What is P.O.T.S?

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome is often referred to as ‘pots’ is a form of dysautonomia and neurological condition that impacts many Australians and people around the world.

POTS is a condition that affects the autonomic nervous system, leading to an abnormal increase in heart rate when transitioning from lying down to standing up. People with POTS experience symptoms such as:

• dizziness

• lightheadedness

• fainting (presyncope or syncope)

• headaches

• pain

• brain fog

• sleep disturbances

• gastrointestinal issues

• fatigue

• an inability to regulate blood pressure properly

• these are just some of the symptoms….

What is Dysautonomia?

Dysautonomia is an umbrella term used to describe a number of conditions that are ‘disruptions of the autonomic nervous system’. Normally, when you stand up, your autonomic nervous system will control your cardiovascular system to maintain your blood pressure. People who are experiencing POTS are unable to regulate this system, which often means your blood pressure will change and heart rate will spike.

How Physio can help?

Physiotherapy has many benefits to help managing POTS, other dysautonomia conditions, long COVID and ME/chronic fatigue syndrome. Physiotherapy helps provide useful tools to assist in symptom management, increase functionality and help build capacity for clients with these diagnosis. This may include assisting with:

• Movement Planning, Exercise tolerance training and following guidelines for building functional capacity

• Education on how to manage these conditions

• Education on returning to activity

• Lifestyle Changes

• Energy Conservation Strategies

 Do we have a Wait List?

We a very thrilled to announce that we don’t have a waiting list at the moment for new clients. We can generally see clients within a week or two, dependent on their schedule.