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There is tremendous opportunity to help people maintain and improve their general health by relieving pain that prevents them from simply maintaining fitness.

Opportunistic discussions around weight control, smoking status, aerobic capacity, muscle mass, and mental engagement are included with my hands on therapy.

The therapeutic exercises given with treatments not only assist with the MSK pain but are a general health and comorbidity intervention in line with the Australian guidelines. Australia's Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines.

Having a healthy diet is greatly important with reduction and prevention of MSK pain. Supplements in general are not necessary if patients consume a balanced diet. The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating.

You can imagine how excited I was to come across the RACGP Green Book - Putting prevention into practice. Essentially, MSK conditions respond and aless likely to reoccur lwhen the patients physiological reserve is increased and con-morbidities are minimised. Therefore of follow simple lifestyle prescription and non-pharmacological interventions aimed at improving general health and reducing co-morbidities. I'm on the same page as general practice but have a lot more time while doing hands on work to apply preventative health principles including, assessing the opportunity for change, education and motivational interviewing, encouragement and self monitoring. I may referral back to the GP and assist patients form plans around health improvement including engagement with community organisations. Often times I hear the patients say, "hmm the GP told me that". I can only say taht at least they will be hearing similar preventative advice from other practitioners.

One more final thought, on 3 kind of bias that shape our world view in this Ted Talk. How do we expand our radius? Examine own bias, evaluate sources of knowledge, speak out and communicate. Do we only look for information that we already think?

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