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
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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
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1 in 9 Australian women (1), and 1 in 10 NZ women (2) are diagnosed with endometriosis during their reproductive years. Pretty common, right? And yet, endometriosis is not that well understood – the variable nature of symptoms means that, on average, it takes 6.5 years before a woman is diagnosed with it. 6.5 years
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It’s no surprise that working with the mental health cohort has its challenges at times. As much as we wish it were all smooth sailing, the road to recovery can be a convoluted one! It’s times like these that having strong working relationships with other health professionals has the most impact. Our Christchurch-based Exercise Physiologist
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Not to brag, but if our company had a resume, “Team Player” would be front and center on our list of skills. Multidisciplinary team – the all golden approach to rehabilitation. No matter the condition, no matter the research or the governing body, the recommendation for a multidisciplinary approach will be there, and we are
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It has been a year of Zooms! With Covid bringing lockdown after lockdown we have had no choice but to turn to the computer screen instead of our usual face-to-face existence (don’t we all wish we had bought shares in Zoom 2 years ago?). It has suited some – there is, admittedly, some novelty to
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We aren’t talking about please and thank you’s (although they are important too!). We are talking about the choice of words that we use with our clients. Words matter because as simple as a conversation might seem, words carry meaning, and sometimes those meanings can have a critical impact on someone’s recovery. Working in a
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As much as we ourselves know that exercise physiology is nothing to fear, we do at times come across clients who are apprehensive about engaging in a program with us. The word ‘exercise’ in itself carries negative connotations for some people. For those who have tried and failed to get into a good exercise routine,
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