No matter the season, it’s important to keep up your healthy eating habits and get your 30 minutes of physical activity a day. 1. Enjoy Winter Vegetables and Fruit: Grapefruit, kiwifruit, mandarins and oranges are all delicious and in season over winter. Try involving fruit in your...
Making The Most of Your Physiotherapy Treatment Seeing a physiotherapist is an important investment in healing and recovery from injury. Here are a few tips to help get the best outcomes from your treatment time. Know what your goals are and ask questions. If you are clear on...
An article in The Age recently quoted that recent studies found that it only took 15minutes of exercise per day to add 3 years onto your life. 20minutes per day added 7 years! Wow - that sounds easy! But where's the catch? Am I restricted to only...
Choosing the right ski boot. So you may be asking why am I writing about choosing ski boots? Isn't that the job of the boot fitter in the local ski shop? Well yes, it is. But my experience over the years of updating my own boots...
Difference between Massage, Remedial Massage and Myotherapy Massage therapy Massage therapy is manual manipulation of soft body tissues (muscle, connective tissue, tendons and ligaments) to enhance a person’s health and well-being.[1] Massage therapy is the foundation for all soft tissue therapy. Training to become a massage therapist is on...
Outlined below is our Covid-19 Safe Plan as required by the Victorian Government, to prevent the introduction of coronavirus at our clinic. Dr Victor Wilk, Medical Director Brighton Spine & Sports Clinic offer spine and sports injury management services to the local Bayside community and surrounding areas. The allied...
We all know that the way we eat, impacts our health. But what about your heart specifically? Poor diet is one of the leading risk factors for heart disease in Australia [1]. What you eat and drink impacts several heart disease risk factors, including: Blood pressure ...
As part of Men’s Health Week this week, 15 - 21 June 2020, we are raising awareness of the importance of exercise for the physical and mental well-being of all men. It’s a common misconception that Pilates is only for women. Pilates is great for everyone,...