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Our purpose is to help members (and our community) live healthier lives - by staying physically active, eating healthy and having a deeper knowledge of their physical wellness through every stage of life. Our healthy lifestyle experts provide exercise tips, recipe inspiration ideas and wellbeing advice to help you move, eat, and feel better.

Should You Keep Moving? Tips for Exercising with Knee Pain

Should You Keep Moving? Tips for Exercising with Knee Pain

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Exercise is a cornerstone of a healthy lifestyle, offering numerous benefits such as improved cardiovascular health, enhanced mood, and better overall physical fitness. However, for those suffering from knee pain, the idea of staying active can be daunting. Knee pain is a common issue that affects people of all ages and activity levels, leading many to question: should you exercise with knee pain?

Category:Fitness, Healthy Lifestyle, Physiotherapy, Healthy Living, Self-Care, Heart Health, Hikes and Walking Trails
Conquering The Uncomfortable - Tips For Tackling Uncomfortable Appointments

Conquering The Uncomfortable - Tips For Tackling Uncomfortable Appointments

Dr Kieran Kennedy
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We all know the feeling of working up the courage to step into that appointment we might just rather have stayed at home for. Whether it’s a chat around mental health, a sexual health check, discussions around bowel cancer, or cervical screening, there are absolutely some conversations, check ups and tests we all, even if ever so slightly, might dread.  
Category:General Medical, Healthy Living, Stress and Anxiety
Healthy Habits for a Healthier Bowel

Healthy Habits for a Healthier Bowel

Dr Gina Cleo
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Bowel Cancer Day underscores the importance of awareness and prevention. Lifestyle habits significantly impact bowel health and reduce cancer risks. Key habits include a fibre-rich diet, hydration, regular movement, limiting processed foods, and moderating alcohol and caffeine. Embracing these habits fosters a healthier, resilient bowel, aiding in cancer prevention. 
Category:Healthy Living, Self-Care, Conditions and Treatments
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Hospital Cover

No one wants to go to hospital, but if the worst happens, having Hospital cover can make a stressful experience easier and more comfortable. You may be thinking, “But why do I need private health insurance when we can have the public health system, Medicare?” Well, there’s a number of reasons why private hospital insurance is a better option than relying solely on the public system – one of the most important one being that your policy allows you to choose your own hospital and treating doctor. Plus, you’ll typically have a much shorter wait time for any elective surgeries that you may need in the future.

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Nutrition and Osteoporosis

Nutrition and Osteoporosis

Jaime Rose Chambers
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Our bones form our physical structure, they hold us upright and keep us moving. When our body takes calcium from our bones to use in the body and doesn’t have the nutrients available from our diet to replace them, over time bone becomes brittle. This leads to osteopenia, and the more serious, osteoporosis and increases the risk of bone fractures. It’s estimated 1 million Australians have osteoporosis. We can’t reverse it but we can make some diet and lifestyle changes to stop further bone loss and potentially build back some bone.  
Category:Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Living
Five top tips to recover from a fitness event

Five top tips to recover from a fitness event

Em Batger
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That moment when you cross the finish line of a challenge you have been training towards for a while can be one of mixed emotions. The huge surge of endorphins make you feel almost euphoric amongst the exhaustion, the elation and relief that it’s over. Even though it’s all done and dusted you owe it to your body to recover properly. How? Read on to find my top five tips to recovery after a big fitness event. 

Category:Fitness, Healthy Living, Injury and Rehabilitation
Alcohol and Our Health - Is there a safe drinking limit

Alcohol and Our Health - Is there a safe drinking limit

Jaime Rose Chambers
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Alcohol has long been part of many cultures and is still an integral part of many celebrations and events. It’s often also abused and used in excess, at the least making you feel pretty awful, and at its worst, can be fatal to you and to others, such as from road accidents and domestic violence. After decades of research and data collection, The World Health Organisation has recently released a statement on the safest level of drinking and guidelines to keep you and others around you safe from alcohol harm. 
Category:Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Living
Hypertension and Diet

Hypertension and Diet

Jaime Rose Chambers
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High blood pressure occurs when the force of blood pumping through the arteries is considered too high and puts pressure on the vessel walls. This can make you feel dizzy and give you a headache, but long term it can lead to serious health conditions like stroke, heart disease and kidney disease. Diet plays an integral role in controlled blood pressure and one of the best diets in the world, known as the DASH eating plan has been shown to be comparable with medication in helping to reduce blood pressure.  
Category:Nutrition, General Medical, Healthy Living
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