All of us at Vector Health, especially Rachel Warcon (Sports Performance Coach), want to personally congratulate The Cathedral College Firsts Team on their outstanding campaign last week competing in The Confraternity Shield. We entered this campaign to prove a point, backing it up with strong defence, game after game. Presenting a team bond that is […]
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Performance Coaching is an interactive and empowering process that allows you, as the client to more set the direction than if you were just being trained. At Vector Health, we encourage you to set the direction and then let us come up with the plan, and the resources to help you achieve your goals. One
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So often #TEAMVHAP are asked about what seniors health programs we offer. Our team always aims to provided unrivalled, individual care to each senior who enters our Gym. The scientific evidence behind training programs for seniors health interventions focuses on the physical and social benefits of exercise. It has been said that the social benefits of exercise
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Being told that you, or someone you love has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease can be overwhelming, frightening and daunting experience for all. As we are at the end of Lung Health Awareness Month I feel it is important to pass a personal message on as someone who helped a family member live his life to
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Children are not small adults, so when they injure themselves we look to manage them differently from adults. How different this management is depends partly on their age, but also their previous injury history and level of maturity. For many children involved in sport, their first injury that interferers with them playing is the end
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Too often lately I have heard comments like “I was in agony for 3 days so they must have done something!” or “That really hurts but just keep going”. There is unfortunately still a strong belief in the public that you should walk out of a physio consult feeling really sore, but this isn’t necessarily
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We are an NDIS provider offering assessment, identification and treatment of paediatric movement and musculoskeletal complications associated with behavioural, neurological and musculoskeletal conditions such as Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorders and Attention Deficit Disorders. Paediatric Physiotherapy can benefit children of all ages including the following presentations: Infants: Motor developmental delay Plagiocephaly Positional Talipes Equinovarus Developmental
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Senior Physiotherapist Hamish Ashton will be holding two Mini Strapping Clinics at our Open Day. The first will be a basic Wrist strapping session held at 9.50am. The second will be a basic Ankle strapping session held at 11.30am. At this stage enrollments for these clinics will be capped at 10 people per session. More sessions
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We are excited to announce the first FREE MINI CLINIC enrollment announcement. There will be two Junior Performance Clinics held at our open day. 9.15am – 9.45 am & 10.30am – 11.00am on the 18th May 2019. At this stage enrollment numbers will be capped at 20 children per session. If you and your children
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Groin and hamstring injuries combined are probably the most common reason athletes are out of action from a non-contact injury – that is one that wasn’t caused through a collision with either another player or the ground. However, the good news is that there are 2 exercises that reduce the chances of these injuries by
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Whether you are a serious athlete or just play sports for fun, it’s always important to stay hydrated before during and after exercise. Drinking plenty of water helps regulate your body temperature; lubricates your joints and helps transport important nutrients through your body keeping you energized and feeling healthy. If you’re dehydrated your body simply
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Are you wanting your kids to continue enjoy rugby league? Maintain longevity in their sport? Reduce injuries? Rugby league is a very high intense contact sport, that requires a great level of agility, aerobic fitness, speed, strength and power for both senior and adolescent rugby league players. The demands of positions on the rugby league
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1/3 people over 65 fall once a year. In Australia that’s 1 million a year and with aged percentage due to increase, by 2050 looking at over 2.5 million falls in the aged population costing about 1.5 billion dollars out of the healthcare budget. Falls happen due to a change / deterioration in the
