Method Health Resources

Information for exercise and lifestyle-related management and prevention of unique medical conditions. Send Tom the Physio an email at tom.methodhealth@gmail.com to get access to any article that you cannot access, as some annoyingly are behind a paywall.

General Health and Healthy Aging. “Your never too old or too late to exercise!”

• 50 Benefits of Aerobic Training or Planned Physical Activity

• Lack of exercise is a major cause of chronic disease - PMC 

• Home - Exercise is Medicine + Home - Exercise is Medicine Australia

• Exercise as medicine – evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 different chronic diseases

• Exercise as Medicine - A/Prof Prue Cormie

• Benefits outweigh the risks: a consensus statement on the risks of physical activity for people living with long-term conditions

• Promise of Lifestyle Medicine for Heart Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, and Cerebrovascular Diseases

• What is the role of lifestyle behaviour change associated with non-communicable disease risk in managing musculoskeletal health conditions with special reference to chronic pain?

• Physical activity and exercise guidelines for all Australians | Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

• Exercise - NHS

• WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour

• The multifaceted benefits of walking for healthy aging: from Blue Zones to molecular mechanisms

• Exercise: Powerful Medicine for Health and Aging, with Dr. Stuart Phillips

• Strength & Fitness Levels for Reducing Chronic Disease Risk & Promoting Health Ageing – Jordan Feigenbaum, MD | Sigma Nutrition

• Global consensus on optimal exercise recommendations for enhancing healthy longevity in older adults

• Move more, age well: prescribing physical activity for older adults

• Integrating exercise and medication management in geriatric care: a holistic strategy to enhance health outcomes and reduce polypharmacy

• Exercise as a Therapy for Successful Aging

• Yes, “Exercise is Medicine”….but It Is So Much More!

• Physiology and Pathophysiology of Marathon Running

• See our “Optimistic Aging” and Bone Health articles 

• Older Adults and Sport for Health:

  • Sport and longevity: an observational study of international athletes

  • A systematic review of the psychological and social benefits of participation in sport for adults

• For if you are given the advice “just rest”:

  • Exploring Rest Advice in Fatigue Interventions in Rehabilitation Among Adults With Long-Term Conditions

  • Post–Intensive Care Syndrome | Psychiatry and Behavioral Health | JAMA | JAMA Network  

  • HOW to start resuming meaningful activities even when they hurt - YouTube + You don't need fixing - the value of resuming meaningful activities to get your life back - YouTube 

• Running for Health:

  • Is running associated with a lower risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality, and is the more the better?

• Strength Training:

  • 50 benefits of strength training

  • Heavy Strength Trainings for 90+ year olds | acehp.com.au

  • Frontiers | Resistance Exercise Training as a Primary Countermeasure to Age-Related Chronic Disease

  • The Health Benefits of Resistance Exercise: Beyond Hypertrophy and Big Weights

  • Why Are Physicians Afraid of Iron?

  • Associations of Muscle Mass and Strength with All-Cause Mortality among US Older Adults

  • Resistance Training and Mortality Risk - Get Back To Sport

  • The Era of Resistance Training as a Primary Form of Physical Activity for Physical Fitness and Health in Youth Has Come | Sports Medicine

  • Don’t prescribe under-dosed strength training programs for older adults.

Exercising to reduce daily medication use/cost.

• Integrating exercise and medication management in geriatric care: a holistic strategy to enhance health outcomes and reduce polypharmacy

Cardiovascular Disease

• Life's Essential 8 | American Heart Association

• Cardiovascular benefits of resistance exercise: It's time to prescribe

• Resistance Exercise Training in Individuals With and Without Cardiovascular Disease: 2023 Update: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association | Circulation

• Optimizing Cardiovascular Health: A Comprehensive Review of Risk Assessment Strategies for Primary Prevention

• 10-30 year risk prediction estimators:

  • Prevalence of Silent Atherosclerosis across Adult Life | New England Journal of Medicine “This study of silent atherosclerosis showed that the disease was detectable in early adulthood” with ultrasound of the neck and leg arteries 

  • PEER Simplified Cardiovascular Decision Aid

  • Lp(a) Clinical Guidance

  • The American Heart Association PREVENT™ Online Calculator - Professional Heart Daily | American Heart Association

  • Australian cardiovascular disease risk calculator | AusCVDRisk 

  • Criticism of relying only on prediction estimators:

    • 57% of Healthy Adults Already Have Hidden Arterial Plaque - Dr Alo 

• Nutrition for Heart Health:

  • The History of Fat, Cholesterol & Heart Disease + Dietary Fat: Evidence vs. Misinformation – Alice Lichtenstein, DSc + Addressing Popular Claims About Cholesterol, Dietary Fat and Heart Disease + Does Dietary Fat Quality Causally Affect Atherosclerosis Risk? – Jacob Christensen, PhD

  • Top 10 dietary strategies for atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk reduction - PMC

  • 2026 Dietary Guidance to Improve Cardiovascular Health

  • Dietary and Lifestyle Habits of Cardiologists: Perception vs Practice - ScienceDirect - Make sure your cardiologist practises what they (should) preach.

