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Osteoporosis and Exercise

What is Osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is defined as “a skeletal disorder characterized by compromised bone strength predisposing a person to an increased risk of fracture” (1). Osteoporosis is when the bone density of an individual has a T-score of less than -2.5. Osteopenia (low bone mass) has a bone mass density score of -2.5 to -1.0 […]

How to Fit Exercise in Your Day

Fitting Fitness into Real Life Fitting exercise into our busy lives can be a struggle. It is not about making your life fit in around exercise, but fitting exercise in your life. I often have patients say that they don’t have time to fit in, its hard to find 30 – 45 minutes a day […]

What is an Exercise Physiologist?

Expert Exercise Guidance for Injury Recovery Accredited exercise physiologists (AEPs) are allied health professionals who specialise in the delivery of exercise for the prevention and management of chronic diseases, and musculoskeletal injuries. AEPs provide support for clients with conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, mental health problems, cancer, arthritis, pulmonary disease, musculoskeletal injuries and […]

What Sitting is Doing to Your Body?

Reducing the Health Risks of Prolonged Sitting In recent years there has been a lot of coverage from the media, and in research about the impact of long term sitting has on the body. Research (1) has shown that prolonged sitting has numerous adverse affects if maintained for a long period of time. Prolonged sitting […]

10 Behaviours that Make Exercise Easier

From Resolution to Routine After every New Years people always make resolutions to exercise more and to take care of their bodies. Which is a great resolution to make, however this is usually only maintained for 1-2 months before people will again fall back into bad habits. So that then begs the question how do […]

10,000 Steps – Is It Enough?

Where Did 10,000 Steps Come From—And Does It Still Matter? I’m sure we have all heard that 10,000 steps a day is the current daily exercise goal. Why 10 000 though? Where did this start? And is this number actually what we need to be achieving each day for our health? The origins of 10000 […]