Chronic pain, as defined by the Australian Pain Management Association, is a pain that persists beyond the normal healing time of 12 weeks [1]. This pain is all to present in everyday life and I am sure that either yourself or someone you know is living with chronic pain. To…
This is a question I get asked alot as an Exercise Physiologist. The answer is not a straight forward. This will depend on what your goals are and of course your age, medical history and previous exercise history. One of the factors I am often educating people on is that…
Exercise is one of the most important strategies to help manage lower back pain. Although all too often when we have been living with chronic lower back pain we reduce the amount of movement and exercise in fear of aggravating the pain. Doing the right type of exercises and progressing…
As we move out of winter into spring many people start to think about getting back into exercise. For those of you that have continued your exercise program over winter give yourself a pat on the back. Because it can be tough to maintain routines when the weather is cold…
Train your brain like you train your muscles. As an Accredited Exercise Physiologist I am helping people improve their lifestyle habits to reach their health goals. One of the issues that I come across is that we are all so busy and stressed that we are not in the headspace…
Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer for Australian men with 1 in 9 developing prostate cancer in their lifetime (Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia). Treatments for this disease can leave you physically and emotionally depleted. With support and specialist advice we can help you move forward in…
We all know shopping can be overwhelming trying to find the healthier alternative. So we have arranged this shopping tour hosted by our Dietitian to assist you in learning more about label reading, hot nutrition tips and tools, and great take home advice. Tuesday 4th October Meet at the clinic…
‘Back pain becomes very common as we age and why it can be associated to a specific injury/condition it can also be attribute to poor habits we have picked up over the years. Rest, medication and other relief products are generally the go to when trying to relieve the pain…
