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If you think having Fish and Chips Sunday night equals ticking the “fish in my diet” box. Think again.
It has been well documented that the intake of fish and omega-3 (n-3) fatty acid is associated with cardiovascular disease prevention. It is also believed that fish may play a role in the...
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What thought in your life right now is causing you stress?
Is it about one of your key relationships, money, feeling underappreciated or perhaps that you’re a terrible parent?
Whatever the issue, it might be causing you considerable concern. These types of thoughts have a significant impact...
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In 2007, internet use in Australia surpassed TV watching for the first time - 13.7 hours per week vs. 13.3 hours - and mobile use quickly approached saturation, according to Nielsen Online’s 10th Australian Internet and Technology Report. Prime time for viewing TV is from 6.00pm -10.30pm. This...
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I will never forget the day a friend of ours (a retired psychologist) made an impromptu visit to our home. We had a baby and a two year old at the time and it was on the weekend. Our home looked like a small tornado (our son) had just been through the living area with toys, books and clothes...
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A study published in July set out to investigate the effect of the Bowen Technique on hamstring flexibility over time. The hamstring muscles are regularly implicated in recurrent injuries, movement dysfunction and low back pain. Links between limited flexibility and development of...
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February 23, 2011 — Use of a cell phone for as little as 50 minutes at a time appears to affect brain glucose metabolism in the region closest to the phone's antenna, a new study shows.
The proliferation of mobile/cell phone use has raised the question of the effects of radiofrequency-modulated...
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February 9, 2011 (Los Angeles, California) — Diet soft drink may not be the healthier alternative many had hoped. A new study suggests that the popular drinks may increase the risk for stroke, myocardial infarction, and vascular death.
"People who had diet soda every day experienced a 61% higher...
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European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2011 Congress, British investigators are reporting that individuals who ate the most chocolate had a 37% lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a 29% lower risk of stroke compared with individuals who ate the least amount of chocolate. While overconsumption...
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“When we have practised good actions awhile they become easy; when they are easy we take pleasure in them; when they please us we do them frequently; and then, by frequency of act they grow into habit.”
- Tilloyson
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A new study published recently in a Pediatrics Journal, conducted in Singapore on three thousand children in grades three, four, seven and eight claims that one in ten are video game addicts and almost all of those suffer mental health problems. The study found that being addicted to playing video...
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Following a vegetarian diet and having a high intake of dietary fiber are associated with a lower risk for diverticular disease, according to the results of a prospective cohort study reported online July 19 in the BMJ.
Compared with meat eaters, vegetarians had a 31% lower risk for diverticular...
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Preschool children who were not breast-fed or not exclusively breast-fed for 6 months show increased rates of asthma-related symptoms, such as wheezing, shortness of breath, and dry cough, according to a study published online July 20 in the European Respiratory Journal.
The results showed that,...
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Research suggests that different paths will take different people to the ultimate goal or destination of happiness. This was again noted in a recent edition of the Journal of Positive Psychology. In short, the construct is known as "orientations to happiness" and basically, it proposes that...
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By Tyack Health Practitioner, RICHARD McMAHON B.HlthSc(Acupuncture) DipRM
Irritable bowel syndrome is classified as a chronic functional gastrointestinal disorder. “Functional”, as the symptoms occur without any structural abnormalities of the digestive tract and without any obvious abnormalities...
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Success is an elusive thing that sadly eludes 95% of the population. Only one in 20 will create the life they dream of…why is this? According to author Jeff Olson it all comes down to an individual’s philosophy. Philosophy ultimately determines long term results.
Our modern world conditions most...
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The secret to build your self-respect according to Gretchen Rubin’s web site The Happiness Project is to do something worthy of your respect. To like yourself better…do something that makes you likable. Here are some suggestions she suggests:
1. Do a good deed. This is as selfish as it is...
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Be an original...
To be nobody but yourself
in a world which is doing its best,
night and day,
to make you like everybody else
means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight,
and never stop fighting.
~ E.E. Cummings
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• There is yet another reason to stay away from soft drinks, sweetened fruit juices, and sugar-loaded sports drinks: a new study has shown that there is a direct association between fructose and glucose intake and increases in blood pressure and that these sugar-sweetened beverages are associated...