• Medication Education:

  • Lipid Lowering Drugs | Statins, Fibrates, and more

  • Cholesterol-Lowering Medication – Dr. Paddy Barrett

  • Soon We'll Forget What Heart Attacks Are 

• High Blood Lipids, Cholesterol and Coronary Calcium Scores:

  • Cholesterol - Causes, Prevention & Treatment + The Science on Cholesterol + Cholesterol Action Plan Article - Google Drive + Cholesterol Myths & Misconceptions + Can Your Cholesterol Be TOO Low?- Barbell Medicine Podcast - Apple Podcasts

  • The Effect of Exercise Training on Blood Lipids

  • LDL Cholesterol level: Your lab results explained

  • How to Lower Cholesterol Naturally Without Meds 

  • Coronary Calcium Score Test: What Does CAC Test Mean? 

  • 3 actionable tips to lower ApoB!

  • Debunking Myths about Cardiovascular Disease with Dr. Mohammed Alo (We apologise in advance for the sponsors of this show which are unfortunately sometimes outdated. Hopefully this is not a barrier for trusting who is being interviewed). Here is the guests website Dr. Alo's Heart Healthy Living Blog 

  • “Good” vs “Bad” Blood cholesterol:

    • HDL Is Not Protective 

• High Blood Pressure:

  • Method Health- Exercise and Blood Pressure

  • The Optimal Blood Pressure | acehp.com.au

  • How to Prevent & Treat Hypertension – Dr. Mohammed Alo

  • 5 ways to reduce your blood pressure that do not require medications.

  • Blood Pressure - Causes, Prevention & Treatment

  • How to Prevent & Treat Hypertension – Dr. Mohammed Alo

  • New 2025 Blood Pressure Guidelines: Why Everything is Changing (Kinda) Two Doctors Explain

  • Uncontrolled hypertension: recommendations to support best-practice blood pressure management - Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA)

  • Specific Blood Pressure Medication Info:

    • Blood Pressure Treatment Efficacy Calculator – Blood Pressure Treatment Efficacy Calculator  

    • When You Need Medication for High Blood Pressure | Dr. Raymond Townsend (We apologise in advance for the sponsors of this show which are unfortunately sometimes outdated. Hopefully this is not a barrier for trusting who is being interviewed).

• Heart Arrhythmias:

  • Exercise based cardiac rehabilitation for atrial fibrillation

  • Efficacy of Physical Exercise on the Quality of Life, Exercise Ability, and Cardiopulmonary Fitness of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

• Syncope or Postural change-related low blood pressure:

  • Empowering Patients with POTS: Practical Advice from Emily Rich

  • Exercise and Non-Pharmacological Treatment of POTS

  • Resources for Patients & Clinicians

  • Anaemia/Iron Deficiency:

    • Anemia–Barbell Medicine Podcast + Diagnosing & Treating Iron Deficiency & Excess – Austin Baraki, MD 

    • Iron Absorption from Foods & Supplements – Prof. Paul Sharp 

    • Tips to maximise iron absorption 

    • Iron Issues in Athletes – Prof. Pete Peeling - Sigma Nutrition 

• Peripheral Artery Conditions + Deep Vein Thrombosis:

  • Under pressure: a head-to-toe review of vascular compression syndromes

  • Wells' Criteria for Pulmonary Embolism

  • Position statement on exercise and peripheral arterial disease 

  • Resistance training as a treatment for older persons with peripheral artery disease

  • Intermittent Claudication Treatment Guidelines

  • Exercise training for intermittent claudication: a narrative review and summary of guidelines for practitioners

  • Optimal Exercise Programs for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease

• Heart Murmurs/Valve Conditions:

  • Exercise as the Key to Improve Cardiopulmonary Function in Patients with Valvular Heart Disease

  • Exercise‐based cardiac rehabilitation for adults after heart valve surgery

• Risk of sudden death during exercise:

  • The Extreme Exercise Hypothesis - Barbell Medicine Podcast - Apple Podcasts 

  • Sudden Cardiac Death in Sport - Barbell Medicine Podcast - Apple Podcasts 

• Heart “Failure”:

  • Physiotherapists Guideline for Patients with Heart failure 

  • Position statement on exercise and chronic heart failure

  • Exercise Intolerance in Patients With Heart Failure

• Stroke

  • See Neurological section below

Cancer

• Oncology Revolution Podcast | Science, Lifestyle, and Cancer

• Breaking the taboo of physical activity and cancer: PACC series

• Staying active during cancer treatment

• The Exercise and Sports Science Australia position statement: Exercise medicine in cancer management

• Top Risk Factors for Cancer by Sex and What to Do About It - YouTube

• Exercise Oncology - Benefits of Exercise during Cancer Management

• Exercise And Cancer | Cancer Research UK | Coping Physically

• Physical Activity Reduces The Risk of Recurrence and Mortality in Cancer Patients

• Strength & Cancer-related Mortality: Is it enough to exercise, or do you actually need to get strong? | Barbell Medicine

• Resistance Exercise and Skeletal Muscle–Related Outcomes in Patients with Cancer

• Position statement on exercise in cancer management

• Periodizing Exercise Medicine Prescription for Patients with Cancer

• Resistance Exercise Training as a Primary Countermeasure to Age-Related Chronic Disease

• The Cancer Screening Tests You ACTUALLY Need- US based

• Dr. Joseph Zundell

• Cancer-related muscle loss ("Cachexia"):

  • Exercise-Based Interventions to Counteract Skeletal Muscle Mass Loss in People with Cancer: Can We Overcome the Odds?

