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Living your Optimum Life

Live life to the fullest.

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.

Stuttering

what is stuttering Stuttering is a speech disorder that affects how fluent a person can be when speaking. People who stutter know what they want

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Stuttering

what is stuttering Stuttering is a speech disorder that affects how fluent a person can...

How’s Your Voice?

It’s incredible how different each of our voices are! Your voice is unique and likely...

Energy Conservation

What is energy conservation? Energy conservation is how our daily tasks or activities are done...
"Eating For a Healthy Heart"

Eating For A Healthy Heart

About Cholesterol: More than two in five (42%) Australian adults live with high cholesterol. Generally,...
Keeping Fit

Improving health & fitness

Health & Recovery

Injury Prevention & Rehab

Energy Conservation

What is energy conservation? Energy conservation is how our daily tasks or activities are done or adapted to reduce pain, fatigue or joint stress.  Everything …

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A New Osteoarthritis Program Built On Exercise and Knowledge

Hip and knee Osteoarthritis (OA) is a significant cause of morbidity and disability in Australia. OA is characterised by pain, stiffness in the affected joint, …

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Managing Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common lifestyle disease that can affect individuals as they age, especially those over 65. Surprisingly, it is even more prevalent than …

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what is Fibromyalgia

What is Fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia is a syndrome characterized by chronic pain that is widespread throughout the body. It is caused by abnormal changes in your brain, not something physically injured at the painful sites.

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Independent Living

Living with a disability

Aged Health Care

Fountain of youth

Exercise Physiology

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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Injury Prevention & Rehab

Aging into health

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

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Living with a Disability

Older Individuals with Communication Disorders

Australia is now becoming an ageing society thanks to the rising average lifespan and decreased birth levels. By the year 2050, There will be 36 …

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Exercise Physiology

Benefits of Exercise for the Elderly

A lot of the clientele we see at our Optimum studios are retired and suffer from a few health ailments, with mobility issues and maintaining …

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Children's health

Telehealth: Why, How, What

What is Telehealth? Telehealth is an alternate way of delivering effective evidence-based allied health therapy services to help an individual achieve their health and well-being …

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Living with a Disability

The Role of Occupational Therapists

The role of an Occupational Therapist is often misunderstood, but in essence, their primary goal is to support individuals of all abilities in engaging in …

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Wrist pain - Management of De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
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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EXERCISE, THE WEAPON TO CURE CANCER
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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Healthy Eating

"Eating For a Healthy Heart"

Eating For A Healthy Heart

About Cholesterol: More than two in five (42%) Australian adults live with high cholesterol. Generally, total cholesterol levels should be 5mmol/L or less for healthy …

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Is Stress Affecting Your Weight?

Is stress affecting your weight? Have you ever gained weight during a stressful period of your life? Did you notice you were putting on the …

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A women on a video call with a doctor who is wearing a facemask

Telehealth: Why, How, What

What is Telehealth? Telehealth is an alternate way of delivering effective evidence-based allied health therapy services to help an individual achieve their health and well-being …

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Spaghetti with Spring Vegetables

Spaghetti with Spring Vegetables

Ingredients 350g whole meal spaghetti 300g Italian pork sausages casings removed 150g snow peas 1 zucchini 1 bunch asparagus 1/2 cup frozen baby peas 2 …

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