Calling all men! The stats are in and men’s health week means it’s time to grab a beer (or a kombucha, for the modern-day male) and ponder upon them. They’re telling us that men are taking a reactive approach to their health. And considering the typical proactive maintenance of vehicle fluids, household gutters, and tyre […]
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In last week’s blog, we introduced a condition known as POTS – postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. To recap quickly – POTS is a condition where changes in posture (i.e. from laying to sitting, or sitting to standing) or extended time in upright postures causes a significant increase in heart rate, along with a cluster of
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Have you heard of a condition called Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome? Let us take you on a quick physiology lesson… The human body is a finely tuned machine. It constantly has to deal with changes within the system; regulating, tweaking, processing, ingesting, excreting, stabilising. It’s an incredible thing, and we don’t give it the credit
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If you read our article from last week, you will know that one of the most common mistakes people make when managing fatigue is assuming that it’s all physical. In reality, the experience of fatigue goes well beyond that! If fatigue were purely physical, then why do we feel absolutely exhausted after a demanding day
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Chronic fatigue can be a confusing experience – for sufferers and clinicians alike! We often hear from our clients that they feel like they have tried everything and just aren’t getting better. Many have tried to follow the advice of health professionals to rest more, but alas, their symptoms persist. Many get frustrated and impatient
Why Aren’t I Recovering? 6 Mistakes That Our Chronic Fatigue Clients Make. Read More »
You’ve heard about the 4 pillars of health – exercise, diet/hydration, sleep and stress management. Work may seem an odd choice if there were to be a 5th pillar, right? But work, when in the right environment, is good for you. Really good in fact. Believe it or not, it’s true! Good work is beneficial
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Lifting in the workplace should come with a warning sticker! “Body stressing” or “muscular stress” accounts for 37% of workplace injuries in Australia and 45% of workplace injuries in New Zealand. In both cases, these categories account for the highest percentage of work-related injury claims. Higher than falling, vehicle incidents and walking into things, combined.
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Sometimes those who are referred to us with physical limitations have psychological limitations that are just as significant. While we are no strangers to dealing with mental health conditions, we also know that it’s important to stay in our ‘own lane’! This means referring to the specialists when we start seeing red flags that someone
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Arthritis is one of those conditions that most of us probably won’t think much of until we start getting into the later years of our life. You may not be at that stage yet, but perhaps a loved one – a parent or grandparent – has commented on some aches and pains creeping in as
Aches and Pains Creeping in? Exercise for Osteoarthritis. Read More »
If you’ve suffered from chronic pain for months (or even years!) and you’ve finally got that surgery date booked in, it might seem a bit counter-intuitive to start ramping up your exercise training… You’ll just have to start from scratch again after the surgery anyway, right? Well, not quite! Prehabilitation, or “prehab” for short, is
Getting a Step Ahead of Rehab, with Prehab! Read More »
