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A question Exercise Physiologists get asked all the time is, ‘If I exercise when I have pain, will it make my symptoms worse?’ or sometimes the comment, ‘I can’t exercise today because I have pain’. Chronic pain can be very debilitating to many people, and exercise can be the last thing these individuals want to…

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5 Differences Between Healthy and Unhealthy People

Being able to come into contact with so many different people of different ages, genders, walks of life and personalities is something I truly enjoy in my work. There is always something to be learnt from meeting and especially training someone who gives you a different perspective on life. In fact, some of my most rewarding work has been done with people with whom rapport was difficult to come by at first. The connection was not strong and my ability to communicate the ideas and concepts I was aiming was challenged. However, once that connection is made and the ‘path of progression’ kicks in it can become an unstoppable force. This week, I consider what the fundamental differences are between healthy and unhealthy people and why some people are far more successful than others in fending off preventable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, Type II Diabetes and some cancers. Here is what I came up with:

Happy Mother’s Day to all of our Mums! Our team of female exercise physiologists and personal trainers have put together a special blog this week that covers a broad range of topics for women’s health. We’re very proud of our female staff and clients and the role models that they are to the greater community:…

Our Exercise Physiologists at Longevity Edgecliff, Lindfield, Marrickville and Randwick prescribe exercise to prevent and treat a variety of different conditions. Continuing with this week’s theme of “A Healthy Heart”, the Longevity team decided to look more closely at Metabolic Syndrome, which currently affects 20-30% of Australian adults. Unfortunately for Australian’s, metabolic syndrome (and its…

About 3 years ago following my 60^th birthday my GP recommended I have a comprehensive heart check. Although I felt fine, it disclosed that a lifetime of relatively sedentary but stressful work, sporadic exercise and undisciplined eating and drinking, had wrought the usual havoc-moderate coronary and carotid artery disease, blood pressure and body weight outside normal limits. 

Although the treating doctors did not suggest I was about to die, they prescribed a pot pourri of daily medications and gently hinted that changing my life style might be a good idea-otherwise…. I was, however, quite shocked: whatever remained of my youthful illusion of immortality vanished overnight. I was just another middle aged (elderly?) male on the downhill slide to oblivion. In short it was a wakeup call.

By chance I stumbled into the Regenesis Gym at Edgecliff and met up with Jarrat Wood, Personal Trainer.