Diabetes is a common chronic metabolic condition that affects over 1.2 million Australians. That’s a huge percentage of the population and it’s growing each year. If you have diabetes, you probably have elevated blood sugar levels, which over-time...
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The Benefits of Exercise with a Current Cancer Diagnosis
The Benefits of Exercise with a Current Cancer Diagnosis Exercise has many health benefits for your physical and mental well-being, but did you know that it’s even more important when you’ve been diagnosed with cancer? In this blog, we look at how...
An ACL injury: what to expect and how to treat it
An ACL injury: what to expect and how to treat it An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury (that one where your knee ‘pops’) is one of the highest occurring injuries. An ACL not only means a delayed return to sport but an increased likelihood of...
Strength Training for Bone Health and Osteoporosis
Strength Training for Bone Health and Osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder where your bone mass and density decreases, leading to a higher risk of fracture. Unfortunately, it's a common problem for many Aussies. In fact, nearly 1...
What is a Bone Stress injury and how to treat it
What is a Bone Stress Injury and how to treat it? Bone Stress Injury. It sounds pretty serious, doesn’t it? A bone that’s stressed from an injury. But what does it actually mean? Well, a bone stress injury occurs when you repeat the same...
How Exercise can help with Chronic Pain
How Exercise can help with Chronic Pain We know - exercise is the last thing you want to do when you’re in chronic pain but the evidence shows structured exercise can actually reduce your symptoms of chronic pain and improve your quality of life...
How CARS can help you recover from an injury
How CARs can help you recover from an injury In this short blog, we explain what CARs means and how using it can help you recover from an injury. First of all, what is CARs (we assume it’s not the film)? Good question. “CARs” stand for Controlled...
How to adapt your exercise for each trimester of pregnancy
How to adapt your exercise for each trimester of pregnancy Firstly, just to clarify - YES, it is safe to workout when you’re pregnant. In fact, there’s a lot of positive evidence supporting the benefits of doing exercise when you’re expecting a...
The benefits of exercise after having a baby (postpartum or postnatal exercise)
The benefits of exercise after having a baby (postpartum or postnatal exercise) In this blog, Molly shares the benefits of exercise after you've had a baby, including fighting fatigue and combating post-natal depression We know it wasn't easy...
Exercises to help back and neck pain caused by working at home
These past few months, we've been treating a lot of people suffering with neck and upper back pain caused by working from home. We keep hearing that you don't have the time to get up and move around because you're too busy working. This has been...
More about Molly, our Exercise Scientist
More about Molly, our Exercise Scientist Molly shares more about her training and experience and how she can help you at Progressive Physiotherapy Group What does a Exercise Scientist do? That's a good question because not everyone has heard of an...
The new answer to soft tissue injury treatment: PEACE and LOVE
The new answer to soft tissue injury treatment: PEACE and LOVE Welcome to the new approach to soft tissue injury treatment: from the immediate care through to the ongoing management Don’t worry, we haven’t gone back to the ‘60’s and started...