accordingly we wish them especially good luck for great times in their respective events.

The Gold Coast Marathon course runs along the Gold Coast’s surf beaches and scenic broadwater. With it’s flat terrain, it has a reputation for being one of the flattest and fastest courses in the world and as such presents participants with the ideal location to strive for a personal best time. The event incorporates not only full and half marathons on the Sunday, but also, on Saturday, a 10km Run, a 5.7km challenge and 2km an 4km junior dash events.

Here at Mosaic Myotherapy, we wish all of our participating clients, and everyone involved, including clients and staff of our fellow colleagues at Mosaic Health, all the best for a great trip and some great times in your chosen event. We look forward to hearing how you went.

Myotherapy Savings Especially for Gold Coast Marathon Runners

All race events associated with the Gold Coast Marathon are part of Mosaic Myotherapy’s Runner’s Rewards Program. This exciting initiative rewards running event participants with savings on their myotherapy sessions. To be eligible, all you need do is present us with proof of participation when you come see us for a myotherapy session. The savings off our regular myotherapy visit cost for treatments at our local St Kilda-based myotherapy clinic start from when you first enrol in your event and continue through until one month after your race has finished. For participants in the Gold Coast Marathon, this means that you’ll be eligible for savings with us right through until 1st August.

Assisting Your Recovery

For more information about how Myotherapy and the various Manual Therapy approaches we use here at Mosaic Myotherapy, which include: Soft Tissue Manipulation and Massage, Dry Needling, Myofascial Release, Functional Fascial Taping, Rehabilitative Exercise etc can help you recover fast from any post-event soreness and/or injury and/or how we can help you prepare for forthcoming events, call us today on 1300 55 44 51.

We’re Here When You Need Us

Because life doesn’t stop when the weekend starts, Mosaic Myotherapy has recently established an After Hours Injury Service, so if you feel you need to see someone after the event, call us on 1300 55 44 51 any day up til 9pm (weekdays and weekends too – it’s all part of the service).

We’ll endeavor to answer any queries you have and, where necessary, arrange for you to be seen at the earliest possible convenient time. We’ll also provide you with basic clinical advice to help you manage your recovery at home in the meanwhile. And of course, if we feel you’ve got an injury that needs to be seen a doctor, or that you should visit a hospital first, we’ll let you know that too.

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Subsidised Myotherapy for Bushfire Victims

admin — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:44:08 +0000

11 June 2012 – The Victorian Government have today announced that the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund (VBAF) Advisory Panel has extended the Wellness Voucher Recovery Program for an additional six months. Under this program individuals affected by the 2009 Victorian Bushfires are able to access four $50 vouchers which can be used to subsidise the cost of allied and complementary health treatments, including Myotherapy.

The extension to the program means that Melbourne’s Bushfire victims now have until 31st December 2012 to apply for vouchers under the program while vouchers issued under the scheme will remain valid until 31st March 2013.

How it Works

Each voucher contributes $50 to the cost of one treatment session with your Myotherapist or other registered allied health professional. Vouchers can also be used for complementary health services, eg therapeutic and remedial massage. Where a voucher is used, the client only need pay the gap between the voucher and the treatment cost.

Here at Mosaic Myotherapy holders of these vouchers automatically receive treatment at our concession prices. This means that the gap payable is only $25 for an initial appointment and $20 for a return visit.

Who is Eligible?

If you’ve

received a grant from the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund
received Victorian Bushfire Case Management
been otherwise affected by the fires, eg family and close friends of people affected by the bushfires and people who have lost their livelihood as a result of the fires

then you should call the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund on 1800 180 213 to find out more and/or to register with the program. Once you’ve registered with the program, vouchers will be then sent out to you.

If you’d like to use your vouchers to access subsidised myotherapy treatments through Mosaic Myotherapy, simply call us on 1300 55 44 51 once you’ve received your voucher to arrange a time for an appointment with one of our local St Kilda myotherapists.

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Hospital-based Massage & Myotherapy

admin — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:50:29 +0000

8 June 2012 – While myotherapy, massage and osteopathy are traditionally provided within private clinical settings times are finally starting to change and a small number of services are now being incorporated into Melbourne’s public hospital network.

The most recent addition is the Massage Therapy Position which was this month established within the >Austin Hospital’s Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre. The service at the Austin is focussed on providing specialist oncology massage that aims to alleviate some of the stress and tension experienced by patients and carers alike. Treatments may also reduce some of common symptoms experienced by people undergoing treatment for cancer including nausea, fatigue, pain and anxiety.

This new service at the Austin Hospital joins several other related services in Melbourne providing Myotherapy and/or Massage through the public hospital network including the Myotherapy Service which has been in operation for some years at the Angliss Hospital in Ferntree Gully and the clinical teaching and research program within the Integrative Cardiac Wellness Group at Prahran’s Alfred Hospital.

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Mosaic Myotherapy joins forces with Mosaic Running to provide a new standard of integrated care for runners

admin — Sat, 26 May 2012 06:48:49 +0000

Mosaic Myotherapy St Kilda, your local excellence-focused myotherapy clinic, has this week joined forces with Mosaic Running to provide a new standard of integrated multidisciplinary care and assessment for Melbourne’s growing community of recreational and elite runners.

