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Often we are asked, what happens if one suffers from brain injury? On this episode, find out what our brain executive functions are, which part of the brain is associated to performing executive functions, what its effects are if it is damaged as there can be behavioral consequences. Even if one has brain injury, one can still function - find out the tips to build healthy routine. At Jurmaine Health, our team of neuropsychologists can help with assessment and also provide you with recommendations. Contact us today to find out more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

What is TBI? 🧠 On this episode, learn what kind of incidents/ accidents cause this type of trauma. What is a closed-head injury? Find out if your brain is affected even though your skull remains intact with no fracture. Is your brain like jelly? Find out the severity of TBI, whether from a car crash or contact sports. We use various types of indices to indicate severity of TBI at Jurmaine Health to ensure that your situation is assessed properly according to types of accidents/ TBI. What are the symptoms of TBI? How does it affect your cognition? Is recovery time the same for everyone? If you have any queries, contact us today to find out how we can help you~ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

On this episode, meet our Brain team, team of neuropsychologists and registrars: Dr Judy Tang, Kimberley and Evelyn. Find out exactly what we do and how we all fell into this field. Learn the difference between psychology and neuropsychology. How do we help people? What impacts the efficiency of your cognition? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

On this episode of Clinicians lens, Arrow (our Admin and Clinical Triage) has a chat with Judy (our Clinic co-Director).  Find out how Judy started her journey with Shermain, what valuable lessons she learnt, what her motivations are, who she finds influential in the work she does etc Judy also shares with us her tips and what we should all do during this isolation time; including blocking out time to relax. What else will Judy be doing in the coming weeks? Find out the one peculiar thing Judy does too~ Finally, we are grateful that we can still help our patients and referrers at the Clinic. Your support is also paramount to what we do for you at the Clinic. So let us know how else we can help you~ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

This episode brings you some information about your immunity health and also women's health, with Natalie Cruttenden.  On this episode, find out who Natalie is, her vast work experience and interests.  Natalie also shared with us her thoughts on women's menstrual cycle and its impact on physical performance.  Other interesting notions from functional pathology to body types and hormones. What should you be eating? Tips on this episode on how to boost your immunity health, is not to be missed~ Find Natalie here at Resonance Complementary Therapies http://resonancetherapy.com.au/ and  https://www.facebook.com/Resonance8/?ref=br_rs  info@resonancetherapy.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

Clinicians lens: Chat with Shermain Find out Shermain's role at the Clinic and in different sporting communities. Why has Shermain encouraged the Clinic to get educated and be experts in different modalities? Gareth asked us what we think of the gun massager, find out what we think on this episode. Book in with us to explore opportunities in optimising your body today! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

On this podcast episode, find out what Michelle does. She has vast experience in working with fighters and bodybuilders.  Today, every ingredient has been demonised and so has every diet trend. Find out what Michelle thinks about those diet trends. Do you have longevity mindset or do you want to lose weight in the next 12 hours? "No one knows how to eat anymore". Let us know what you think or if you have any questions! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

What about sleep should you know? There are 2 schools of thought. How many hours should you sleep? In the information age, what does it mean for us? Is everyone's circadian rhythm different? Do you have a perfect pillow or a perfect mattress? Learn the tricks on how you can improve your sleep on this podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

This week, a continuation of our current theme nutrition and gut health. Meet Grant Henschke. Find out who  Grant is, what his background, experiences are and how he got into nutrition and weight loss. Grant talks about lifestyle change, examining clients' environment and social engagements. For example, if you're always leaning towards Friday night drinks and your goal is to reduce alcohol consumption. What do you do? Listen to this podcast to find out the excellent tips that Grant gives when he does nutrition coaching.  We are swarmed with making many decisions day in, day out. Find out more on this episode, how Grant's nutrition coaching can help you with making better lifestyle choices that ultimately results in cleaner eating and weight loss.  You can also find Grant here https://www.theother23.com.au/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

