We’re excited to share that Claudia Ehamparam (Lead Physio & Owner of Get Right Physio) was featured on TV recently on a show called “Savvy Seniors“.
At Get Right Physio, our mission is to provide compassionate, expert care that empowers seniors to move with confidence and live pain-free. We’re passionate about helping those with Parkinson’s disease improve mobility, balance, and overall quality of life through specialized in-home physiotherapy.
Thank you for taking a listen along with letting us share our values and commitment to senior care!
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Interview Transcript Below:
Savvy Seniors : Welcome back to Savvy Seniors. Today we are talking about Parkinson’s. My last guest on the show is Claudia Ehamparam and Claudia owns a business called Get Right Physio. We want to talk today particularly about how it pertains to people with Parkinson’s. So Claudia, welcome to the show!
Claudia : Thank you so much for having me.
Savvy Seniors : Oh, our pleasure. Tell me a little bit about yourself and how you started this and what it is.
Claudia : Sure. I am a registered physiotherapist of 14 years. I also teach at McMaster University in the Master’s Physiotherapy program for the last 9 years. I also have two four year old twins.
Savvy Seniors : Oh, no.
Claudia : You know, work-life balance. Is there such a thing?
Savvy Seniors : Yeah
Claudia : I then started Get Right Physio, where we specialize in providing convenient in-home services.
Savvy Seniors : Okay. So there’s not a location that people come to. You go right to their homes.
Claudia : Yes.
Savvy Seniors : That’s amazing.
Claudia : So it’s great for anyone and everyone who likes convenience, but also for people who have mobility limitations like Parkinson’s. We specialize in going into the hospital setting as well.
Claudia : We can navigate the paperwork as external healthcare providers, get people discharged home sooner, start treatment right when they get home. So there’s no wait time.
Savvy Seniors : Okay. What inspired you to do that?
Claudia : Well, I think it was the fact that there was a need in the community and I wanted to meet that need. So Get Right Physio has sort of grown organically. We service from as west as London, Niagara to obviously Holton. We go to Ajax, Whitby, and from Lakeshore to Collingwood.
Savvy Seniors : Excellent.
Claudia : Yeah.
Savvy Seniors : Okay, tell me how physiotherapy helps someone with Parkinson’s.
Claudia : Yeah, that’s a great question. So what we do for someone who calls in with Parkinson’s is we pair them with a physiotherapist that specializes in their condition.
Savvy Seniors : Okay.
Claudia : So they would see a neuro physiotherapist and that person would then perform an assessment and determine their goals. That’s first and foremost a pillar of evidence based care. Maybe they want to improve their falls risk. So then we would perform assessments using standardized outcome measures which are tests that have been proven in the research to be reliable.
Claudia : To find out – are they a “low”, “medium”, “high” falls risk. Then we would implement a tailored treatment plan for them. Maybe it’s improving their balance. Maybe it’s using cueing strategies, which is big in Parkinson’s.
Savvy Seniors : What is that? What’s a cueing strategy?
Claudia : For example, we might verbally cue them or use an audible cue. So say someone is walking, but in Parkinson’s you have a shuffling gait. We would play a metronome, and that beat is consistent, and that helps them listen to the external audible cue and walk rhythmically and smoothly.
Claudia : We might use cognitive movement strategies. For example, say they want to get out of a chair, sit to stand. We would break that task down for them with strategy training and say, “Hey, first, you’re going to move to the edge of my seat. Second, you’re going to lean forward. Third, you’re going to place your hands here. Fourth, you’re going to push up. So breaking down the complex motor pattern into more digestible tasks for them to successfully execute the movement.