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Dietitian Recipe: Pumpkin 2-Ways

Pumpkins are a delicious, versatile and nutrient dense vegetable that is in season through winter in Melbourne! Choosing seasonal produce is not just fantastic for the environment, but also for our own health. Adjusting our intake of produce throughout the year helps increase the variety of...

Helping out at the MLC Cup 2021

On Saturday 8th May, the team at SportsFit Physio & Health had the opportunity to proudly support another year of the MLC Cup. This is an annual charity event where parents of St Mary’s and St Roch’s schools compete in a netball and football game...

Nutrition and Running

Running is a fantastic way to get or stay fit, while also obtaining the mental health benefits of clearing your mind and having a hit of serotonin. There are a few upcoming running events in Melbourne, where you have the chance to be more competitive...

Improve your Life! in 2021

We are very excited to be rolling out the Life! program at SportsFit again in 2021. The Life! program is a free Victorian lifestyle behaviour change program that helps reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Changing your lifestyle isn't easy, especially on your own....

Mindful Eating Tips this Easter

For many of us, Easter brings about chocolate overboard! As enjoyable as this should be, it often comes with overindulgence and then guilt. Shifting our mindset during this period of time and working on being more mindful can alleviate some of these negative connotations and...

Autumn Recipe: Pear and Walnut Salad

Pears contain Vitamin C, which is an important component in keeping your immune system strong to keep you healthy! The walnuts in the salad (while not a seasonal produce item) are a great source of Omega-3, which is an essential fatty acid and considered one...

Lateral Ankle Sprain

Following on from an earlier blog on acute ankle injuries (READ HERE) we will now go into detail about more specific ankle injuries that we assess and help treat. One of the most common injuries we see is the lateral ankle sprain. Although this is very...

Autumn Recipe: Apple Crumble

This delicious dessert is also a great source of fibre thanks to both the apple and oats. You can keep the skin on like I have for even more! Fibre helps keep you full and satisfied for longer while maintaining good bowel health. It can...

Acute Ankle Injuries

It has been great to see the return of sports, however at SportsFit we have started to see an increase in people with ankle pain and ankle injuries. Ankle injuries are very common in many sports, such as football and netball. This article will discuss acute...