Our first episode of gut health is with Dr. Anjana who specialises in mould and gut health. On this episode, learn about her personal experience, find out which diet trends are not healthy. What is Dr Anjana's idea of healthy eating? Is vegan diet good for you? Or is paleo diet better for you? Should you go back to the diet of your real ethnicity roots or modernised roots? Find out the connection between the gut and brain health, and also how it can transfer into your sport like weightlifting. Brain fog - how does one end up with brain fog? How does one function with brain fog? Inflammation creates brain changes, optimising your gut health can be very important for brain function. Let us know if you have mushroom growing out in your living room. If you enjoy this episode, let us know via comments below or send us a direct message. You can find Dr Anjana on www.dranjana.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

Welcome back to the 1st episode for the decade.  What are your new year resolutions? Do you feel guilty for eating and drinking during the Holidays? Should you punish yourself for it?  Listen to what our clinicians thoughts are on this. Our condolences to those directly and indirectly affected by the bushfires. Great to see so many helping hands out there. If you have respiratory problems like asthma, lung injury or cardiac issues - find out what app to download on this episode. What to look for in respiratory masks?  What is your 2020 word for the year? Stay tune this year where we will bring you useful everyday tips to stay healthy both for your body and brain. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

This week's Clinicians lens is tennis.  Do you remember us talked about tennis elbow; upper limb injury in the past episode? What does top spin do to your 2 small joints? Try doing this with no weight bearing. Find out the other types of injuries associated with tennis on this episode.  Like other sports, strength and conditioning can help you endure in this sport. Any questions or findings in this year's tennis season? Comment below, or send us a message via direct message on instagram and we will give you a shout out! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

Find out what we have learnt and refined in 2019  on this episode.   Such as electrical bio-currents, ART, Barral, P-DTR, TRE, Chikly - listen to this episode to find out what the acronyms are~  We also had our 10 years anniversary in 2019, that brought traffic to a standstill.  Lastly, thank you for listening to our podcast and a big shoutout to all our patients - we hope to continue our best work for you. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from us at Jurmaine Health~ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

This week's Clinicians lens series is for our cricket fans. Find out the different strains and injuries that affect different roles in cricket players on this episode. What does a high-speed throw do to your elbow? Imagine throwing a ball up to 160km/h and worse if hit by it. Contact us to find out what sorts of strength and conditioning are required to participate in this sport healthily. Lastly, please wear your protective gear~ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

As the year-end approaches, we can all put in more effort into better breathing practices and perhaps wind down for the year~ Do you or your baby breathe better? Do you find yourself sucking your tummy in? What is learned behaviour vs natural when it comes to breathing? How does stress affect your breathing?  Find out the tips and methods on down-regulation and how we can help our patients on this episode~ @thatcrossfitdad now @gareth_aus listen to this episode; as we answer one of your questions! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

This week's Clinicians lens is on Crossfit! Find out what injuries you could get from repeated kipping handstand pushups.  Common injuries are the gymnastics body weight movements. Understand your biomechanics, your range of movement and its limitations. Find out what our clinicians' analogy of the pullup is. Manual jobs vs desk jobs. You both could end up with forearm injuries.  Also on this episode; find out some tips on how you can avoid injuries! Leave us questions here; and we will shout out and address your questions in future episodes!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

Find out what the impact injuries and what the non-impact injuries are in footy.  Does your daily activity affect the performance of your sport of choice? Are your range of movements restricted?  Fortunately, we can recommend some tips and treatments that will allow you to return to footy. Find out on this episode! Feel free to ask us any questions, we'd be happy to help! Photo credit: Afl.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

This week's Clinicians lens series is on Jiu Jitsu. Find out what  the common upper body injuries and lower body injuries are on this episode.  The differences between injuries from everyday training and in competitions; how you could sustain traumatic injuries or RSI. Listen to this podcast for some interesting fun facts, and what you could do to avoid injuries. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message

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This week's Clinicians lens series is on weightlifting.  In any sport that you do, injury can happen when your body is in non-ideal positions. Sports are generally not dangerous as long as you are doing the chosen sport correctly, and/or done under the right supervision. Some thoughts to ponder: - can you maintain ideal positions? - what is ego lifting? - how does one get strains from weightlifting? we discussed tennis elbow, golfers' elbow.  - how does incorrect movement pattern affect you? Find out the anatomy of your body and the movement patterns required in weightlifting.  Look out for our social media posts. We have a couple of core exercises for Katie Rose, thank you for submitting your question.  Find out tips on how to avoid injury.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurmaine-health/message