Peak Pilates and Physiotherapy Hibiscus Coast Blog

Sleep is crucial for balancing blood sugar levels, reducing inflammation, release of growth factors for cellular regeneration, motor retaining, and cognitive function and processing. Everyone needs between 7-9 hrs of sleep per night so don't try and fool yourself into thinking you can operate on less. Recovering from 1-2 nights of sleep deprivation is manageable but any more than this we simply can not make up for with a few sleep in's or afternoon naps.  🙌  Respect your individual body clock and circadian rhythm. Find out what works for you. Keep a diary for a few weeks of what time you went to bed, what time you woke up, and how well you felt and performed each day.  ⏰  If you have a set time that you need to get up in order to go to work, gym, exercise then plan your bed time around this. Set an alarm at night to remind you it's bed time and allow enough to wind down and start your bed time routine. 📱 Turn off devises an hour before bed if you s...

Karen has recently finished her certification in cancer rehabilitation through the PINC and STEEL  Trust and is now available to offer these services at Millwater. Many people are unsure as to what cancer rehabilitation entails or why it is necessary so we hope that this can help anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer or who knows somebody who is has better understand how physiotherapy can help. What is the PINC and STEEL program? The PINC program is a rehabilitation program for women who have been diagnosed with cancer and the STEEL program is for men who have been diagnosed with cancer. It involves a comprehensive assessment for cancer treatment related side effects and a tailored rehabilitation plan specific to the individuals needs. Why Cancer rehabilitation? If people don't get rehabilitated after cancer it can affect their ability to work, their families, their physical, emotional, and s ocial well-being , their long-term health , and ultimately survival ...