In November 2017, there was a decree from the Australian Government that a number of complementary medicine categories would no longer be able to be covered by the Private Health Insurance companies. This is what the Government has decided as part of the linked advice above. “Rules will be made to remove natural therapies from […]
Apparently preventative medicine is a waste of money? Read More »
Who does that to their employees? A few days before IWD say: “Can you write a paragraph on exercise for IWD?” To Megan, Jane, Alex, Marzena, Martine and Alison – I am sorry. But the advantage of dropping this short writing task on them so suddenly is they just write from their heart and don’t overthink
#IWD International Women’s Day Series: Mindfulness and exercise Read More »
Even though International Women’s Day (IWD) has come and gone, it doesn’t mean I am not going to finish posting all the blogs I had earmarked for this great day. Over the past few months, I have been busy helping to organise the 5th CFA State Conference called Women’s Health Through the Life Stages (Friday
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Paul McCartney (circa 1969) and the Beatles on the cover of my Abbey Road album. Paul McCartney at 75 years of age still beltin’ out a tune Photo Courtesy of Marika Hart, Perth 2017 Start moving, keep moving, stay moving! Make it your mantra for 2018. (Yes I know it’s March not January but who
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FFS! Before you panic and think I’ve lost the plot and started swearing in my blog – FFS doesn’t stand for anything bad. (Even though with our politicians behaving badly you may well have been throwing the odd one of these around- Really? You’re shutting down parliament for a week?? Is that even allowed?) No
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I felt very daunted about starting our little pelvic floor safe studio. Before we even bought our new property in Hampstead Road, which then gave birth to the studio, the proposition of completely handing over responsibility to other physiotherapists for treatments of my patients, was inconceivable to me. But when I first found my two talented locums, (one
Studio 194: Our little community is growing! Read More »
Jane Cannan in charge of our new running clinic Every day at our clinic we chat to women who are keen to get back to their beloved running, but because of circumstances surrounding the delivery of their baby, it may be necessary to caution women about an early return. Other women may have pelvic floor dysfunction
Who is ready to run again? Read More »
I asked Director and Principal Psychologist Christine Bagley-Jones of the Counselling and Wellbeing Centre, Woollongabba, to write a blog for me about the link between mental and physical health incorporating physical exercise. She and her team of psychologists help individuals, couples, families and organisations achieve social, emotional and physical well-being. By looking after your physical and
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As you all probably know by now, the importance of exercise is something I talk about everyday. I write about it, tell my patients about it and, of course, promote it through my own exercise studio. No matter what form of exercise it is, as long as it’s pelvic floor safe (if you have pelvic
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e My beautiful Grandson Beau copycatting his gorgeous Mum who also loves yoga When I realized my dream of setting up a pelvic floor safe exercise studio, I definitely wanted to offer yoga in the range of classes available. Over the past 25 years of seeing patients with pelvic floor dysfunction, some of them have presented with