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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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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What causes one person to respond in one way, and another to respond in another? Why can one person experience something that leaves them scarred, and yet another person can walk away from the same experience with just a story to tell? What is PTSD? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the name given
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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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Ahh, work… How about a 365 day holiday every year? It may sound appealing at first… the value of work can often be underestimated. Work impacts our mental health in positive ways (beyond the numbers in the bank account!). Not working for extended periods can actually have a negative impact on our health and quality
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Customer Story Flyer (Print me) Infographic (Share me) Who? Ben’s story is one that is all too familiar among the mental health clients that we see at Specialised Health. A high-stress job with 24/7 on-call hours resulted in declining health, both physically and mentally, that eventually lead Ben to a breaking point. He suffered
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The use of exercise to assist in rehabilitation and reconditioning after a bone or muscle injury is well established, so much so that it would be considered a faux pas if there was no exercise component during an expected recovery. Cardiac rehab has been a thing, with movement slowly creeping into recovery since the 1950s,
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Even when there isn’t a global pandemic, stress is very real for Australians. NAB has been releasing quarterly Australian Wellbeing Survey reports for the last 7 years. Consistently, the biggest drains on wellbeing are, social media, substance use, violence, feeling time-poor, low quality sleep, and particularly financial distress and loneliness. Conversely, the factors supporting wellbeing
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PTSD and Exercise Part 2: The Physiology of PTSD and Exercise The importance of Exercise for PTSD PTSD is a nightmare to live with and the recovery is hard work. For an insight of what it’s like you can read Part 1. Not only do the sufferers live with PTSD, having the condition places them
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