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Physiotherapy vs Occupational Therapy

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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Food Psychology: The three drivers of eating

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Food Psychology: The three drivers of eating Do you sit down to watch a movie and wonder why you just can’t seem to stop eating? There may be a very good reason why. In nutrition psychology, there are three potential drivers for the food choices that we make. These are: 1. Palatability: eating to satisfy

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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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Bot 2 Assessment – What is it?

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Bot 2 Assessment What is it? What is the Bot 2 Assessment? The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOT-2) is an assessment tool that measures fine and gross motor proficiency. The BOT-2 is broken down into 8 different sub-tests including 53 items that focus on: The test is tailored for school age children and young

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Back Pain when squatting or bending?

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If you had to pick a motion that many people will say relation to back pain it is squatting or bending. When we stand up in good posture, we find a position that can be said to be “neutral spine” and that is the posture that we try to have people maintain in most patterns

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Sever’s Disease – What is it?

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Sever’s Disease. What is it? Sever’s Disease is a common cause of heel pain in physically active, growing kids. It usually occurs during the growth spurt of adolescence, approximately in the 2-year early puberty phase when children grow most rapidly. For females this is between 8-10 years, and males 10-12 years. Sever’s Disease occurs when the

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Can your lower back pain be explained?

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Can your lower back pain be explained? Let’s find out Pain is a signal in the body. The video that I have included below has a great explanation of what pain is and how it works. What does pain mean to you? So, to a person in pain, who has no idea of anatomy, physiology,

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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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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)

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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) BPPV is a peripheral vestibular disorder in the inner ear. The most common symptom of BPPV is episodes of vertigo with positional changes where the position of the head is moved against gravity. BPPV can affect anyone, however it has a higher incidence in adults above 60 years of age.

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What can I do to help?: Recommendations from a Breast Cancer Survivor

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What can I do to help?: Recommendations from a Cancer Survivor You may have a family member or friend who is currently receiving treatment after being diagnosed with breast cancer and it can be hard to know what to do to help. These are some things that can help them and their family during a difficult

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How will you take your next step?

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How will you take your next step? Hip Anatomy: The hip joint is classified as a ball and socket joint. As the name suggests, the joint is compromised of two bones [Femur and Pelvis] with one bone exhibiting a ball-shaped head [Femur] which fits snuggly into the cup shape of the pelvis. The hip joint

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How do I grow muscle? Hypertrophy with some “rules” applied.

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So, you want to grow muscle, get bigger, stronger, or get jacked, whatever you want to call it! Here, at Vector Health & Performance in Rockhampton and Yeppoon, we wanted to break down a few myths! In terms of sharing some context: Here are two athletes that I coach. There is a significant age difference

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