by Cassie Sandison | Jul 16, 2018 | Broken Bones, Healing, Physiotherapy
From the moment a bone breaks or fractures the healing process begins. Bone healing can be broken down into 3 phases: The Inflammatory Phase, The Reparative Phase and The Remodelling Phase. When everything goes to plan most bones heal in 4-8weeks. Let’s take a...
by Cassie Sandison | Jul 12, 2018 | Diabetes, Diet, Exercise
There are different types of diabetes; the three most common types of diabetes are type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes. Strong international evidence shows diabetes prevention programs can help prevent type 2 diabetes in up to 58 per cent of cases. You can do a...
by Cassie Sandison | Jul 12, 2018 | Diabetes, Physiotherapy, Risk
Did you know? One Australian is diagnosed with diabetes every 5 minutes! That’s 280 people EACH . and . EVERY . single . day! More than 100,000 Australians have developed diabetes in the past year making Diabetes the fastest growing chronic condition in...
by Cassie Sandison | May 9, 2018 | Osteoporosis, Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy
Osteoporosis and low bone density (osteopenia) is one of the most prevalent diseases in Australia estimated to affect over 30% of the overall population with increase rates in those over 50years of age, particularly women. What is osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is a...
by Cassie Sandison | May 4, 2018 | Broken Bones, Fractures, Physiotherapy
It’s one of the most common questions we get at our fracture clinic… “Do I have a fracture or a break?” So wanted to set the record straight… A fracture is a break and a break is a fracture. So what’s the difference? Many people...
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