Grief is something we all have to deal with at different times of our lives. Sometimes it starts with a pet dying or of course worse, a grandfather. If we are young, it’s difficult to understand what has happened and the people around us often have trouble talking about death and dying. But grief can […]
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We take continence for granted until we don’t have it any more. Many people don’t even know what we mean by the word ‘continence’. I was reminded of this the other day when I went into a restaurant and I asked could we hire their restaurant for a meeting for the Continence Foundation of Australia
Continence – no its not two very large areas of land Read More »
Hello Islington We flew into London which was swathed in a greyness which I have heard has barely lifted over the past 6 weeks. We whinge a bit about our endless sunshine but I know most Londoners crave a blue sky and the need to squint their eyes when they go outside and relish any
London: The final travel blog 2018 trip Read More »
Sunshine Beach, 2018 Christmas for me is the beach, family time, walks on the beach, fishing, reading on the beach, eating a little too much, falling asleep on the beach. You can see there’s a common theme here. And it isn’t the beach. It’s that it’s all about me. It’s a little selfish. Now I
Have yourself a very Merry Christmas Read More »
We Pelvic Health Physios have a number of closed Facebook groups we belong to, where questions are asked and journal articles are disseminated about Women’s Health. This is great for us to network and learn from each other and if there are problematic patients who we are struggling with, we can throw the question
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao by day The eerie colours and shadows by night of The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao I have wanted to visit Bilbao for many years, ever since I first saw the first image of The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. I followed up this first image with some research into how Frank Gehry, the architect
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Pair of oldies (over 60s) at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Australia’s population is ageing. There is an explosion of people aged over 60 about to present itself to the health care system of Australia. The general consensus if you ask the much older population (my mother, her friends and relatives) is that the health care system
Ageism in health care Read More »
Why Innsbruck? Well I had it in my head that I wanted to travel through some snowy alps in winter so when we looked at Venice and London and train trips and biggish airports, Innsbruck seemed to fit the picture. Whilst it didn’t really end up being lots of surround-view snow-capped mountains, it ended up
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Look away now if you do not want to see some travel blogging. The Grand Canal, Venice As you may be aware my blog is also my diary for trips we take because it is so easy to forget memorable moments as you get older (well it is for me anyway) and I often do
Venice Biennale 2018 Read More »
This week’s blog is about a new intimate cream called Olive and Bee. It has been on the market for over 2 years but I recently attended a conference in Hobart for the Continence Foundation of Australia and Claire Osterstock, an Adelaide based pelvic health physiotherapist and inventor of Olive and Bee, had a space
An Australian Success story: Olive & Bee – A new intimate cream Read More »