  • Exercise-based interventions for cancer cachexia

  • The role of resistance training in mitigating cancer-induced cachexia

  • The role of aerobic and resistance exercise for cancer cachexia management

• Cancer-related Fatigue: 

  • Fighting Fatigue with Exercise

  • Which Exercise Approaches Work for Relieving Cancer-Related Fatigue?

  • Does resistance training ameliorate cancer-related fatigue in cancer survivors?

• Nutrition for Cancer:

  • Can Diet Alone Cure Cancer? | Dr. Krystle Zuniga | The Proof Podcast (We apologise in advance for the sponsors of this show which are unfortunately sometimes outdated. Hopefully this is not a barrier for trusting who is being interviewed). Here is the guests website Cancer Nutrition HQ - Podcast - Apple Podcasts 

  • American Institute for Cancer Research - Prevention and Survivorship 

  • 7 Surprising Foods that Help You Beat CANCER  + 9 Foods Most People Don´t Realize Cause Cancer + Food & Cancer | 8 Myths Debunked 

  • Is everything we eat associated with cancer?

Specific Cancer Locations

•  Prostate

  • Resistance Exercise Dosage in Men with Prostate Cancer

  • Prost! Inc. | Prost! Exercise 4 Prostate Cancer Inc.

•  Breast

  • Physiotherapy management of breast cancer treatment-related sequelae

  • Physical activity, exercise and primary breast cancer

  • Effects of aerobic or resistance exercise during neoadjuvant chemotherapy on tumor response and therapy completion in women with breast cancer

  • What are the most effective exercise, physical activity and dietary interventions to improve body composition in women diagnosed with or at high‐risk of breast cancer?

  • Effects of heavy‐load strength training during (neo‐)adjuvant chemotherapy on muscle strength, muscle fiber size, myonuclei, and satellite cells in women with breast cancer

  • Association between estimated cardiorespiratory fitness and breast cancer

•  Colon:

  • Structured Exercise after Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer

  • Effectiveness of exercise training on cancer-related fatigue in colorectal cancer survivors

•  Bone Metastasis:

  • Resistance Training in Patients with Bone Metastasis

  • Exercise Recommendation for People With Bone Metastases

  • Exercise Intervention for Bone Metastasis: Safety, Efficacy and Method of Delivery

  • Position statement on exercise for people with bone metastases

• Lymphoma:

  • Exercise and lymphoma | Lymphoma Action

  • LymphomaCanada - YouTube

  • Physical activity - Pancreatic Cancer UK

  • Physical Activity throughout your Lymphoma Journey

• Skin:

  • Exercise and melanoma - Melanoma Focus

Gut Health/Digestive Conditions

• Irritable Bowel Symptoms: 

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) & Diet | Sigma Nutrition

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Diet, Quack Watch, and More! - Barbell Medicine Podcast | iHeart

  • Physical activity for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Exercise

  • myginutrition.com

  • Low FODMAP Diet Information and Other IBS Diets | IBS Diets

  • Are Food Intolerance Tests Accurate? | Sigma Nutrition

  • Establishing What Constitutes a Healthy Human Gut Microbiome

  • Gut Health with Dr. Gabrielle Fundaro

  • “Leaky gut”:

    • Leaky Gut Syndrome: Myths and Management

    • The Body of Evidence: Leaky Gut Syndrome 

• Celiac:

  • Charlene Van Buiten, PhD – Coeliac Disease & the Search for Novel Therapies

  • Why Did I Feel Better After Giving Up Wheat? | Sigma Nutrition

• Chrons:

  • Crohn's and Colitis; How To Spell It And Other Problems - YouTube

• Liver disease:

  • Fatty Liver Disease - Barbell Medicine- Apple Podcasts 

  • Position statement on exercise and metabolic-associated fatty liver disease

  • Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) – DocsWhoLift

• Diverticulitis: 

  • Physical activity decreases diverticular complications

  • Incident Diverticular Disease Is Inversely Related to Vigorous Physical Activity

  • Diverticular disease | Dietitians Australia

• A Specific Nutrient Deficiency:

  • Which Micronutrients Do I Need? – Commonly Underconsumed Vitamins & Minerals - Sigma Nutrition 

  • Multivitamin Nihilism: Is it Actually Worthless to Supplement? (SNP37) - Sigma Nutrition 

  • Iron- see cardiovascular section above

  • Vitamin D:

    • See Skin health section

    • Vit D- CFPCLearn - Apple Podcasts 

    • Vitamin D Supplementation–Iron Culture presented by MASS – Apple Podcasts 

    • Vitamin D: Does Supplementation Actually Improve Health? - Sigma Nutrition 

    • Exercise without Weight Loss Prevents Seasonal Decline in Vitamin D Metabolites “This randomized controlled trial demonstrates that regular exercise completely maintains serum concentrations of the active vitamin D metabolite 1,25(OH)2D3 over winter and may ameliorate the decline in 25(OH)D status in overweight men and women, even without weight loss.”