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In 1998 I was working as manager of an air-conditioning company. On this particular day a storm was brewing early afternoon and I was helping the boss access an old roof top AC unit at Mt Gravatt. Without warning the skies opened and heavy rain and lightning forced us to dash across the roof to...
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1. Don't touch your face
Above all, keep your hands away from your eyes, mouth and nose, all of which serve as pathways for the virus to enter your respiratory tract.
2. Wash your hands
If you must touch your face, scrub your hands, getting under the fingernails and inside all crevices, for 20 to...
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Sign up today to our new products web site and receive 30 free points with your first order.
Rewards Health, a new initiative of Tyack Health is a website for on-line purchasing of practitioner recommended products by the Tyack Health team. On-line purchasing through Rewards Health will enable...
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In many cases this is just cleaver marketing and not necessarily healthier products. A recent article by well known nutritionist Dr Rosemary Stanton has urged Doctors to exercise caution when recommending products with the Heart Foundation Tick. Dr Stanton argues in the article published in the...
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The flood situation is an ongoing situation that will impact greatly on thousands of people across our state and country. The many scenes and stories experienced both in person and through the media will leave lasting memories on everyone’s minds and hearts. Whilst we focus on the practical and...
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Could right now be the best time of your life…if you weren’t so busy trying to live to others’ ideals and standards? Find the courage to be ‘you’. Do whatever it takes to live to your life blueprint. Increased happiness is a great by product.
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Heavy Smoking in Midlife Doubles the Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
November 1, 2010 — Heavy smoking in midlife more than doubles the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other forms of dementia 2 decades later, according to a new observational study reported online October 25 in the...
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Universaly, happiness is still a bit of a medical mystery. This topic has fascinated scientists and psychologists for many centuries dating back to ancient Greece. Many have tried to crack the happiness code but because we are all so unique and so many factors influence happiness; there is no sure...
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I’ve undertaken a personal twenty year observation of people who are super healthy vs very unhealthy. In particular I love to find out peoples rationale for their excellent health or lack of. The thing that fascinates me most is I see people blame and justify their condition, then when...
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By BELINDA CUNNINGHAM, Bowen Therapist Tyack Health
Bowen Therapy was developed in Australia and named after Mr Tom Bowen (1916 - 1982) of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is a unique form of neuromuscular repatterning. It works primarily through the nervous system on both structural and...
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain
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Sexting…Cell phones continue to pose dangers to adolescents' health. First, it was "DWT -- driving while texting;" now it is "LH6" (let's have sex) and "sexting." Sexting is the sending of sexually charged messages or images via cell phone, and it has become headline news. Young lives lost to...
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by Cherie Dalton, Clinical Psychologist, Tyack Health
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
Post-graduate Diploma in Psychology
Masters in Clinical Psychology
Member of the Australian Psychological Society
Member of the Clinical College of the Australian Psychological Society
Psychologists working in the...
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According to eMedexpert, music is one of the few activities that involves using the whole brain. It is intrinsic to all cultures and can have surprising benefits on our health, not to mention the benefits for learning language, improving memory and focusing attention, but also for physical...
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Treating sore backs is a big part of what we do here at Tyack Health. Some years ago we participated in a study by one of the big health funds that highlighted that our team achieved quicker return to normal function rates than the industry standards by almost 50% when it comes to back pain. While...
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You might know of someone who heard a “hot” stock market tip and invested heavily right before the market took a big dive. They panicked and sold their stock losing heavily. Now as a result of this experience they have never invested since and warn everyone off investing in shares. Sound familiar...
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Parental intuition has always told us that feeding our children is one of the most important roles we can be responsible for in life. Medical research has been slow to catch up to parents, however, the impact of childhood nutrition upon health in later life has now been well established within the...
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The term “being in love” gets totally lost in our frantically busy world.
Think back to when you fell in love and all you wanted to do was “just be” with your partner. “Being in love” was just about being together. It didn’t really matter what you did or where you were, just being together was...
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Spring is early this year with a warm spring day yesterday and then the first rain overnight. Spring blossoms are already appearing and new green shoots are everywhere.
Spring is a great time to clean our homes, gardens, offices and most importantly our minds and bodies.
