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This Week: 25th – 31st of May 2020 is Exercise Right Week. “Exercise Right Week is an annual public awareness campaign brought to you by Exercise & Sports Science Australia.” “This year, the theme is “Movement is Medicine“. We want to highlight how powerful exercise, physical activity and movement are for your physical and mental…

Today Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Lindfield and Balmain look at what incidental physical activity actually means. So what does incidental physical activity actually mean? As defined by the Department of Health, ‘incidental physical activity is unstructured activity taken during the day, such as walking for transport, housework and the performance of activities of daily living’….

This week we welcome our latest team member, Nicola Vrachnas. Nicola joins us with some fantastic qualifications and experience including:

Bachelor of Science (Health and Exercise) 2010

Master of Environmental and Sustainability Management 2014

Certificate III in Fitness 2006

Certificate IV in Personal Training 2011

ASCA Strength and Conditioning Level 1 2015

Les Mill Certified Group Fitness Instructor (Bodypump, GRIT Series, RPM)

Nicola’s interest in physical activity began as a Nipper on Bondi Beach. From there she played a range of school sport in her time at SCEGGS Darlinghurst (touch football, hockey, athletics, tennis) before more recently enjoying AFL playing for UNSW-Eastern Suburbs in the Sydney Women’s League. Her passion for AFL growing during her time at the University of Western Australia attaining her undergraduate qualification. Being physically active as well as being involved in encouraging environment such as team sports are some of the important values Nicola has sought to bring to her career in health and exercise.

Hopefully, if you are reading this you are becoming increasingly confident with the connection between exercise and mental health. Brock Chisholm, former Director of the World Health Organisation famously said in 1954: “without mental health there can be no true physical health.” We have known for many years that exercise improves mental health but we talk little about the actual mechanisms by which this occurs. In this article I will detail 7 mechanisms by which exercise may assist in the prevention and support the treatment of some mental health disroders. For the purposes of this broader argument, I am referring to a wide range of issues and conditions relating to mental health including: depression disorders, anxiety disorders, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Bi-polar, Al Zheimer’s and Dementia. This also includes managing stress. This article is not intended as a cure-all for mental health. It is provided as general advice. All of our programs (in particular for individuals suffering from clinically diagnosed conditions) are prepared on an individual basis and in conjunction with specific advice from mental health professionals. My hope is that you will come to see as one psychologist put it: “that exercising when you are highly stressed should be considered as appropriate as taking a panadol when you have a headache.” Read on for the 7 theories of improved mental health through exercise:

Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Pymble, Balmain and Neutral Bay examine the role of exercise in managing Lateral Epicondylitis or Tennis Elbow.   Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy (also called Lateral Epicondylitis and commonly referred to as Tennis Elbow (TE)), is characterised by pain and tenderness over the outer bony structure of the humerus near the elbow, and…

Meet Isaac & James, two of Longevity’s newest team members! Meet Isaac. Isaac will be joining our Exercise Physiology team at Marrickville. Isaac completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise Physiology) at University of Sydney with First Class Honours. Since then, he has gained experience working alongside other allied health professionals to manage the chronic…