by scottwood | 21st November 2018 | Fitness & Exercise, Injury Prevention & Recovery, Sport & Recreation | 0 Comments

The British Journal of Sports Medicine recently published a review of the evidence for Strength Training as a strategy to reduce injuries in Athletes- and the results are impressive! For those that tend to just read the first few lines of an article, take this away....

by Holly | 20th November 2018 | Fitness & Exercise, iNform blog, Medical Exercise Support | 0 Comments

Have you heard about how exercise and ADT should go together like sausages and bread? Research has shown exercise can help to reduce side effects of this treatment (without influencing the effectiveness of the drug). Prostate cancer, unfortunately, needs male hormones...

by scottwood | 15th November 2018 | Injury Prevention & Recovery, Sport & Recreation | 0 Comments

Recently the Journal of Sports Sciences published a Systematic Review detailing the factors associated with injury in Elite Junior Tennis players. It is important that coaches and parents of such athletes are aware of the findings (Oosterhoof et al, 2018). Risk...

by Hunter Bennett | 30th October 2018 | Nutrition & Weight Loss | 6 Comments

What is intermittent fasting? Each and every week there seems to be a shiny new health and fitness trend. You know what I’m talking about? That brand new exercise, amazing new way of eating, or incredible new superfood? Yep, the one that is going to boost health and...

by scottwood | 18th October 2018 | Fitness & Exercise, Healthy Living, Sport & Recreation | 1 Comment

Running can take lots of different forms. Here is a list of my 5 favourite ways to run and where I like to do them around South Australia.

by Jacinta Brinsley | 5th October 2018 | Fitness & Exercise, Healthy Living, iNform blog, Medical Exercise Support, Stress | 0 Comments

What makes YOU exercise? (Other than your trainer) We all know that exercise is good for us. Some of us exercise for particular reasons and to get certain benefits over others. Whilst some of us exercise with goals in mind like running a half marathon or just being...

by Hunter Bennett | 10th September 2018 | Nutrition & Weight Loss | 0 Comments

The weather starts to improve, the days start to get longer, the shorts start to come out, and the knowledge that summer is just around the corner starts to hit. Happy days. Until you realize that you planned on doing a little more work in the gym before beach season…...

by Holly | 17th July 2018 | Medical Exercise Support | 0 Comments

Chemotherapy is prescribed to do a great number of things: to cure, aid other treatments, control the cancer, and help with symptom relief. It is a powerful tool, but as everyone knows, it brings with it a vast array of challenges, both during your cycles and after....

by scottwood | 17th July 2018 | Sport & Recreation | 1 Comment

The fours lads were ready to ride. Their backpacks were stuffed with water and sugary snacks. Their bikes were good to go. They planned to head off into the distance, but they didn’t know exactly where. What they did know is that they’d end up muddy, sweaty, hungry...

by James Smith | 14th June 2018 | Fitness & Exercise, Medical Exercise Support | 0 Comments

Can we use Strength Training for depression? Any keen gym goer would have heard of the film "Pumping Iron" - and the subsequent revolution of Bodybuilding. Besides from being built like Hercules and having a positive-B sample, Strength Training has a lot of wonderful...

by Dr. Nathan Harten | 25th April 2018 | Healthy Living, Nutrition & Weight Loss | 3 Comments

So we established in Part 1 of this blog that the guidelines suggest that two or more serves is how much fruit we should consume. However, for some of us, it’s really easy to over consume. And this may well be having a negative impact on our health. Now I finished the...

by iNformMaxMartin | 4th December 2017 | Nutrition & Weight Loss | 0 Comments

Warning - challenging content ahead! Please only read on if you are prepared to have a serious conversation with yourself about your health choices over the next month; and if you are willing to not only set up a plan to survive Christmas, but to come out the other...