Inactivity, rich foods...
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Although heart disease is often thought of as a problem for men, more women than men die of heart disease each year. Women are six times as likely to die of heart disease as of breast cancer. Heart disease kills more women over 65 than all cancers combined.
One challenge for women is that their...
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If the costs of paying for large mobile phone bills is not a big enough deterrent for most parents maybe the cost of counselling on top might start to get their attention.
Recent articles in both the Courier Mail and The Daily Telegraph highlight how teens can get out of control with mobile phones...
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So many of us live about 6.4 years in the future and our happiness is subdued until that magical day when we will give ourselves permission to be truly happy. We delude ourselves into thinking that when we get that sexy partner, land the perfect job, afford the impressive house, take that world...
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We all know that watching our weight has a positive impact on our health, and when you have children, the emphasis on being healthy all of a sudden becomes much more important. Not only do we want to be good role models for our children, we also want to live a quality life for as long as possible...
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A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: ‘Inside of me there are two dogs fighting each other. One of the dogs is mean and evil, filled with anger, hatred, bitterness and revenge. The other dog is good, filled with love, kindness, compassion, and forgiveness.’...
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Depression appears to affect more women than men. Research has proven that women need a connection with others in their lives (this is not to say that men don’t). They need that sustenance and if they don't have it, they tend to get depressed.
1. Cultivate supportive relationships
2. Share what...
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The promotion of wellness is intended to encourage people to change their current high risk behaviours to prevent disease and disability and live to an individual’s full potential.
The average Australian life expectancy is growing, therefore leading to an increased average age of the population....
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By Marga Gray Pediatric Occupational Therapist and Author of Sensible Stimulation
Children have to learn habits and routines to cope with everyday life. These also provide security and stability. However, to cope in the broader spectrum of life, to be independent and to be able to solve their...
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Many of us this winter will get a cold or a cough (but not the flu) and while we might feel very ordinary for a while we will recover with a bit of rest. We will probably tell the boss, family and friends we have “the flu” and because we sound so terrible on the phone this will be accepted as fact...
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By Atim Davey, Head of Physiotherapy Department Tyack Health.
Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is known as an inflammatory condition of the outside of the elbow. Commonly it is considered as an overuse injury which can occur in males or females from adolescents upwards and is most prevalent...
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"If every person really felt good about themselves, appreciated their self worth, recognized their strengths, handled their weaknesses with objectivity, understood that guilt and depression are acts of self-abuse; if every person respected themself the way they wish others would respect them, there...
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by Tyack Health Psychologist, Cath Falco
Kids Helpline statistics report the most frequent concern for children and young people contacting the service during 2008 was family relationships with 16% of all counselling calls addressing family relationship concerns. This information suggests that...
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Introduction
The conversations I had with King1, a bilateral transfemoral amputee, had a profound effect
on my work practices as a psychologist involved in a multi-disciplinary rehabilitation team.
King visited his prosthetist for a regular fitting when the effect of disability on his experiences...
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Most people expect that the injuries and pain they are experiencing are as a result of a major accident or injury, commonly called macrotrauma. More often though, people cannot remember any significant event and report that they were simply, “cleaning their teeth”, or “doing what they do every day...
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Get at least 7.5 hrs unbroken sleep every night.
Have a good protein rich breakfast every morning.
Get a minimum of 20 minutes of vigorous exercise 3 times a week.
Take a 2 week holiday without your mobile phone and email. It takes 5-7 days to really unwind so recharging only happens in week two....
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One of the biggest impacts on our individual health is our environment. Every day we are bombarded by chemicals in our homes, cars and workplaces that are not particularly good for us. The human body is amazing in the way it protects us from most of these harmful chemicals, but there are...
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We tend to take our health for granted until something goes wrong. If suddenly we can’t move because our back is in painful spasm we act fast to get help to fix it and to prevent the pain from coming back.
When it comes to your internal health the warning signs are often very subtle and...
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Plantar fasciitis, which is the main cause of heel pain in the mornings and after rest, is estimated to affect 10% of the population over a lifetime. The Plantar Fascia is not a muscle, tendon or ligament, it is a piece of fascia, like a thick fibrous band that begins at the heel and inserts...
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