  • Magnesium (sold at Method Health):

    • Association of magnesium intake with sleep duration and sleep quality: findings from the CARDIA study

    • Magnesium supplementation as a pain killer  

    • What is the Best Magnesium Dose & Form? (14 Studies Reviewed) 

    • Magnesium benefits, dosage, and side effects  

  • Calcium: 

    • Doctor Skeptic: Calcium for healthy bones? 

    • Calcium & Bone Health | Calcium Rich Foods 

    • Calcium Calculator | Osteoporosis Canada 

  • Omega 3:

    • Making Sense of Omega-3 Supplement Trials – Prof. JoAnn Manson, MD, DrPH + Why Do Omega-3 Trials Show Mixed Results? - Sigma Nutrition   

    • Bill Harris, PhD - Omega-3 Fatty Acids & Health  + Bill Harris, PhD – Omega-3 Fatty Acids & Health - Sigma Nutrition 

    • Should We Consume a Direct Source of DHA? - Sigma Nutrition 

    • Omega-3 Fatty Acids benefits, dosage, and side effects  

    • Omega-3 Supplementation & Heart Disease 

    • International Society of Sports Nutrition Position Stand: Long-Chain Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids - PMC 

    • Should You Take Fish Oil for Your Brain? (The Latest Science) 

    • Fish Oil Supplementation:

      • Is Fish Oil Good For Your Heart? Cardiologist Goes Over All The Data!

    • Plant-based options:

      • Seaweeds as Valuable Sources of Essential Fatty Acids for Human Nutrition - PMC   

      • Omega-3-fatty acids from algae for health benefits 

      • Developing algae as a sustainable food source - PMC 

  • Vitamin B12: 

    • Vitamin B12 - Consumer  

    • Everything you need to know about Vitamin B12

  • Zinc (sold at Method Health):

    • Zinc - Health Professional Fact Sheet  

    • Zinc Benefits – Must Get the Dose Right 

    • How Zinc Insufficiency Impacts Inflammation, Immunity & Aging – 

    • Research Spotlight: Does zinc supplementation cause weight loss or weight gain?

  • Fibre: 

    • Fiber - Barbell Medicine Podcast - Apple Podcasts + Dietary Fiber Guide: Viscosity, Fermentability, and Gut Health 

    • Evidence-Based Approach to Fiber Supplements and Clinically Meaningful Health Benefits, Part 1: What to Look for and How to Recommend an Effective Fiber Therapy - PMC  + Evidence-Based Approach to Fiber Supplements and Clinically Meaningful Health Benefits, Part 2: What to Look for and How to Recommend an Effective Fiber Therapy - PMC 

  
  

Women's Health

• See our Method Health articles linked below. These link our best resources for menstrual cycle health, menopause, pregnancy, PMOS, endometriosis, breast pain, injury risk myths and more.

  • Women's Health  

  • Exercise and Pregnancy  

• Iron Deficiency info is covered in the cardiovascular section.

Men's Health

• “Low” Testosterone:

  • Optimal Testosterone Levels For Health and Performance–Barbell Medicine Podcast – Apple Podcasts + The Effects of Exercise and Diet on Testosterone–cBarbell Medicine Podcast – Apple Podcasts

  • Does Your Body Composition Affect Your Testosterone Levels?

  • The most important things you need to know about testosterone

  • What every man should know about testosterone replacement therapy (TRT)

  • Why testosterone levels are dropping at “alarming” rates

  • 3 Testosterone myths every man must know

Metabolic Conditions

• Obesity/Weight Loss Goals:

  • See our Fat Loss Myths article 

• Type 1 Diabetes:

  • Exercise management in type 1 diabetes

  • Why should people with type 1 diabetes exercise regularly?

  • Effects of Exercise in T1DM

• Type 2 Diabetes:

  • How to talk about exercise with Diabetes patients

  • Physical activity - Diabetes Canada

  • Impact of Exercise Training in Patients with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

  • Diabetes for exercise | Type 1 and type 2 | Diabetes UK

  • A Narrative Literature Review on the Role of Exercise Training in Managing Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes MellitusDiabetes Part I Barbell Medicine podcast + Type 2 Diabetes Part II Barbell Medicine podcast + What You (And Your Doctor) Should Know About Type 2 Diabetes Barbell Medicine

  • Breaking Up Evening Sitting with Resistance Activity Improves Postprandial Glycemic Response

  • Optimal Dose and Type of Physical Activity to Improve Glycemic Control in People Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes

  • Reversing type 2 diabetes | Roy Taylor, PhD - The Proof + The Real Cause Of Type 2 Diabetes (And How To Reverse It) | Roy Taylor - YouTube (We apologise in advance for the sponsors of this show which are unfortunately sometimes outdated. Hopefully this is not a barrier for trusting who is being interviewed).

  • Towards optimizing exercise prescription for T2DM

  • Are Glucose Spikes Actually Unhealthy?

  • ESSA Position statement on prediabetes management + Position statement on exercise and type 2 diabetes

  • How Does Exercise Impact Beta-cell Function in Type 2 Diabetes?

