I’m sure lower back pain has affected majority of the readers of this blog. It actually affects 80% of Australian adults at some point in their life and is the most common form of functional restriction in people under the age of 45. Lower back pain can be caused by numerous different conditions affecting different [Read more…]

Has your mother, grandmother, father, grandfather, or other family member suffered from the degenerative Alzheimer’s disease? If so, you have more than likely asked, is this terrible disease genetic? Can it be prevented? Well unfortunately the answer is yes, it does have a genetic component. If a family member has had the disease, you have [Read more…]

When people think of diseases associated with obesity the first things that pop into their head usually would be cancer, or diabetes, or heart disease. All of these would be right, however, another obesity related disease that is often undermined and overlooked is Osteoarthritis. Although it can be argued weather obesity can actually cause the [Read more…]

As we all already know, our balance starts to diminish as we get older and our chances of having a fall increases. This is becoming a larger problem year by year as our population ages and the prevalence of falls increases. In 2009-2010 there were a reported 83,800 Australians hospitalisend due to a falls related [Read more…]

As 14 million Australians are overweight or obese, people are always looking for the quick fix with regards to weight loss. We are looking to shed kilos of fat in weeks and are willing to try anything to do so. And it is this desperation that makes the overweight population vulnerable to what they see [Read more…]