Today's interview is with physiotherapist Verona Chadwick (Platypus Award) who has qualifications in Physiotherapy, Acupuncture and Nutrition. We discuss with Verona how her career developed, why she became interested in nutrition, functional medicine and genetics and how they benefit the practice of Physiotherapy.

Biography
For more than three decades Verona Chadwick has charted a course to a new frontier of healing. Accomplished Physiotherapist, Acupuncturist and Nutritionist, Verona seamlessly weaves together traditional and contemporary treatment protocols, focusing her attention on elevating the health states of those anchored down by chronic fatigue, complex pain, insomnia, anxiety, and inflammatory conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome and arthritis. Verona holds graduate diplomas in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy and Nutrition Medicine, a Graduate certificate in Acupuncture and has completed advanced ToyoHari acupuncture training. Verona is an Advanced Member of the Toyohari Association. She has completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Nutrition Medicine at RMIT University.

Links mentioned in the podcast 

• Level 1 Nutrition for Allied Health Practitioners

Short courses on lifestyle and nutritional medicine

• Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine
• Australasian Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine Association

Sources of education on genetics and methylation

• Bioceuticals have a genetic test for practitioners and basic training
• Ben Lynch (one of the world's best experts in methylation and genetic SNP's)
• MTHFR support (Carolyn Ledowsky)

Research Bullet
Do you consider sleep posture as part of your clinical assessment? Do you provide advice on sleep posture?
In this episode of the Research Bullet, Physio+10 host, Dr Doug Cary discusses vanguard research exploring relationships between sleep posture and waking neck and low back pain.

Find out more about current sleep posture research

Please note the links provided are for your own benefit to explore and are not recommendations of Physio+10.

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