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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.

Occupational Therapy Driver Assessors

Driving is more than just a way to get from point A to point B; it’s a symbol of independence, freedom, and mobility. However, sometimes due to injury, illness, or disability, getting behind the wheel can become a challenge. This is where Occupational Therapy driver assessors step in to help.

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Keeping Fit

Health & Recovery

Pelvic floor strength and lower back pain – what’s the connection?

Studies have shown that there is an association between the strength of your pelvic floor muscles and lower back pain (Smith et al, 2006; Smith …

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Tendinopathy and Treatment

What is tendinopathy? What is tendinopathy? You may have heard of this common condition or possibly have been recently diagnosed with it. This clinical condition …

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Do You Need A Scan For Your Lower Back Pain?

Many people believe when they have lower back pain that they need a scan (X-ray, CT, CAT or MRI) to find the cause but this …

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Coping With The Winter Aches

As the poet George Herbert once said “Every mile is two in winter” and that’s often how it feels when we think of getting up …

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Emotional Wellbeing

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Exercise Physiology

Nutrition Management in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

PCOS is a hormone disorder where the woman’s body produces too much male hormone. This often prevents normal ovulation (the monthly release of the egg from …

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Diabetes

Diabetes & Blacktown

Since 1990, globally the number of deaths due to diabetes has doubled – the fastest rate of increase for any condition. This global epidemic of …

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Managing Illness

Exercise & Mental Health

How Physical Activity Can Improve Your Mindset Exercise and its benefits on our physical health are often talked about, from losing weight, improving cardiovascular health and …

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Heart Health

Atrial Fibrillation

One of the most common heart arrhythmia’s is atrial fibrillation (AF). When this occurs a person’s heartbeat appears to be irregular and rapid. Normally, our …

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Improving Communication

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Healthy Eating

Common Vitamins and Minerals Explained

This article will explain the most common vitamins and minerals, vital to basic bodily functions. Calcium An important mineral involved in heart and nerve function, …

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Hangry? Could your Dietary Patterns be Influencing your Mood?

It is 3:30pm on a Wednesday afternoon, your stomach is grumbling, your productivity at work is slowing down and you snap at your colleague/friend/family member …

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What’s the Best Diet for Weight Loss?

As an Accredited Practising Dietitian this is a question I encounter a number of times each day, from clients desperate to achieve weight loss. In …

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Research Finds the Secret to Maintaining Weight Loss for Good

Maintaining Weight Loss Maintaining weight loss is one of the biggest struggles for clients that are overweight or obese. New research from the University of …

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