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Kathy’s Amazing Improvement Video.
Kathy was only able to balance for 4 seconds before the falls prevention intervention, now the full 30 seconds is a Breeze!
Well done Kathy!
Posted on 2017-10-18
You might feel healthy and invincible. You might even eat quite well with only the odd splurge. The fact is that the rate of diabetes is rising at an unprecedented level. Data compiled by Diabetes Queensland have recorded an enormous 28 of people with type II diabetes die of heart disease. If it happens in your eye you could get retinopathy that can affect your sight forever. It can affect your peripherals, most commonly the feet. You might need to get a toe cut off...
Posted on 2017-10-18
Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common natural occurring degenerative conditions of the body’s joints affecting people of all ages however it is more prevalent as we age. It is characterized primarily by a loss of cartilage around a joint, which helps to provide smooth gliding of a joint, and results in pain and swelling as the joint loses its ability to work in a smooth fluid process.
It can any joint in the body however the body’s major weight bearing joints such as the kne...
Posted on 2017-10-18
As a physio, I come across many people who say that they have put up with shoulder pain for a long time and that they have accepted the associated movement adaptations as a fact of life. This doesn’t need to be the case and it’s important to know that the more this situation prolongs, the harder it becomes to restore the shoulder’s normal function. The fact of the matter remains that shoulder pain is often misunderstood as just shoulder stiffness and the concerns are raised whe...
Posted on 2017-10-18
MUSCLE SORENESS AND STRAIN:
Overdone it in a training session and feeling the pain the next day? Exercise physiologist and HBF health promotions manager Jenny Carter said warm-ups, cool-downs and stretching were all important in preparing for activity, keeping flexible and looking after muscles and joints.
“Good running shoes and socks and running gear are all vital too, especially if it is not a distance you have run before as the extra kilometres can take their toll,” Ms Carter...
Posted on 2017-10-18