  • All about Diabetes – DocsWhoLift + Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Medicines – DocsWhoLift

• Gout:

  • Influence of Physical Activity Intensity and Aerobic Fitness on the Anthropometric Index and Serum Uric Acid Concentration in People with Obesity

  • Effects of diet, physical activity and performance, and body weight on incident gout

• Rhabdomyolysis:

  • Return to Play After Exertional Rhabdomyolysis - PMC 

  • Rhabdomyolysis - Barbell Medicine Podcast - Apple Podcasts + Rhabdomyolysis: Causes, Treatments, and Return to Sport 

• Lymph related conditions:

  • Thelymphologist - Website

Neurological Health

• Physical activity intervention for the prevention of neurological diseases

• Dementia:

  • Your Brain On - Podcast - Apple Podcasts + The NEURO Plan Playbook + The NEURO Plan: an holistic approach to brain health

  • Alzheimer's Disease Barbell Medicine podcast

  • Genetics Demystified: Understand Your Risk for Dementia

  • Dementia prevention, intervention, and care 2024

  • Dementia Risk Reduction | McMaster Optimal Aging Portal

  • Physical activity, movement and exercise for people with dementia | Alzheimer's Society

  • Get support | Dementia Australia

  • The NEURO Plan: an holistic approach to brain health

  • Physical activity as a protective factor for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

  • Dementia 2.0 with Anna Chodos - The Curbsiders

  • Alzheimer's Disease – Drs. Ayesha & Dean Sherzai

• Concussion:

  • Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 6th International Conference on Concussion in Sport- 2022 | British Journal of Sports Medicine 

  • Modern Physiotherapy for Prolonged Post-Concussion Symptoms

  • Sport-Related Concussion (2025) | Fellow Online Lecture Series

  • Consensus statement on concussion in sport + Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport | National Fellow Online Lecture Series

  • New Scottish Sports Concussion Guidance published - Sport First

  • Sideline Evaluation of Sport-Related Concussion | National Fellow Online Lecture Series

  • Selected issues in sport-related concussion + Recommended Diagnosis and Treatment of Sports Concussions

  • Traumatic Encephalopathy:

    • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome (+ closed access link)

    • Heading in Soccer | National Fellow Online Lecture Series 

• Headache: 

  • Headache and Migraine Diary: Tracking Tools for 2024

  • What is the efficacy of aerobic exercise versus strength training in the treatment of migraine? “Strength training exercise regimens demonstrated the highest efficacy in reducing migraine burden, followed by high-intensity aerobic exercise.”

  • 'SEEDS' for success in migraine management - Mayo Clinic News Network

  • The association between migraine and physical exercise

  • Migraine at Work - Migraine at work

  • Heads Up podcast - National Migraine Centre

  • What We Know About Exercise for Migraine - Spotlight on Migraine

  • Understanding and Managing Tension-Type Headache

  • Effect of brief daily exercise on headache among adults

  • The effect of aerobic exercise on the number of migraine days, duration and pain intensity in migraine

  • Exercise and Migraine Prevention: a Review of the Literature

• Parkinson’s Disease:

  • Exercise training guidelines for multiple sclerosis, stroke, and Parkinson’s disease: Rapid review and synthesis

  • Physical Therapist Management of Parkinson Disease

  • Parkinson’s and falls prevention: What works?

  • Physiotherapy in Parkinson’s Disease

  • BE ACTIVE & BEYOND A Guide to Exercise and Wellness for People with Parkinson’s Disease

  • Exercise Strategies for Parkinson Disease Management

• “Nerve” Pain or Neuropathic pain:

  • Neuropathic Pain - PEER Pain Calculator

  • Peripheral nerve sensitisation & neural tissue pain disorders with Dr Toby Hall

  • The E3 Rehab Podcast: Questioning Neural Mobilization w/ Aaron Kubal

  • Physiotherapy for people with painful peripheral neuropathies

  • Beneficial Effects of Exercise in Neuropathic Pain: An Overview of the Mechanisms Involved

• Muscle Cramps:

  • An Evidence-Based Review of the Pathophysiology, Treatment, and Prevention of Exercise-Associated Muscle Cramps

  • Preventing muscle cramps during exercise and competition!

  • An Evidence-Based Review of the Pathophysiology, Treatment, and Prevention of Exercise-Associated Muscle Cramps

  • Muscle Cramps: Symptoms, causes, treatments, and your questions answered. 

• Restless Legs: 

  • Effects of Different Exercise Programs on Symptoms, Sleep, and Quality of Life in Patients with Primary Restless Legs Syndrome

• Spinal Cord Injury:

  • Effect of Exercise on Mental Health and Health-related Quality of Life in Adults With Spinal Cord Injury

  • Physiotherapy management of people with spinal cord injuries

  • Position statement on exercise and spinal cord injury

  • Strength training as a non-pharmacological alternative to improve body composition, and quality of life in people with spinal cord injury

• Stoke:

  • Introduction | EBRSR - Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation

  • Clinical guidelines | Stroke Foundation - Australia

  • Overview | Stroke rehabilitation in adults | Guidance | NICE

  • Stroke And Lifting During Stroke Rehab Barbell Medicine podcast

  • Exercise training guidelines for multiple sclerosis, stroke, and Parkinson’s disease

