If we’ve been on your radar for a little while and you’ve considered reaching out to us before, but you just haven’t gotten around to it yet… Maybe this article will help get you over the line! We aim to make it as simple and as straightforward as possible for you to make a referral […]
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Here are a few hard truths about the heart health of Australians… From data collected in 2017-2018, almost 3% of the Australian population were living with coronary heart disease (1). During this same time period, it is estimated that 61,800 people aged 25+ had a coronary-related event, such as a heart attack or angina (1).
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The incidence of mental health conditions (and therefore mental health claims) are on the rise. Here at Specialised Health alone, we saw our mental health referrals increase by 58% from the year ending April 2020 compared to April 2021 – that’s more than double! What’s more, the recommendations for those on a mental health claim
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This article is something a little bit different from our usual… We are taking a step back – outside of our niche area of exercise physiology in the insurance space – to look at the bigger picture of the value of exercise physiology. Nobody wants to be unwell. Being unwell comes at a huge expense;
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Let’s talk about routine… How important is it in our day-to-day life, really?? You know that feeling when you’re on holiday, and all those good lifestyle practises – like the gym, early bedtimes and food prep – just feel so far away? So when work starts back up again, there’s that little part of you
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We’ve been working with people in the fatigue management space for over 5 years now. Throughout that time, we’ve developed an effective set of strategies for assisting them, step by step, to ‘bounce’ back to a normal life. Why Bounce? Unlike many well-researched conditions, people experiencing chronic or severe fatigue have been faced with
‘Bounce’ – Our new, fixed-fee, fatigue management program! Read More »
In our last article, we talked about managing pain flare-ups and in doing so, preventing pain “scare-ups”. We touched a little on the complexity of chronic pain, including some of the elements outside of the physical contributors to pain, and their importance when considering pain management. The importance of these non-physical contributors is becoming more
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When dealing with chronic pain conditions, flare-ups in pain come part-and-parcel with the condition. While minimising the chance of them occurring is obviously the first priority, what’s JUST as important is managing them appropriately when they do occur! Psycho-social components – such as an individual’s perception of their pain condition, their beliefs around their capabilities,
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If you’ve been following our content for a while, you’re probably aware of the well-known conditions that we deal with at Specialised Health. Musculoskeletal, cancer, mental health, and chronic fatigue are all big on our case list. But you may not be aware of some of the lesser-known conditions that exercise can help with. The
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Our Company Director Brad Domek published a Linked-in article last week which served as a timely reminder of why fixed fee programs are such an advantage to case managers! He spoke about simplifying the budgeting process – by knowing exactly what something is going to cost before it is purchased. Less number crunching and cost/benefit
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