Aah Christmas.... whether you’re a fan or not, it definitely asserts its presence…and that includes Christmas-specific injuries. I kid you not, so to add to your Christmas cheer, I’m going to tell you about those physical dangers lurking amidst the mistletoe. Come January, we physios see a whole host of Christmas-related injuries at our clinics. Back injuries, fractured ankles, all kinds of bumps and bruises. To help you avoid these, I’ve complied my top 5 Christmas injuries and how to...

#lymphaticsystem #lymphatics   If you are wondering what the lymphatic system is or does, believe me, you are not alone. It is THE most forgotten-about and neglected system in the body but I promise that by the time you finish reading this, you will be a fan. To whet your appetite, here are 4 fun facts about your lymphatic system:   1)     Without it, we would be 3-4L bigger every day . That’s right, we swell and go back to size every day and it’s our lymphatic system that does the clearance....

The cause of Accidents The risk & safety industry uses a phenomenon known as the Swiss Cheese Effect to describe how accidents occur. Imagine you've got 5 slices of Swiss cheese ( all with holes in them and each hole representing an accident risk factor). If you stack the slices together to make one super-thick slice, you then can see if the holes line up. If the holes from all 5 slices line up, then your super-thick slice has a clear hole going through it – the equivalent of an accident...