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COPD Triumphs: How Exercise Physiology Aided Celebrities Leonard Nimoy and Loni Anderson
Their stories, along with others from various walks of life, illuminate the realities of living with COPD and underscore the vital importance of management strategies, including exercise physiology, in improving quality of life.
Enhancing Lung Function in COPD Patients: The Role of Exercise Physiologists
Exercise physiologists work closely with COPD patients to create a safe and effective exercise plan.
Understanding Ankle and Foot Injuries: Prevention, First Aid, and When to Seek Help
Strengthening and stretching exercises can help prevent ankle and foot injuries by improving flexibility, stability, and muscle strength.
Understanding Diabetes: Types, Risks, and Management Strategies
For our bodies to work properly we need to convert glucose (sugar) from food into energy. A hormone called insulin is essential for the conversion of glucose into energy. In people with diabetes, insulin is no longer produced or not produced in sufficient amounts by...
Chronic Respiratory Conditions – Including Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic respiratory conditions, of which asthma and COPD are most common, are thought to affect more than a quarter of the general population of Australia. What are chronic respiratory conditions? Chronic respiratory conditions include asthma, allergy, hayfever...
Chronic Conditions
Chronic conditions are the leading cause of illness, disability and death in Australia 1 Chronic conditions defined The use of the term ‘chronic conditions’ refers to a broad range of chronic and complex health conditions across the spectrum of illness, including...
Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and disease burden in Australia. The number of people living with cardiovascular disease is increasing due to factors including population ageing and improved treatments that have resulted in people living...
Bone Health and Exercise
What are bones made of? Bones are made mostly of collagen, as bone is living, growing tissue. Collagen is a protein that provides a soft framework, and calcium phosphate is a mineral that adds strength and hardens the framework. This combination of collagen...
Australian’s How healthy are we?
How do you stack up against the rest of Australia? What is health? What does it mean when we say a person is 'healthy' or 'unhealthy'? At a simple level, one can view the concept of health by focusing on the individual and on the presence, or absence, of disease and...