Healthy Shift Worker Podcast Episode: This week I reflect on a talk that I delivered at the Wellness Basecamp here in Brisbane last weekend titled “Are You Getting By On 5-6 Hours Of Sleep – Or Maybe Even Less?” because as shift workers we can definitely relate to...
Healthy Shift Worker Podcast: Over the past 2 years or so of recording podcast episodes, I’ve occasionally mentioned the words ‘sympathetic dominance’, as it’s a condition that I quite often see in many of my patients who work 24/7, in particular those who struggle to...
“Pathological testing? Is it really necessary if I experience insomnia?” This is a question that I often get asked by my patients who are having trouble falling asleep and/or experiencing ongoing, intermittent awakenings. However pathological testing, in...
As a nutritional medicine student (and former shift worker of 20 + years), I’m always on the look out for ways to nourish the sleep-deprived body of someone who happens to be working 24/7. Unfortunately when it comes to finding ways to improve our sleep, many of...
So I’ve been doing a bit of research on heart health this week thanks to a subject I’m studying at University at the moment called Clinical Examination. My poor hubby has had to be a bit of a guinea pig for me as I hone my blood pressure taking skills in...
