The team at Physioworks Health Group are gearing up for a busy “business end of the season” supporting numerous local community football leagues & teams as they head into their respective competition final series.

Physioworks Health Group provide allied health care support and sponsorship to the Ellinbank & District Football League (EDFL), the South East Football Netball League (SEFNL); and the West Gippsland Football Netball Competition (WGFLC).  We wish all players, coaches and clubs participating in the 2018 football and netball finals all the best for injury free games and finals success.

In supporting all players to optimise performance, Physioworks Cranbourne clinic is open Saturday morning from 8am-12am for pre-game treatment. For post-game injury triage and sports physiotherapy, Physioworks Berwick, located at P3 Sports & Recovery, is open every Sunday from 8am-12pm, assisting all players with post game recovery and injury management.

In junior football, Physioworks Health Group Camberwell support the Ashburton Redbacks (Yarra JFL) including sponsorship of Girls Footy and the Ashy Boys Under 13 Brown team, and Waverley Park Physiotherapy Centre (Physioworks Mulgrave) support the Waverley Park Hawks (SMJFL) with numerous boys and girls teams from both clubs participating in finals. Congratulations to all the boys and girls (and all the parents); we hope you had a fun and enjoyable season.

Physioworks Health Group Finals Health Tips:

Get an early and good night sleep (no screens); eat a good breakfast the morning of your final; ensure you hydrate with plenty of water pre-game, and do your pre-game warm up stretches so you are ready for the first bounce.

August is Tradies National Health Month which aims to raise awareness of the health and injury risks affecting those who work in trade occupations—among tradies themselves, their families, employers and the wider community.

With statistics showing almost 3 in 5 serious workplace injuries involve a tradie—despite making up only 30 per cent of the workforce—tradies’ health must be everyone’s priority.

Physioworks Health Group support the Australia Physiotherapy Association (APA) in spreading this health and injury risk message to keep Aussie tradies healthy.

So if you are a tradie, and you have a niggle or ongoing soreness, speak with one the Physioworks Health Group physio team so we can assist you with your health, fitness and well-being to ensure you stay on the tools – and help prevent ongoing injury.

You don’t need a doctor’s referral to see a physio; just give a call and book in for a consultation.

And if you are an employer, our team can assist with workplace assessment and injury prevention programs to help lower injury risk and keep your team of tradies at work and on the job.

However, should injury occur within the workplace, Physioworks Health Group is a long-term preferred Workcover provider, helping your injured team member manage the injury and return to work.

Please contact the Physioworks physiotherapy team at the most convenient of our 5 clinics locations closest to you.

For more information on Tradies National Health Month: https://choose.physio/tradieshealth

Physioworks Health Group Exercise Physiologist Megan Jepson has recently had a research paper published by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) in the prestigious Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Journal.

Co-authored with four (4) other Australian allied health care professionals the research paper is titled “Chronic Heart Failure and Exercise Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”

As defined and referenced in the research paper, Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) is an abnormality of heart function or structure leading to reduced oxygen delivery throughout the body. It is considered a worldwide epidemic that is only increasing with the general aging of the population. And the prevalence of CHF in Australia is estimated to be as much as 2% of the population, with 30,000 new patients diagnosed each year.

The objective of the research was to identify the effect of specific exercise parameters on physical function and quality of life (QOL) in people with chronic heart failure living in the Australian community.

The outcomes shown in the paper are that Exercise significantly improves QOL and physical function. The current evidence suggests that engagement with exercise is a more important factor in achieving improvement than how the exercise is actually performed.

Physiotherapy and allied health-care team members at Physioworks Health Group are regularly involved in research and education within their chosen discipline with leading research institutions and universities. This helps to affirm and develop innovative evidence based treatment techniques which they may apply in clinical consultations and management of your program at Physioworks Health Group.

Please refer to the reference below for access to the research paper.

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

journal homepage: www.archives-pmr.org

META-ANALYSIS

Chronic Heart Failure and Exercise Rehabilitation:

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

a: Katie Palmer, BHSc; Michelle Paton, Mphysio:

b: Kelly-Ann Bowles, PhD; Megan Jepson, MclinExPhys;

c: Rebecca Lane, PhD

From the a School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia; b School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; c School of Physiotherapy, Australian Catholic University, Ballarat, Australia.