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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It’s Exercise Right Week, May 25th-31st 2020, and the theme this year is “Movement Is Medicine.” Let’s explore this, through the lenses of Return to Work and Return to Life, because that’s what we specialise in! Exercise and Medicine – Definitions When most people think “medicine” they think “pill.” There are two general meanings of
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Persistent pain is difficult to manage in general. Throw in a pandemic and even more barriers pop up. There are a few reasons why the current pandemic can lead to an increased experience of pain symptoms and flare up in people with persistent pain. There is so much uncertainty and usual lifestyles and routines have
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Semantics “Bone-on-Bone” generally refers to the condition of Osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a “disease” of the joints which results in narrowing of the joint space through articular cartilage degeneration and consequent parts of the bone thickening. For a recap, articular cartilage is the connective tissue at the end of bones which decreases friction between the bones
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Your Question: My new year’s resolution was to get into running, but whenever I try to run, I get a headache and then stop. What is this and what can I do? What to do about Running Headaches Firstly, thanks for the question and congratulations on not giving up! It can be
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Last financial year Life Insurance companies all over Australia paid over 1.55 Billion dollars to Cancer claims. As you Claims Consultants, Case Managers, Rehab Consultants, Rehab Advisors and Recovery Specialists read this, we know you care. We know you care about the outcome for these customers. Just like you, we feel good about having the opportunity
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Everyone knows that you send a claimant with a musculoskeletal injury to an Exercise Physiologist when they’re ready for a focused work and life conditioning program. So as you can imagine a large proportion of our work is with musculoskeletal injuries: rotator cuff tears, frozen shoulder, whiplash, carpel tunnel, lower back strains, disc bulges, ACL
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Both great glute, hammy & quad exercise, but can you pick which one is more Functional?
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check in with your friends, brothers, fathers, grandfathers, uncles, cousins and if you’re a man – check in with yourself!
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