What a year 2020 has been.

We thought it would be nice to share with you some highlights of 2020 and a Christmas message from Prue.

The year started off hot and smokey, with many of our patients being stranded in various locations around the East Coast of Australia amongst the bushfire situation.

While we were not directly impacted, our Koru community rallied to help in any way possible.  

This evolved into an overnight trip down to East Gippsland to drop off 2 full carloads of donations to the animal relief centers.  

The volunteers were working tirelessly and on little sleep and were so incredibly grateful for all of your generosity.

We then traveled to Swan Reach Base Camp to give our time and osteopathic care to weary CFA, DSE, and Army personnel.

While we were a little concerned it may be emotionally taxing, the whole experience was incredibly uplifting and it was great to play a very small part to support the people who were risking everything on the front line.

This experience has been one of the most rewarding of my osteopathic career, even though I hope that it won’t need to be repeated.

Shortly after our return, our attention was directed towards covid related preparation and planning.

Prior to any lockdowns, we were already researching and contemplating all the “what if” scenarios.

We were lucky to have ordered toilet paper, hand sanitizer, gloves, and masks prior to these becoming hot and out of stock items.

This was a blessing, as we were able to continue practicing as per usual, just with additional PPE, while other clinics were scrambling to source the required kit.

Plus we were able to give out emergency rolls of toilet paper to very grateful recipients!

Amongst all this, Courtney married her great love Phil in a beautiful and intimate ceremony and reception in central Melbourne and got to enjoy an international honeymoon, that only weeks later would have been impossible.

Very soon after, the true realities of covid could not be ignored.

Some of our Koru patients ended up in the covid ward at Box Hill hospital, as well as Prue’s mum (who never actually had the virus).

All of this, prior to the first lockdown!

From there, more PPE, changing rules, prescreening, and temperature checks all were implemented.

Many of you experienced your first telehealth appointments and some people liked them so much, we are still doing them now at the end of the year.

Then following DHHS guidelines, we had to restrict who was allowed to come in for treatment and put in emergency only protocols. 

It is the hardest thing we have ever done.

Our team cried, along with some of our patients, who were upset and struggling over the phone.

As things started to open up, we saw more muscle spasms, pain associated with inactivity and sitting, migraines, anxiety-induced tension, digestive pains, and other things that we never normally would.

As things have slowly progressed to the “new normal” we have found that resilience is slowly building, however, people appear more quickly stressed and overwhelmed by simple things.

You are still welcome to join our free 5-day program, “Calm In A Crisis” which only takes about 15 minutes each day, to help you self support and find ease while under pressure.

Our last day is technically December 23rd, however, some emergency patients are being seen on Thursday morning.

While we will be closed until January 6th, some emergency appointments will be available and we will be checking the phone messages and calling you back intermittently.

If you need any additional assistance over the holiday season, please contact Prue at prue@korunaturaltherapies.com.au

No online bookings will be available over this time.

We hope you have a wonderful, healthy, and happy break and we look forward to seeing you in 2021.

Early in January, we’ll share more of our upcoming and exciting plans for the next year with you, there is lots to look forward to.

Warmest wishes,

Prue, Jules, Courtney, Clementine, Elizabeth, Loren, and Rachimah x