#14 Workplace Health & Productivity

by Frank | Jul 4, 2016 |

. Call Us Today On 0477 226 878 Schedule A Complimentary Consultation Where A Consultation Is A Conversation - NOT A Commitment ABOUT Meet the Staff SERVICES Structural Corrective Care Structural Paediatric and Pregnancy Care Structural Animal Care BLOG Health Reports CONTACT   Workplace Health & Structural Shifts! This month we will focus on Structural Shifts and the Workplace. Occupational health and safety, keeping costs in check and maximizing employee productivity is one of the top priorities for business owners and management teams at all types of organizations, both large and small. Allow us to offer you a unique message, a unique service that has the potential to  be  of  great  value  to  your organization. “It is a well-known fact that the U.S. automobile industry spends more per car on health care than on steel.” – Lee Iacocca, retired chairman of Chrysler   THE HIDDEN COST OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ISSUES   Researchers have identified a significant business cost, that of unhealthy employees — the cost of lost productivity from absent workers (absenteeism) and present workers who can’t perform because of health-related impairments. What often gets overlooked is the equally significant cost to business of indirect costs or lost productivity due to illness. Looking at recent statistics for    the    cost    of    lost productivity due to common diseases, conditions, and risk factors is eye-opening. Cardiovascular disease is Australia’s most costly disease group at $7.7bn a year, or 10.4% of direct healthcare expenditure including $4.5bn on hospital admissions and $1.65bn on pharmaceuticals; 1 (2016 ) Total direct health and aged care system expenditure on people in Australia with dementia was at least $4.9 billion in 2009-101 ....

#13 Thyroid Function

by Frank | May 9, 2016 |

. Call Us Today On 0477 226 878 Schedule A Complimentary Consultation Where A Consultation Is A Conversation - NOT A Commitment ABOUT Meet the Staff SERVICES Structural Corrective Care Structural Paediatric and Pregnancy Care Structural Animal Care BLOG Health Reports CONTACT   Thyroid Function! THYROID FUNCTION AND STRUCTURAL SHIFTS Millions of people have been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) and hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid). Many more are still undiagnosed. Unfortunately, most of us do not realize the serious role the thyroid plays in our overall health. Thyroid conditions, left untreated, can cause serious health problems and sometimes death. According to The Rotterdam Study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, “Older women with subclinical hypothyroidism were almost twice as likely as women without this condition to have blockages in the aorta. They were  also  twice  as  likely  to have had heart attacks.” The  latest  polls  suggests  that over 60% of Australians are either overweight or obese. Thyroid dysfunction often leads to obesity, which in turn causes diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, high cholesterol. Pregnant women – low thyroid levels can cause babies with birth defects. Hypothyroidism in pregnant women can also cause miscarriages, preeclampsia, or preterm delivery. Some studies show that up to 50% of depression is caused by an undiagnosed thyroid condition. Thyroid problems can lead to serious depression and ongoing mental illness. Hypothyroidism can cause Hashimoto’s encephalopathy which attacks neurons in the brain possibly leading to confusion, psychosis, coma, seizures, dementia, and speech difficulties. An estimated twenty-seven million Americans have some form of thyroid disorder with as many as thirteen million of these cases being...

#12 Structural Shifts and Mental Health?

by Frank | Mar 29, 2016 |

. Call Us Today On 0477 226 878 Schedule A Complimentary Consultation Where A Consultation Is A Conversation - NOT A Commitment ABOUT Meet the Staff SERVICES Structural Corrective Care Structural Paediatric and Pregnancy Care Structural Animal Care BLOG Health Reports CONTACT   Structural Shifts and Mental Health! As we saw last week, hormonal function plays a critical role in overall health and mental well-being of an individual.  When the body is in a state of homeostasis, the precise amount of hormones are released into the bloodstream and the body functions smoothly; but when the control mechanism malfunctions-either too much or too little of a particular hormone is secreted, or when an organ or tissue does not respond efficiently-the results can be severe and life altering. Depression is on pace to be the world’s second most disabling disease (after heart disease) by the year 2012; already the World Health Organization ranks it first among women and fourth overall. The term “depression” often carries a stigmatism with it that denotes a certain sort of sadness, but research has revealed that the majorities of the cases of clinical depression are due to imbalances in hormonal levels and are related to a dysfunction in neurological signaling and chemistry. “Today, neuroscientists know that in many cases, psychopathology (ie depression) arises because of dysfunctions in particular brain structures or particular brain chemicals” – American Scientist “In fact, it takes an incredibly strong person to bear the burden of the depression condition. The name, “hypothalmo-pituitary-adrenal-axis dysfunction”  is an appropriate jargony medical description that is accurate but would never make it into the headlines” – Dr. Philip Goldsmith,...

#11 The Endocrine System

by Frank | Mar 29, 2016 |

. Call Us Today On 0477 226 878 Schedule A Complimentary Consultation Where A Consultation Is A Conversation - NOT A Commitment ABOUT Meet the Staff SERVICES Structural Corrective Care Structural Paediatric and Pregnancy Care Structural Animal Care BLOG Health Reports CONTACT   Structural Shifts and the Endocrine System!   Our monthly theme is HOMEOSTASIS and this week’s sub-topic will be a focus on the effects of Structural Shifts on the human endocrine system.  Many of the most vital functions of the human body are influenced by the endocrine system, which consists of glands that secrete hormones, or chemical messengers into the bloodstream. The hypothalamus, located in the brain, acts like radar, receiving incoming information from the nervous system.  It then uses this information to manufacture hormones that either target specific part of the body, or to target other glands to  produce  specific  hormones for homeostatic regulation. The endocrine system consists of the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, pineal gland, the thyroid gland, the parathyroid gland the pancreas, the adrenal glands, the ovaries and the testes. All of the organs of the endocrine system are glands, but not all glands are part of the endocrine system. Other organs that produce hormones, but are not part of the endocrine system include the placenta in the pregnant female, glands in the gastro- intestinal tract, structures in the heart and blood vessels, and structures in the kidneys. Hormones are the body’s internal chemical messengers. They carry the information that controls the function of almost all of the body’s cells and tissues. Most hormones are themselves are controlled by a mechanism called feedback, which is similar...

#10 Homeostasis and Diabetes

by Frank | Mar 17, 2016 |

. Call Us Today On 0477 226 878 Schedule A Complimentary Consultation Where A Consultation Is A Conversation - NOT A Commitment ABOUT Meet the Staff SERVICES Structural Corrective Care Structural Paediatric and Pregnancy Care Structural Animal Care BLOG Health Reports CONTACT   Structural Shifts, Homeostasis and Diabetes! ho·me·o·sta·sis n. The ability or tendency of an organism or cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes. Each week this month we will feature a specific topic relative to homeostasis with an emphasis on the Endocrine system and metabolism. This week our focus is on Diabetes. Diabetes is the leading cause of  kidney  failure,  blindness in adults, and amputations. It is  a  major  risk  factor  for heart disease, stroke, and birth defects, shortens average  life  expectancy  by up to 15 years, and costs the nation in excess of $100 billion annually in health- related expenditures. At present, more than one of every ten health-care dollars and about one of every four Medicare dollars are spent on people with diabetes Over the next decade, these numbers will grow as the number of people afflicted by diabetes continues to increase at an accelerating rate. At present, there is no method to prevent or cure diabetes, and available treatment have only limited success in controlling its devastating consequences. Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of metabolism that results from a deficiency of insulin, a hormone secreted by the beta cells of the pancreas. Insulin is required for the removal of sugar (glucose) from the blood by muscles after a meal and to prevent the over secretion of glucose from the liver during periods...