• Eye Health:

  • Frontiers | Effects and potential mechanisms of exercise and physical activity on eye health and ocular diseases

  • Vision as We Age: Understanding Common Eye Conditions

  • Eye Health & Nutrition – Prof. John Nolan

• Ear Health:

  • Dizziness and Vertigo:

    • Peter Johns - YouTube

    • Approach to dizziness in the emergency department - PMC

    • Vestibular First - YouTube

    • Vertigo and Dizziness: How to Treat, Who to Send Home and Who Might Have a Stroke - The Curbsiders 

    • Dizziness Triage in the Emergency Department: Enhancing Vestibular Diagnoses

    • Balance and Dizziness Archives

    • Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV):

      • Pathology of BPPV | Vimeo

      • Myths and Misinformation about vertigo

      • An example of the most common physical test to confirm diagnosis the most common type of BPPV Dix Hallpike Maneuver | Vimeo and treat BPPV Epley Maneuver Right Side | Vimeo and post treatment recommendations + What to do after the Epley maneuver? Is your patient cured?

  • Tinnitus:

    • Ring of Truth: Exploring Physiotherapy's Role in Tinnitus Treatment | Sarah Michiels | EP 057

    • “Can physical activity reduce the risk of having tinnitus?”: International Journal of Audiology

• Multiple Sclerosis:

  • Exercise training guidelines for multiple sclerosis, stroke, and Parkinson’s disease

  • Exercise as a Therapeutic Intervention in Multiple Sclerosis

  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Symptoms, causes, treatments, and your questions answered.

  • Exercise Training for Multiple Sclerosis: A Narrative Review of History, Benefits, Safety, Guidelines, and Promotion

  • Frontiers | Effects of exercise in people with multiple sclerosis

  • Position statement on exercise and multiple sclerosis

• Autism:

  • Your Brain On... Autism– Apple Podcasts 

  • Embrace Autism | The ultimate autism resource + Psychometric tests | Embrace Autism 

  • Exercise Programming for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Recommendations for Strength and Conditioning Specialists 

  • Blog Posts – Autistic Science Person 

  • Vaccines & Autism | Science-Based Medicine + Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability | Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders + Vaccines are not associated with autism: An evidence-based meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies

  • Autism, ADHD, and Anxiety: the rise in autism & an approach to diagnosing & treating children

• ADHD:

  • ADHD With Dr. James McGough Barbell Medicine podcast

  • When life happens…. – HealthSkills Blog

  • Does the Maternal Diet Impact Risk of ADHD & Autism?

  • Female athletes with ADHD: time to level the playing field

• Down Syndrome:

  • Resistance training and Down Syndrome: A narrative review on considerations for exercise prescription and safety

  • Down Syndrome & Exercise | acehp.com.au

  • Prospective Associations of Physical Activity and Health-Related Physical Fitness in Adolescents with Down Syndrome

Mental Health

• Movement for mental health with Professor Brendon Stubbs

• Joint position statement on exercise and mental health

• Effectiveness of physical activity interventions for improving depression, anxiety and distress

• Exercise training and depression and anxiety in musculoskeletal pain patients

• Is exercise a form of self-harm?

• Exercise to feel better! | acehp.com.au

• Fatigue: 

  • Non-pharmacological treatment options for fatigue

  • Exploring Rest Advice in Fatigue Interventions in Rehabilitation Among Adults With Long-Term Conditions

  • Optimising activity pacing to promote a physically active lifestyle in medical settings

• Depression:

  • Demystifying Depression in Older Adults

  • Effectiveness of physical activity interventions for improving depression, anxiety and distress

  • Exercise as a treatment for depression

  • Exercise to feel better! | acehp.com.au

  • Is Exercise Better Than Antidepressants?

  • From movement to motivation: a proposed framework to understand the antidepressant effect of exercise

  • How to prescribe physical activity for depression

  • Does physical activity-based intervention decrease repetitive negative thinking?

  • Effects of resistance exercise training on depressive symptoms among young adults

• Anxiety:

  • Physical activity protects from incident anxiety

  • Anxiety 2.0: with Dr. Jessi Gold - The Curbsiders

• Suicide Prevention:

  • The untapped role of physiotherapists in suicide prevention

  • The effect of exercise on suicidal ideation and behaviors

• Drug/Alcohol Addiction:

  •  Illicit Drugs:

    • Exercise in the Treatment of Addiction: A Systematic Literature Review

    • Cannabis:

      • Cannabis – Kevin Boehnke, PhD & Carrie Cuttler, PhD

      • An experimental randomized study on the analgesic effects of pharmaceutical-grade cannabis in chronic pain patients with fibromyalgia

      • Medicinal Cannabis for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Chronic Pain

      • Marijuana for Pain: Hype vs. Science

  • Alcohol:

    • Alcohol & Health: Is Zero Better Than Some?

