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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One of the things that set us aside as an EP company, is our unwavering dedication to specificity in the return-to-work space. We understand that, To get better at drawing, you need to draw more… To get better at baking cakes, you need to bake cakes more… To get better at lifting pallets over your
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Exercise Physiology is still somewhat new to the rehabilitation space, and people don’t always know when, or who, to refer to in various scenarios. As with many health professions, there can be overlap in the services offered. The lines may be blurred between one professional scope of practise and another! A common grey area that
Everyone needs a heart-to-heart conversation sometimes… But what about a heart-to-head?! Monitoring the heart rate can tell us all sorts of useful things, and it can offer us a bit of a sneak peek into what is going on in the nervous system. Are we sounding a bit like a broken record? Heard those words
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When someone is recovering from a herniated disc, shoulder surgery, or a broken leg, judging their work capacity is predominantly based on what they can and can’t do, at a physical level. It’s a matter of whether the client can achieve task ‘X’, given their capacity ‘Y’. Their role requires them to stand, walk, lift,
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How does one bake a cake with only half of a recipe? How does one build a house when half the building plan is missing? And how does one craft a rehabilitation or return to work plan with only half the details? Rehab providers, we know the struggle. Take a deep breath, and relax.
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We are in a technology age, and thank goodness for it. Objective data, right at your fingertips. Literally. Ahh yes… Gone are the days of relying solely on subjective comments from the client or your own subjective opinions! Gone are the days of not being able to predict or understand changes in fatigue levels! Gone
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As Exercise Physiologists, we like to advocate for the benefits of exercise for almost every health condition under the sun (of course – exercise is in the name!). But the use of exercise for chronic fatigue conditions is controversial. The initial recommendation for Graded Exercise Therapy as proposed by the PACE study in 2011 has
N.I.C.E. Reinforces our Fatigue Management Programs! (But we may need a new job title…) Read More »
Do you have a patient on an Insurance Claim? The 6 things we need you to know! Do you know the role of an Exercise Physiologist in Insurance Claims? Has your patient been referred to an Exercise Physiologist, or do you think they should be? After an injury, Exercise Physiology is the perfect progression to support
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