Little A’s Big Results
Emu Plains Little Athletics Club have just completed a huge season, continuing to show why they are one of the most successful junior sporting clubs in the Penrith district. Season 2022/23 saw approximately 500 athletes, including their popular Tiny Tots program, represent the club in athletics. With the disruptions of COVID and poor weather well […]
Parents Corner
Do you know the difference between bullying and fighting? Researchers have found that many parents struggle to know when it’s bullying or just everyday quarrels between friends, classmates, or siblings. This article will help you learn more. Children learn important social and emotional skills when they navigate differences with others. Depending on a child’s level […]
Paws A While
With Mother’s Day coming up, many of us will be heading to the florist to buy our mum’s a colourful bouquet of flowers. Unfortunately, we often return home with flowers that may be toxic for our pets. Although many flowers and plants are mild-to-moderate in terms of toxicity and can cause “mild” symptoms like a […]
Health Matters
The gastrointestinal tract is a complex ecological environment. Every person has about 100 trillion bacteria, made up of 40,000 different species, living in their large intestine. This represents 10 times the total number of human body cells. 70% of these bacteria have never been cultured, and together they make up 50% of faecal volume. We […]
New Venture Puts Focus on Fitness for the Disabled
A new fitness venture dedicated to people living with disabilities has officially launched in Emu Heights. Boxability is a new boxing focused training regime designed specifically for those with any sort of disability including autism, brain injuries, genetic conditions, physical or mobility issues and neurological impairment. And for founder, Penrith local and father of three […]
Parents Corner
Many parenting articles talk about dealing with difficult behaviour and yet, the ways we respond to children’s positive behaviour is just as important. Due to an inbuilt negativity bias, we pay more attention to the bad than the good. The human species has survived for over 200,000 years in part because of our capacity to […]
Paws A While
Easter is a fun time of year filled with spending time with family and pets, a relaxing long weekend, the annual Easter egg hunt and of course chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate! But for our pets, there are lots of hazards around which could turn a relaxing weekend into an emergency trip to the vet. […]
Health Matters
Scientists can induce an ulcerative colitis (UC) like condition in rats and pigs by intrarectal administration of acetic acid. The acid damages the colonic epithelial (lining) cells. Damaged cells release inflammatory chemicals in order to inform/warn surrounding tissue cells and bring immune cells into the area to investigate and deal with the cause/s of cell […]
The Year of the Emu
Emu Plains Junior Rugby League Football Club (JRLFC) are looking to lead the local competition once again in 2023, after a highly successful campaign last season. The club has wasted no time, with training already commencing for all age groups. Trial games will begin this month and round one kicking off on Saturday 15th April. […]
Health Matters
Facilitated stretching is a part of almost every session of MET at our clinic. It seems the benefit of regular stretching may go beyond simply improving flexibility and may help reduce cardiovascular risk as well. Shinno et al. (2017) studied women who were asked to stretch 3 times per week, for 3 or 6 months. […]