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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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Health & Recovery

10 Facts About Low Back Pain

Most of us would have experienced low back pain at some point in our lives. Some people recover quickly from it, while others seem to …

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Self-Care Skills Are Not Just For Adults!

Teaching those all-important tasks such as brushing our teeth, brushing our hair, and feeding ourselves can be tricky with our little friends, so we need …

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How Does Incorrect Breathing Contribute to The Neck Pain?

Incorrect breathing is not the primary nor only cause of neck pain and bad posture. There are many more factors such as muscular imbalance, biomechanical …

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Frozen Shoulder – adhesive capsulitis

What is frozen shoulder? Frozen shoulder (shoulder adhesive capsulitis) is a chronic condition in which scar tissue builds up around the shoulder joint, causing progressive …

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Emotional Wellbeing

The Benefits of Exercise on Post-Natal Depression

What is Post-Natal Depression and who suffers from it? Adjusting …

Depression and Exercise

At Optimum our Exercise Physiologists have expertise in prescribing exercise …

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Cancer Recovery

WHY AM I SO TIRED? How exercise can reduce Cancer-related Fatigue

Those living with cancer undergo treatment with many taxing side effects, diminishing one’s quality of life. Treatments for cancer can include hormone therapy, surgery, radiation …

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Cancer Recovery

Manual Lymphatic Drainage for Breast Cancer Related Lymphoedema

What is lymphoedema? Lymphoedema presents as swelling in extremities of the body caused by the disrupted fluid flow in the lymphatic system. In women (and …

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Chronic Pain

CHRONIC PAIN – MANAGEMENT & METHODS

Let me make this clear, your pain is 100% real, no matter what is causing it or what you have been told. There are unfortunately …

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Managing Arthritis

OSTEOARTHRITIS – THE WHO, WHAT & HOW

THE WHAT Osteoarthritis is one of the most prevalent conditions resulting in disability, particularly in the elderly population. It’s the most common articular disease of …

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Healthy Eating

Nutrition 101: Back To School

It’s that time of year again! Stationary supplies, new pencil cases, new lunch boxes and the annual lunchbox dilemmas.. Ask yourself, what new and interesting …

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Fad Diets

Welcome to 2019! The start of the year is often when people start trying to change those aspects of their life they feel may need …

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The 3 PM Pick Me Up

For many of us, the day does not begin until we roll out of bed to cradle that hot mug of coffee or cup of …

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How To Keep Your Cool Over Christmas!

With the busy period approaching this can create many mixed feelings for many of us. Whether we are trying to stick to a strict budget, …

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