    • Alcohol benefits, dosage, and side effects + Research Breakdown on Alcohol - Examine

    • Alcohol Use and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association | Circulation

    • The impact of alcohol consumption on cardiovascular health - World Heart Federation

  
  

Lung health

• COPD:

  • COPD-X Australian and New Zealand guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Unsupervised physical activity interventions for people with COPD

  • Position statement on exercise and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

• Asthma:

  • Exercise and asthma: an overview

  • Position statement on exercise and asthma + Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science position statement on exercise and asthma - Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

• Pneumonia: 

  • Leisure-time physical activity and mortality from influenza and pneumonia

• Exercise and Vaccine Effectiveness: 

  • Effects of Regular Physical Activity on the Immune System, Vaccination and Risk of Community-Acquired Infectious Disease in the General Population: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

• Cold and "The Flu":

  • Exercise versus no exercise for the occurrence, severity, and duration of acute respiratory infections

  • Preseason Aerobic Fitness Predicts In-Season Injury and Illness in Female Youth Athletes

  • The Effect of Exercise on Prevention of the Common Cold

  • Debunking the Myth of Exercise-Induced Immune Suppression: Redefining the Impact of Exercise on Immunological Health Across the Lifespan

• “Post-COVID”:

  • A Long COVID Definition + Long COVID: the problem society wants to forget 

  • Exercise training in long COVID: the EXER-COVID trial + Long-COVID is exercise really medicine? Do we need a paradigm shift? – Poulter’s Ponderings

  • Long COVID - The GP Show - Apple Podcasts

  • Dr. Todd Davenport - Insights from the Physiology of Post-Exertional Symptom Exacerbation

  • Long COVID Physio - YouTube

  • COVID-19 & SARS-CoV-2 with Rizwan Sohail, MD

Skin health

• The Effects of Physical Activity on Skin Health

• Low Vitamin D:

  • Exercise without Weight Loss Prevents Seasonal Decline in Vitamin D Metabolites

• Acne:

  • Acne: Symptoms, causes, treatments, and your questions answered.

  • Management of acne vulgaris: summary of NICE guidance | The BMJ

  • Do patients with acne tend to have increased body fat? Comparison of body composition analysis of patients with acne vulgaris and healthy individuals

• Psoriasis: 

  • Association of psoriasis disease with physical activity and exercise

  • Psoriasis and MSK Pain - by Jack March

  • Psoriasis and Exercise

• Sunlight “therapy”:

  • The Benefits of Sunlight Go Way Beyond Vitamin D - Dr. Roger Seheult + Sunlight: Optimize Health and Immunity (Light Therapy and Melatonin) - YouTube 

Sleep Health

• See our Sleep Health and Habits article 

• Sleep Apnoea:

  • A Basic Guide to Sleep Apnea

  • Effects of aerobic exercise and resistance training on obstructive sleep apnea

  • Lifestyle Intervention with Weight Reduction | First-line Treatment in Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Kidney Health

• Urinary tract infection, Incontinence, Genital Pain, Pelvic Pain, and Sexual Health:

  • The Women’s Health Podcast

  • Urinary incontinence - NHS

  • Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women

  • Is Physical Activity Good or Bad for the Female Pelvic Floor? A Narrative Review | Sports Medicine

  • Understanding Pelvic Pain: Treatment & Research I Bill Taylor & Sandy Hilton

  • Patient Information | POGP

  • The E3 Rehab Podcast: 64. Pelvic Floor & Whole Body Physical Therapy w/ Dr. Jennifer Carr

  • The E3 Rehab Podcast: Pelvic Health for the Non-Pelvic PT w/ Dr. Sarah Haag

  • Pelvic organ prolapse and physical activity: directions for future research | British Journal of Sports Medicine

  • Talking Penises and Vagina... - The NAF Physio Podcast - Apple Podcasts

  • Breaking Taboos About Pelvic Health With Hedwig Neels

• Kidney Stones:

  • Association between daily sitting time and kidney stones based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007–2016: a cross-sectional study - PMC

  • Physical activity, energy intake, and the risk of incident kidney stones

  • Kidney Stones & Diet – Deepa Kariyawasam, RD

  • Eat Smart to Prevent Kidney Stones | National Kidney Foundation 

• Kidney Disease:

  • Abnormal Labs in Exercise Part I: Kidney Function | Barbell Medicine 

  • Clinical practice guideline for renal rehabilitation: systematic reviews and recommendations of exercise therapies in patients with kidney diseases

  • Intensity-Specific Physical Activity Measured by Accelerometer, Genetic Susceptibility, and the Risk of Kidney Stone Disease

  • Position statement on exercise and chronic kidney disease

  • Exercise training in chronic kidney disease—effects, expectations and adherence - PMC

  • Home | Kidney Health Australia 

Climate Change

• Heat Stress

  • Scoping review of recommendations for adults with cardiovascular disease to remain physically active during hot weather

  • Regular physical activity across the lifespan to build resilience against rising global temperatures - PMC

• It’s more than climate change and active transport—physical activity’s role in sustainable behavior

• Physical Activity as a Victim, a Perpetrator, or Part of the Solution to the Climate Crisis

• Climate Change, Physical Activity and Sport

• The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action

Youth Health

• Strength Training & Youth | acehp.com.au

• Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Fussing and Crying Durations and Prevalence of Colic in Infants

• "Growing pains":

  • Defining Growing Pains: A Scoping Review

  • Apophysitis and Osteochondrosis: Common Causes of Pain in Growing Bones | AAFP

  • Growing pains: bringing the team together

Joint-related and/or "Auto-Immune" Conditions

• Clinical Practice Guidelines | American College of Rheumatology 

• Hypermobility:

  • Are People With Joint Hypermobility Syndrome Slow to Strengthen? - ScienceDirect “People with JHS can strengthen at the same rate as other people in pain.” 

