HEALTH BLOG
Welcome to our health blog! Find regularly updated information about the clinic, tips for staying healthy, and pain prevention help.
Treating and Preventing Sporting Injuries with Sports Physio
Do you play sports? People who engage in athletic physical movement, whether it be at a professional or social sporting level, place their bodies, muscles, joints and bones under increased stress and have the potential for injury no matter their age or fitness level....
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Calcium Packed Recipe for Bone Health – Warm Roasted Tofu and Pumpkin Miso Bowl
According to Osteoporosis Australia, there are some simple but very important things you can do to help protect your bone health. These include ensuring you are having adequate: Calcium – 3 serves of dairy foods daily, or increase your intake of other...
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Managing Osteoporosis and Arthritis With Physio
Osteoporosis and arthritis are two very different diseases, one causing bones to become brittle and weak and the other affects the joints and tissue around the joint. However, osteoporosis and arthritis do share many coping strategies. With either or both of these...
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Easy Spring Lamb Salad with Fresh Mint, Feta and Peas
Nothing says Springtime more than a lovely grilled piece of lamb teamed up with a fresh herb salad. This salad is an easy and alternative option for your weekend BBQ or a quick and healthy dinner during the week. Makes for delicious leftovers for a...
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Different Types of Massage and The Amazing Benefits
Time to brush aside those thoughts that massage is only a feel-good way to indulge or pamper yourself on special occasions. To the contrary, massage can be a powerful tool to help you take charge of your health and well-being, whether you have a specific health...
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Promoting Better Health For Women – Women’s Health Week
There are a range of health issues that are a special concern for women and often it is a case of not knowing enough about what life-style choices are most appropriate or what support is available for good health. Women’s Health Week along with many of its partners...
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Update on Coronavirus
UPDATE 11TH AUGUST 2020 We are still following Covid social distancing and hygiene measures. If the waiting area is full when you arrive for an appointment or class, there is overflow seating near the reformer OR we may ask you to wait outside. There is hand sanitiser...
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Brunch Recipe – Shakshuka
No doubt you have already seen Shakshuka on the menu at one of your favourite cafes or maybe it has already made it to the top of your go-to brunch favourite (sorry bacon and eggs). What you may not have discovered yet is just how incredibly quick, easy...
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Tradies National Health Month – How Physio can Help!
August is Tradies National Health Month. Tradies National Health Month raises awareness of the health and injury risks affecting those who work in trade occupations including tradies themselves, their families, employers and the wider community. Statistics show that...
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Helpful Tips to Support Breastfeeding Mums
A Message From SPHC Here at Sandgate Physical Health Clinic, we pride ourselves on “working together for the common good” of keeping your babies well fed and happy! We support our mums' choices, whatever they may be. We know that breastfeeding can be very difficult...
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