Do you track your heart rate when you exercise?

If your answer is a no, we think you should change that!

Check-out this week's blog to learn about why heart rate tracking could be the game-changer you’re looking for in your 2023 exercise routine.

Imagine if we could take the healthiest people in the world and ask them for all of their secrets?

Lucky for us, somebody did exactly that! Introducing the “blue zones”, global health hot-spots where people live the longest without chronic illness.

So what did they have to say about exercise?

‘Patient centred care’ has become somewhat of a buzz word for many healthcare providers.

We all want what is best for our patients, but how do we know if we are truly providing patient centred care?

This article lays out what it means to be patient centric - and how this applies to us as exercise physiologists.

If you’ve worked with us before, you may have come across breathwork in your claimants reports and email updates.

You may have wondered how something as basic as breathing, is going to help with their recovery.

This article answers it all! Presenting the science that shows that it really does make a difference, and our favourite breathing strategy that anyone can use to get started.

Bones🦴..... We have 206 of them.

How often do you appreciate how important your bone health is and would you know where to start when it comes to improving it??

If you answered no to either of these questions, give this week's blog a read!

It’s never too late to look after your skeleton.

“To say that correct posture is a prerequisite of a healthy life, is not an exaggeration”

Designing exercise programs in the return to work space is usually based on a concept of specificity - where we look to mimic the movements used at work.

When it comes to designing programs to improve posture, the opposite is true.

Read this week's blog to learn why it is important to combat the postural implications of work, and how we do it with exercise!

When it comes to nutrition, everyone should be aiming to meet the general guidelines outlined for good health. But those who exercise regularly need to make an extra effort to fuel their body appropriately for their training.

Do you know what you should be eating before exercise?

Or what your body needs most after exercise?

This blog will tell you everything you need to know to get the most out of your training sessions, and how to best support those muscles for recovery.

As humans we are susceptible to the lure of a quick fix...

But we strongly believe that some things just can’t be replaced - physical activity being one of those things!

Check out this week's article for the research-deemed “irrefutable” benefits of physical activity. (Most of which cannot be replicated by a pill!

This week is Women’s Health Week in Australia!

And to celebrate, this time it’s all about women’s health, and the things that the gals need to be aware of in the quest for longevity.

Ladies, go make yourself a drink and put your feet up for the next few minutes while you read this blog!

“Stress” is something that we have all experienced first hand, but do we really know what stress is?

More importantly, do we know what stress is doing to our mind and bodies?

And if we did, would it change the way we choose to manage it?

Welcome back to our trusty friend, heart rate variability.

The health implications of cancer can hit you twice.

If the initial diagnosis and the health changes resulting from the cancer weren’t enough, the second blow can come as a result of the side effects of the treatment!

The good news is that exercise can help, when done safely.

Check out this week's blog for the 5 things you need to know when prescribing exercise for cancer recovery.

Understanding how different cancer treatments work is the first step in truly understanding how those undergoing these treatments might be affected.

For Men's Health Week, we dig into some of the statistics around Men's health... (Come on lads, it's time to get proactive!)

Last week, we introduced POTS - postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. This week is all about exercise (and other lifestyle changes) for POTS.

POTS stands for Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome - most common in younger women, and resulting in a cluster of debilitating symptoms.

The experience of fatigue is not just physical... You can be cognitively, psychologically and socially fatigued too!

Fatigue can be a confusing experience. Here are 6 of the most common mistakes that our chronic fatigue clients make!

The Health Benefits of Good Work (HBGW) are dedicated to educating employers on the benefits of work for both physical and mental wellbeing.

Workplace lifting technique is something that isn't always taught to employees - but it should be! Check out our 5 top tips for safe lifting technique.

We asked the team: What are the clues that indicate that it's time to engage a psychologist on a file?