Living your Optimum Life

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We’ve curated content from our team of allied health professionals, past and present. Every day we work with people looking to live their optimum life. We choose to share our research, experience and expertise here so you are more informed and enable you to live your life to the fullest.

Speech Pathology Home Practice

Embarking on a journey to enhance communication skills through Speech Therapy is key to fulfilling an individual’s true communication potential. While the guidance of a skilled Speech Pathologist is invaluable, transformative progress often happens beyond the therapy room. In this article, we will delve into the importance of home practice

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Keeping Fit

Health & Recovery

Anterior Ankle Impingement Syndrome

Anterior Ankle Impingement Syndrome is a condition where structures in the ankle joint may be crowding upon each other, meaning they don’t have much room …

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How To Heal A Meniscus Injury

The meniscus is crescent-shaped cartilage that is located inside the knee joint to help shock absorption and reduce friction during movement in the knee – we have two menisci in each knee.

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Wrist pain – Management of De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis

De Quervain’s tenosynovitis is a condition involving two of the tendons that move your thumb. It presents as an ache on the thumb side of …

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Rotator Cuff Injury

The rotator cuff is a group of 4 tendons (attached to 4 muscles) that supports the shoulder joint. Imagine that the shoulder joint is a …

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Emotional Wellbeing

Maximise You Brain Health – Exercise & Dementia

In 2018 there is an estimated 425,416 Australians living with dementia …

How is your mental health?

HOW IS YOUR MENTAL HEALTH? – HERE IS HOW EXERCISE …

The Effects Of A Positive Attitude!

A POSITIVE ATTITUDE & YOUR BODY In recent years, researches …

Exercise and Mental Health

One in five Australians will experience a mental health condition …

Living with a disability

Aged Health Care

Fountain of youth

Living with a Disability

Maximise You Brain Health – Exercise & Dementia

In 2018 there is an estimated 425,416 Australians living with dementia with 250 joining this population each day. Around 6% of these Australian’s have younger onset …

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Falls Prevention

BECOME MORE INDEPENDENT WHEN MOBILIZING WITH WALKING AIDS

FEEL LIKE YOU ARE LOSING YOUR CONFIDENCE WHEN WALKING? A walking aid is the general term used when referring to for assistive devices. Assistive devices …

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Improving Fitness

PHYSIOTHERAPY & AGED-CARE WORKERS – How They Can Work Together To Improve Your Health

As people get older, they may need some extra help around the home and/or out in the community to maintain their independence. Common things aged-care …

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Falls Prevention

Falls Prevention

Falls can become a serious health concern for those at risk, but how do we identify who is at risk of falling? There are many …

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Injury Prevention & Rehab

Wrist pain – Management of De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis

De Quervain’s tenosynovitis is a condition involving two of the tendons that move your thumb. It presents as an ache on the thumb side of …

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Cancer Recovery

Exercise, The Weapon To Cure Cancer

Cancer is a disease of the cells, which are the body’s basic building blocks. Cancer occurs when abnormal cells grow in an uncontrolled way. These …

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Diabetes

How Dietetic and Exercise Physiology Services Help Manage Type 2 Diabetes

What is it? Diabetes is a group of chronic metabolic conditions that affect the body’s ability to regulate blood glucose levels due to deficits in …

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Managing Illness

The Benefits of Exercise for Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a chronic condition in which the endometrial tissue, which normally grows inside the uterus, grows outside of the uterus. This tissue continues to …

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Healthy Eating

Overnight oat and chia pudding

Overnight Oat and Chia Pudding

An easy overnight oat and chia pudding recipe including seasonal fruit and a vanilla twist!

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Helping Make Bones As Strong As Possible

Exercise is a very important component that goes into improving/maintaining an individual’s bone health. Exercise is recognised as one of the most effective lifestyle strategies …

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Sustainable Weight Loss

If you did a quick internet search on ‘how to lose weight’, I guarantee you would find more gurus than you could poke a stick …

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Mindless and Mindful Eating

Many of us are unable to recall what we ate last, let alone the sensations we felt during the meal. This is called mindless eating. …

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