Through Mosaic Running, an exciting new initiative incorporating Australia’s only Internationally Accredited Running Injury Specialists in the fields of Myotherapy (Elaine Stevenson from Mosaic Myotherapy) and Osteopathy (Daniel Stasiuk from Mosaic Health), clients of our two internationally accredited practices are now able to access specialised in-house treadmill assessments of their running style incorporating video analysis.

All Running Assessments are conducted by one of Mosaic Running’s two Internationally Accredited Running Injury Specialists. Assessments incorporate not only video assessment and feedback but also standing assessment, active movement and, where necessary, orthopaedic testing. Feedback is given in the form of helpful, easy to follow tips which can be implemented immediately to assist clients to optimise their running performance.

Where necessary, strengthening exercises and/or stretching may also be prescribed by your assessing Running Clinic accredited Myotherapist and/or Osteopath.

Integrated treatment for injuries and/or movement limitations, guided by the findings of your assessment, will follow. Examples of the types of procedures and treatments that our accredited Myotherapist may include in your treatment plan include:

myofascial release of restricted soft-tissue structures
dry needling
specialised massage and soft-tissue manipulation
deactivation of trigger points (trigger point therapy)
mobilisation of restricted joints
use of muscle energy techniques
therapist assisted stretching
use of electrotherapy and/or low level laser therapy
taping, including supportive (traditional) sports taping, myofascial taping, and kinesio taping
recommendations re use of heat and/or ice to facilitate healing and/or prevent re-injury

In line with Mosaic Myotherapy’s integrated multidisciplinary approach to client care, diagnostic imaging (xrays and MRIs) if required, can be arranged in-house in consultation with Mosaic Running’s Osteopath, Dr Daniel Stasiuk.

To learn more about Mosaic Running and/or to book an assessment with our team, please call us on 1300 55 44 51.

Mosaic Running is co-located with Mosaic Myotherapy and our osteopathic colleagues from Melbourne Osteo within the Mosaic Health Clinic at Level 3A, 49-51 Wellington Street, St Kilda.

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Great Ocean Road Marathon 2012

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:12:32 +0000

This weekend Victoria is host to the Great Ocean Road Marathon. A number of our Mosaic Myotherapy clients are participating in the weekend’s events and naturally we wish them all good luck for their respective events.

The Great Ocean Road Marathon incorporates not only full and half marathons on the Sunday, but also, on Saturday, a 14K Run, Wheelchair Challenge and Kids Gallop events. All of these events take place along sections of Victoria’s stunning Great Ocean Road, just a few hours out of Melbourne, and together make up the Great Ocean Road Festival of Distance Running.

With a course which follows the Great Ocean Road from Lorne to Apollo Bay, this event provides one of the most challenging and spectacular courses of any marathon or similar event in the world. Here at Mosaic Myotherapy, we wish our participating clients, and everyone involved, including clients and staff of our wonderful colleagues at Mosaic Health, all the best for a great day and a great event.

Savings Especially for Great Ocean Road Marathon Runners

All race events which comprise The Great Ocean Road Marathon and Festival of Distance Running are part of Mosaic Myotherapy’s Runner’s Rewards Program. This exciting initiative rewards anyone who participates in an organised running event with savings on their myotherapy sessions. All you have to do is show us proof of participation when you come see us for a myotherapy session. Eligibility for a discount off the regular cost of myotherapy visits with us at our local St Kilda-based myotherapy clinic starts from when you enrol in your event and continues on until one month after your race has finished. For participants in the Great Ocean Road Marathon and Festival of Distance Running, this means that you can save on treatments with us right through until 20th June.

Helping You Recover

To learn more about how Myotherapy and the various Manual Therapy approaches we specialise in at Mosaic Myotherapy, which include: Myofascial Release, Dry Needling, Soft Tissue Manipulation and Massage Functional Fascial Taping, Rehabilitative Exercise etc can help you recover fast from any post-race soreness and/or injury and/or how we can help you prepare for the next event on your calendar, call us today on 1300 55 44 51.

Available When You Need Us

To make things easier, Mosaic Myotherapy has recently established an After Hours Injury Service, so if you feel you need to see someone after the event, call us on 1300 55 44 51 any day up til 9pm (weekdays and weekends too – it’s all part of the service).

We’ll arrange for you to be seen at the earliest possible convenient time, and provide you with basic clinical advice to help you manage your recovery at home in the meanwhile. And of course, if we feel you’ve got an injury that needs to be seen a doctor, or that you should visit a hospital first, we’ll let you know that too.

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International Nurses Day – May Myotherapy Special

admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 09:56:17 +0000

May is Nurses Month at Mosaic Myotherapy.

In recognition of International Nurses Day (May 12) and the contribution that nurses make in all our lives, right from our first breaths in the hospital delivery room, Mosaic Myotherapy is offering all Nurses the opportunity to save 20% off our initial consultations this month.

Simply mention this offer when you call to book and show your nursing staff ID badge and/or your nursing association membership card when you visit. Offer valid for bookings from 12th May til 31st May 2011

To book contact us on 1300 55 44 51.

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