Most employees would rather pour lemon juice on their paper cuts than attend another occupational health and safety briefing. They complain that manual handling workshops are obvious and boring. People also seem to think a serious lifting injury won’t happen to them, despite the home providing just as many threats as the workplace. The stories…
I’ve watched otherwise very capable and motivated women give up on healthy movement because of problems they feel are unique to them – incontinence, pelvic pain and other women’s health issues. If you’ve ever experienced those “uh oh” moments of leaking after a cough, sneeze, laugh, or jump, you might have a treatable condition. You…
Plantar fasciitis sounds like I’m swearing at you in Latin, but it happens to be the most common sources of heel pain.
Your feet take a beating. Let’s face it, they get ‘walked over’ for an entire lifetime. From bearing all of your weight to being squeezed into restrictive and sometimes odd-shaped shoes, your…
Rest is a double-edged sword in the battle for health. It cuts both ways. It will be your friend if used appropriately or become your downfall when misunderstood. Picking the fine line that runs between the two is the mark of a well-informed person. Optimal health and effective recovery from injury rely on you being…
Healthcare is like any other service. It’s there to serve you.
The problem with this philosophy is that most practitioners forget this. And so do you. Or at least, you have been conditioned by the medical institution, full of experts and scientists, that your doctors, nurses and allied health practitioners know best. Well, they know a…
None of us likes being sick or injured. We expect to be well. And why not? We live in a country with a healthcare system ranked among the best in the world. Our public/private healthcare mix with subsidised medical, hospital and pharmaceuticals access, secures Australia’s global position as a country with one of the lowest…