What is a neurological disorder and how are they categorised?

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What is a Neurological Disorder and how are they categorised? What is a Neurological Disorder? Neurological disorders are diseases which affect the central and/or peripheral nervous system. The structures negatively impacted can include the following: brain, spinal cord, various nerves [cranial, peripheral, roots] along with the organs and tissues that are innervated by the nervous […]

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What is Neurology?

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What is Neurology What are the roles of the nervous system and how can it impact our daily living What is Neurology? Neurology is the branch of medicine focussed on the body’s nervous system which includes the brain, spinal cord and nerves.  The nervous system is composed of various neural networks where signalling between these networks

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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus  What is it and how can you manage it What is type 2 Diabetes? Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is commonly referred to as T2DM and is a chronic metabolic condition characterised by elevated blood glucose concentration. This occurs as a result of the body’s cells not responding effectively to insulin that

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Physiotherapy vs Occupational Therapy 

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You may be wondering what the difference is between a physiotherapist and occupational therapist particularly regarding working with children with disabilities.  Occupational therapists commonly work with children to improve fine motor control, cognitive skills, sensory processing, and hand eye coordination.  Physiotherapists on the other hand focus on gross motor skills (running, jumping, skipping), gait biomechanics,

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Different nutrition strategies and how to decide what is the best approach for you

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Different nutrition strategies and how to decide what is the best approach for you. Within nutrition coaching, we have a number of strategies we can use to achieve weight-centred or performance related goals. How appropriate these strategies are and how effective they will be is highly specific to each individual is determined based on each

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Back Pain Explained

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Can your low back pain be explained? Pain is a signal in the body. The video that I have included below is a great explanation of what pain is and how it works. So, to a person in pain, who has no idea of anatomy, physiology, or biomechanics it seems really complicated, right?  Well, even

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What is pleurisy?

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What is Pleurisy? Pleurisy is the agitation of the pleural surfaces through friction. Our lungs are covered by a close fitting, thin lining called the visceral pleural. A second thin lining, called the parietal pleura, covers the inner wall of our chest cavity. Between these 2 layers is a small amount of pleural fluid to reduce

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