There is a lot of confusing information available on dietary fat and the effects on the body. Dietitian, Bonnie Taylor navigates the facts about fat and helps you decipher which ones assist in keeping your cholesterol within the healthy range, for a healthy heart. Heart disease is Australia’s leading cause of death, with it responsible for 10% of deaths in Australian women and 13% of death in Australian men.
Pain is a complex experience and no two people are alike. 20% of the Australian population is suffering from chronic pain, and yet, our community still struggles to understand what that means. This blog explains the definition and contributing factors of pain, and asks us to consider what pain science research has taught us through the 21st century.
We often see hip pain in our sporting and working clients, that stems from a tear in the acetabular labrum. Our Physio, Myotherapy and Dietetics team work collaboratively to best understand, assess and manage this injury. Commonly, we see this injury present in our dancers, footballers and soccer players.
Are you suffering pain in the side of your hip? This is often a condition called gluteal tendinopathy, which causes a compression of your trochanteric bursa. Pain in the side of your hip is a very unlikely to be how hip osteoarthritis presents so reduce your worry and get it resolved with physiotherapy input!
Your pelvic floor is a group of muscles that attach to the front, back and sides of the pelvic bone and sacrum. They act like a hammock, or sling, to support the organs in your abdomen. They also wrap around your urethra, rectum and vagina. Healthy pelvic floor muscles are essential for bladder and bowel control, preventing prolapse, and sexual function. Here are some tips for keeping them healthy.
Darcy takes you through some great places in the local Nillumbik area to go for a walk or run.
In the recent weeks and months we have seen an increase of overuse injuries presenting to OHL clinicians. Recent tournaments and return to sport for Term 1 often leads to an influx of knee and ankle overuse injuries, in particular. This blog educates about overuse injuries how they occur and the prevention of these injuries.
Fibromyalgia is the past has been a condition that is poorly understood. Only now we are begin to truly understand how to manage this condition that can greatly vary form patient to patient. Physiotherapist Darcy Sharples teaches you about fibromyalgia and how it can be effectively managed by utilising our multidisciplinary team at OHL.
Our bones are living tissue. There is a constant process of remodelling that involves laying down new bone and the breaking down of old. When they breaking down of bone begins to outweigh the laying down of new, our bones begin to become a bit softer and more brittle. This is a very basic summation of the disease called osteoporosis. How can we limit its progression and ensure good bone health? Keep on reading.
The time has come for a return to football training for another gruelling pre season. For some, football season is a distant memory having missed out on finals in 2019, for others it might feel like footy season has only just finished after a long finals campaign. We are going to try and give you a few practical tips to make sure these first few weeks back are injury free and enjoyable.
I Have elbow pain, is it tennis elbow? How can I get tennis elbow when I don’t play tennis? During spring at OHL, we see an increase in the number of people presenting with elbow pain. Physiotherapist Darcy Sharples discusses the different types of elbow pain, why they occur and the best ways to manage elbow pain when it does occur.
Jumping and landing is very common cause of injuries walking into our Physiotherapist and Podiatry consultation rooms. Considering the frequency of jumping and landing in many sports, do you feel like yourself (and/or your children) are component with this seemingly simple skill? Have a read about why our team thinks its incredibly important skill for any athlete to masters.