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.

Onero: Improving Bone Health

Optimum Health Solutions Advances Osteoporosis Care with ONERO™ Program Optimum Health Solutions has made significant strides in osteoporosis management by having multiple clinicians complete the rigorous Onero training. The Onero program, meticulously crafted after extensive research on individuals with osteoporosis and osteopenia, is evidence-driven and tailored to enhance bone density

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Keeping Fit

Health & Recovery

Top 3 most injured body parts in Judo

Martial arts is a form of sport mainly used for combat and self-defence, eg. taekwondo, judo, kungfu etc. A lot of these sports originated from …

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Cycling & Injuries: Just part of it or avoidable?

Cyclists do get injuries all over their body from head to toe depending on its causes. Traumatic causes can include bike crashes, bird attacks, potholes …

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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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The Importance of Evidence Based Practice in Physiotherapy

EBP refers to the way in which practitioners, such as physiotherapists, base their assessments and treatments on currently available research, which provides evidence that they …

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Emotional Wellbeing

Exercise Away Your Stress

Are you having one of those weeks? Getting that feeling …

Exercise: The Age Old Remedy in the Fight Against Depression

Mental health awareness is arguably the highest it has ever …

Take Control of Your Year Ahead: Setting Meaningful Goals for Change

  Taking control of your health New Year’s Day comes …

The Trans-theoretical Model of Behaviour Change

Are you ready to make a change? If you haven’t …

Living with a disability

Aged Health Care

Fountain of youth

Improving Fitness

Exercise: The Key to Preventing Dementia

In August 2012, Dementia was designated as a National Health Priority Area. In 2015 there’s an estimated 342,800 people with Dementia in Australia – a …

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Nutrition & Weight Loss

We Are Living Longer – Not Healthier

Australians are living longer than ever but not healthier, due to the rise of lifestyle diseases. Women born in 2009 can expect to live to …

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Exercise Physiology

A Healthy Way To Age

It is now common knowledge that we are an aging population. People are living longer, in fact on average 19 years longer than we did …

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Cancer Recovery

How Can I Reduce My Risk of Prostate Cancer?

Prostate cancer is a serious issue for men in Australia as it is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men. In fact, more men die …

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Diabetes

Exercise and Glycaemic Control for Type 2 Diabetics

Type 2 Diabetes Type 2 Diabetes is a chronic condition which results in high glucose (sugar) levels in the blood and is due to the …

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Diabetes

Resistance Exercise for Diabetes Control

Benefits of resistance exercise for diabetes control. Resistance exercise for the management of diabetes and other chronic diseases is just as important as cardiovascular exercise. …

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Diabetes

Diagnosed with Prediabetes?

Prediabetes is a lifestyle, reversible condition that if left untreated can lead to type 2 diabetes. As the term suggests, prediabetes means that blood glucose …

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Healthy Eating

The Language of Labels

Do you find grocery shopping confusing? Do you spend hours trying to decide which is the best product or feel like you need a science …

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With Carbs Moderation is Key

Moderation wins! With all the hype around the high carb and low carb diets lately it can be confusing trying to decide which dietary pattern …

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Can you eat yourself happy?

According to the mental health organisation Beyond Blue, 45% of Australians will experience a mental illness at some point in their lives. More specifically they …

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PROTEIN – More Than You Assume

Food plays such an enormous role in every single person’s health, regardless of their the goals. When I ask people what their daily meals consist …

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