HOW CAN I PRACTICE SELF-CARE?
Self-care can play a role in maintaining your mental health (emotional, psychological, and social well-being), as well as your physical well-being. Self-care means taking a moment to do things that…
EXERCISE AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENTS (ART)
Assisted Reproductive Treatments (ART) refers to IntraUterine Insemination (IUI), Ovulation Induction (OI), In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI). The journey of Assisted Reproductive Treatments is a complex…
JOIN OUR EXERCISE CLASSES
JOIN OUR EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST LED EXERCISE CLASSES! Are you looking to make positive changes in your health and fitness journey? Look no further! At Canberra Allied Health, we are thrilled…
DIET, EXERCISE & DIABETES
This week is national diabetes week. When thinking about the management of diabetes we are referring to the management of glucose, or its common name, sugar. Diabetes in a nutshell…
BREATHING. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
Apart from the obvious reasons, breathing is the gentlest way to complete the stress cycle. It helps regulate your nervous system. It does not have to be any major effort,…
WOMEN’S HEALTH – HOW EXERCISE CAN HELP
So how can regular exercise help Women? Exercise can help improve women’s health by reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. It can also help reduce…
EXERCISE AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT – WHERE TO START
“I DON’T LIKE EXERCISE” “I’M ALLERGIC TO EXERCISE” “EXERCISE DOESN’T WORK FOR ME” “I’M NOT A GYM PERSON” These are all things we hear on the daily here at Canberra…
THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF CARE
Self care; what is it and how do we do it? Self care is defined as the practice of taking action to preserve or improve one’s own health. Self care…
IS IT ARTHRITIS?
So often people label joint stiffness as arthritis especially Osteoarthritis without having any diagnostic testing. SO WHAT IS ARTHRITIS? Arthritis is an unspecific ‘umbrella’ term – under which all of…
WHY MULTIVITAMINS ARE NEEDED AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY
We often get asked why multivitamins are important after bariatric surgery, are they long term, are they necessary, and the big questions which ones! In this post we are going…
WHEN IN DOUBT, SWIM!
At Canberra Allied Health we are all about finding exercise that you enjoy! So many of our clients are slogging it out at a gym they don’t particularly like or…
SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER, S.A.D (RECURRENT WINTER DEPRESSION)
EVER WONDERED WHY IN WINTER YOU LOSE YOUR MOTIVATION TO EXERCISE? Seasonal Affective Disorder (or S.A.D) comes under the umbrella of depression. The seasonal bouts of depression occur at the…