by iNformMaxMartin | 21st November 2017 | Nutrition & Weight Loss | 0 Comments

Are you enjoying the warmer weather we are having in Adelaide? Have you started to attend a few extra barbeques and 'Christmas' parties already?! I certainly feel like the social calendar is getting busier, and so the demand for time is increasing. So I'd like to...

by Hunter Bennett | 17th October 2017 | Nutrition & Weight Loss | 0 Comments

With summer just around the corner many of us are starting to think about easing ourselves back into our old exercise routines. Whether it be to lose a couple of kilos, or to ensure we feel just  more comfortable spending time at the beach, most are slowly starting to...

by Jacinta Brinsley | 5th October 2018 | Fitness & Exercise, Healthy Living, iNform blog, Medical Exercise Support, Stress | 0 Comments

What makes YOU exercise? (Other than your trainer) We all know that exercise is good for us. Some of us exercise for particular reasons and to get certain benefits over others. Whilst some of us exercise with goals in mind like running a half marathon or just being...

by Karla | 1st May 2017 | Healthy Living | 0 Comments

The other day while driving  through the hills, I saw something that surprised me… A young guy doing chin ups on the bus shelter, while waiting for the bus! It made me stop and think (well not literally as I was driving!) but continue to ponder for some time; why...

by Dave Lowrey | 16th March 2018 | Healthy Living | 0 Comments

On the back of recent iNform blogs about the positive effects of spending time in the outdoors amongst our blue and green spaces, I thought it would be great to pass on some of my favourites so that you can explore Adelaide's trails and beaches: Green Places...

by Jacinta Brinsley | 9th April 2018 | Healthy Living | 0 Comments

Exercise and anxiety have a bit in common. They both cause increased heart rate and breathing. They both make you sweaty. And you can’t seem to think of much else at the time! A little on anxiety… Anxiety is something we all feel, at some point, in some way or...

by James Smith | 15th February 2017 | Healthy Living | 0 Comments

Happy Valentines day to all the Romeo & Juliet’s out there! Valentines day is the day to make up for the other 364 days of the year…oops, I mean everyday is a day to connect with your monogamous partner right? Well I don’t want to be all up in your face with...

by admin | 4th March 2015 | Injury Prevention & Recovery | 0 Comments

I hope I haven't got any musos falsely excited based on the heading... but if I have, then you might as well just tune in (ah, see what I did there...ha...ha...ahhh....ok...I'll get on with it...). As we near the final development and exciting launch of our...

by Jacinta Brinsley | 16th January 2018 | Healthy Living | 0 Comments

Blue Mind: A mildly meditative state characterized by calm, peace, unity, and a sense of general happiness and satisfaction with life in the moment.  We can all agree that modern life is tough. We experience chronic stress, struggle with constant monkey mind and are...

by Jacinta Brinsley | 8th September 2018 | Fitness & Exercise, Healthy Living, Stress | 1 Comment

It's natural and normal to feel depressed at times, particularly and especially when, life throws you a curve ball. Whether it's the ending of a relationship, a death in the family, the loss of a job, or even just adjusting to different circumstances. Depression is a...

by Jacinta Brinsley | 25th April 2018 | Fitness & Exercise, Healthy Living, Stress | 0 Comments

Let’s start with hard facts: Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death due to non-communicable disease (heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancers) worldwide – contributing to over three million preventable deaths annually. Nearly one in three (29.7%)...

by admin | 13th March 2015 | Injury Prevention & Recovery | 0 Comments

Golf is one of the most popular pastimes in Australia, and we  see a large number of recreational golfers as clients at iNform. One of the greatest things about this sport is that it allows for a broad range of participants from the very young to the very senior, and...

by James Smith | 17th May 2018 | Fitness & Exercise, Healthy Living | 0 Comments

Exercise to improve mental health and well-being comes across as rhetorical. And to throw a pun in: it’s a no-brainer! A recent study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry has found exercise can reduce depression globally by as much as 15%! Now, 15% does-not...