Limits on food shopping trips. Needing to prepare three meals every single day (goodbye cafe, lunch boxes and dining out). All-day access to the fridge. Boredom or craving comfort. If these lockdown-related factors have thrown your healthy eating for a…
If you’re a parent in Melbourne, lockdown can be a daily battle of trying to keep the kids entertained while curbing screen time and ensuring that they’re learning and developing critical skills. Suddenly you’re expected to be a teacher, a…
Imagine your entire life changed overnight. Your usual routines were stopped in their tracks. Life, financial and career plans were put on hold indefinitely (maybe you even lost your job). You were separated from friends and loved ones. If you…
It’s official. Kids love the new children’s therapy room at our state-of-the-art Craigieburn clinic. (Just quietly, so do our child and adolescent physios, occupational therapists, speech pathologists and psychologists!) This is because every element has been designed to be playful,…
Playground chasey. Music lessons. Sports training. Many activities children undertake in a non-lockdown day develop important skills and abilities. But with out-of-home activities on hold, it is largely up to parents to replace them. One way to engage children in…
Is your child communicating with confidence? To mark Speech Pathology Week #SPweek, we’re celebrating the many ways speech pathologists can help children with speech, language and other communication-related challenges to enjoy satisfying social interaction, engage with education and enhance learning…
Okay, so it’s not a real condition, but in the era of sugar-free diets and anti-sugar influencers, fruit has unfairly been shunned by many who are striving to eat healthfully. Here’s why you should put fruit back on the menu,…
Sugar. Fat. Sodium. Kilojoules. With the amount of information on food labels, it can seem impossible to compare products. SH dietitian Liz simplifies the process of choosing healthy options. Food labels now contain more information than ever, which should make…
COMMUNITY How communication helps children to connect, from a speech pathologist What would life be like if you weren’t able to communicate what you thought or felt? What impact would it have on your social interactions? Professional life? Sense of…
As COVID-19 restrictions force us to alter our health and wellbeing practices, Splash and Soaring Health have compiled a video guide to staying fit, strong, and healthy at home. The Splash digital program and Soaring Health chiropractors and physios are…
How are you taking time to care for yourself this week? If you answered, ‘me, who’s that?’ or ‘what time?’, you’re among the many of us who neglect our own holistic wellbeing needs. (In fact, July 25ths International Self-Care Day…
You’ve heard of deskercise. Maybe you even entertained the idea before laughing it off? After all, what effective exercise can you really do in the confines of a cubicle or kitchen? Enter the resistance band. This stretchy, go-anywhere apparatus is the…
Prevent workplace back and neck pain with these expert sitting tips.
Whether injury has you sidelined from your favourite sport or pain is hindering your passion for gardening (or Saturday morning yoga), Soaring Health’s highly-trained professionals in physiotherapy, chiropractic, dietetics, remedial massage, myotherapy and psychology can help. However, even the most…