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The Healthy Communities Research Centre at UQ Ipswich is calling for a national focus on “health literacy” following the release of findings which reveal that most Australians don’t have the basic knowledge to keep themselves healthy.
The recently-released findings are based on the 2006 Adult Literacy and Life Skills survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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Developed and produced by aeris GmbH in Germany by husband and wife team Joseph (an engineer) and Dorle (a world famous physio) Gloeckl, the Swopper was designed to help people relieve their back and spinal problems, and overcome the challenges our bodies face with static sitting.
Iconic international brand, the Healthy Back Bag’s teardrop shape distributes weight across the back rather than pulling from one point on the shoulder. The more places a bag touches the body when it is worn, the lighter it feels thus encouraging good posture. There are no rigid bits in or around The Healthy Back Bag, it moulds to the shape of the body, which combined with a non-slip strap ensures that the bag both contours to the back and stays on the shoulder.
NACDS is the major annual Chain Drug Store trade show in the USA, and our Sales Director Jonathan visited last week looking for new brands and unique products to bring to the Australian market. It was also an opportunity to catch up with current major US supplier Jobri who were exhibiting at the event.
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Scientists have uncovered evidence that our thoughts can successfully intervene with feelings of pain. If you are suffering mild forms of back pain you might consider including mindfulness, meditation or cognitive behavioural therapy into your pain management regime. How is pain processed by the brain? There are two neural pathways responsible for feeling pain.
There is overwhelming evidence that bracing in young adults diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis, the most common and insidious form of the disease, is so effective that the need for surgery is completely prevented. This was the finding of a clinical trial undertaken across 25 sites in the USA and Canada back in 2013. T
Back pain may be the result of learning to run before we could walk, in evolutionary terms, according to a new study which has linked a common cause of back pain to our ape ancestry. The study suggests that rapid evolution from walking on all fours to upright on two legs, leaving people with vertebrae similar to chimpanzees susceptible to back pain.
Scientists from the University of Queensland have discovered the molecular mechanisms that allow severed nerves in roundworms to fuse back together may hold the secret to treating nerve injuries in humans. By combining neurosurgery with molecular biology, project leader at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) Dr Massimo Hilliard, said the findings could help to treat conditions.
New research has put customised physical therapy as a method of treatment for back pain to the test. Since being published in the prestigious British Medical Journal in October 2015, this new research will change the way back pain is treated, now and in the future.
La Trobe researchers wanted to know if physical therapy was living up to it’s reputation, and what kind of physical intervention…
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