  • Rationale and Feasibility of Resistance Training in hEDS/HSD: A Narrative Review

  • Hypermobility Resources for Patients & Clinicians

  • The evidence‐based rationale for physical therapy treatment of children, adolescents, and adults diagnosed with joint hypermobility syndrome/hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome

  • SEDSconnective | Hypermobility

  • Talking About Hypermobility- The NAF Physio Podcast - Apple Podcasts 

• Rheumatoid Arthritis:

  • Overview | Rheumatoid arthritis in adults: management | Guidance | NICE

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2022 update - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

  • What are the core recommendations for rheumatoid arthritis care? Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines

  • Resistance Training for Rheumatoid Arthritis: What the Evidence Actually Says | Barbell Medicine

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis | Physiotherapy Guideline Review

  • Exercise Prescription for Rheumatoid Arthritis Blog Read + The E3 Rehab Podcast: 103. All Things Rheumatology w/ The Rheumatology Physio - Jack March

  • Multidisciplinary recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of foot problems in people with rheumatoid arthritis

  • Physiotherapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis - Treatment

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Hand Exercises | Mobility & Strength

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis - The Rheumatology Physio - YouTube

  • The anti-inflammatory effects of exercise on autoimmune diseases: A 20-year systematic review - PMC

  • RheumMates - Exercise and Inflammation with Dr Ai Lyn Tan

• Polymyalgia Rheumatica:

  • 2015 Recommendations for the management of polymyalgia rheumatica: a European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

  • BSR and BHPR guidelines for the management of polymyalgia rheumatica | Rheumatology | Oxford Academic

  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica - The Rheumatology Physio + RheumMates - Polymyalgia Rheumatica With Prof Dasgupta + Polymyalgia Rheumatica – Update! - Rheumatology Physio + Polymyalgia Rheumatica - Rheumatology Physio

Immune Health

• IACCI | Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions Initiative  

• Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (previously but unhelpfully called “Chronic Fatigue”):

  • Resources - BACME

  • Why Working out Doesn’t Work. Answers from 20 years of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in ME/CFS on Vimeo

  • Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome - PMC

• Lyme Disease:

  • Lyme Disease | NCCIH

  • LymeScience

  • American Lyme Disease Foundation | Accurate Lyme Information

• Mast Cell Activation: 

  • Hell's Bells and Mast Cells - Raising awareness about MCAS, EDS, and dysautonomia one laugh at a time 

  • Home | Mast Cell Action 

  • Get Started - NAUGHTYLITTLEMASTCELLS 

• See Long COVID section

• Managing pain:

  • Pain “Mediators" 

  • PEACE and LOVE 

AI in Medicine:

• It’s here, it’s clear, AI abuse and use, should we fear it? – Poulter’s Ponderings 

• Exploring the Limitations of ChatGPT: Understanding the Boundaries of AI Language Models | acehp.com.au

• Can You Trust AI For Health an… - The Real Science of Sport Podcast - Apple Podcasts + Can You Trust AI to Give Health Advice? | Skeptical Inquirer 

• AI Chatbots: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | Series | Psychiatric Times  

Blood Test Education and Avoiding Scams

• Blood Work 101: Everything You Should Know Before Getting Labs Done + Basic Metabolic Panel Interpretation for Athletes (USA-based).

• Predatory Lab Testing: What They’re Not Telling You – DocsWhoLift

• Austin Baraki, MD – What Do Nutrient Blood Tests Actually Tell Us?: Understanding Biomarkers + Abnormal Labs P1 –Barbell Medicine Podcast + Pt 2

• Dubious Hormone Clinics and Batteries of Tests – DocsWhoLift + Predatory Lab Testing: What They’re Not Telling You – DocsWhoLift

• Be aware of companies that use “acute phases reactants" to sell a supplement or need for further blood testing, rather than prioritise the non-sexy free lifestyle habits which no one can make money from. Vitamin D and cortisol are on this list.

“Alternative Medicine”

Why do ineffective strategies appear “effective?”

• Clinician/Company Fraud Lists:  

  • Web Site Evaluation Index | Quackwatch

  • What's The Harm? 

• Fallacies of Functional Medicine – DocsWhoLift + Red Flags of Quackery – DocsWhoLift

• Naturopathic Diaries

• Complementary and Alternative  

• The Top 5 Health Lies & The Truth You Need to Feel Better Today | Doctor Mike - YouTube + Dr Mike: The Top 10 Lies Health Experts Have Told You! 

• Encouraging Skepticism w/ Diego Hidalgo

• “The Dark Side of Musculoskeletal Care”: Why Do Ineffective Techniques Seem to Work? A Comprehensive Review of Complementary and Alternative Therapies 

• What is pseudoscience? 

• Bringing Health & Science Data to Life - Unbiased Science 

• Front Page Fitness - Podcast - Apple Podcasts 

• Questioning the Wellness Industry w/ Andrea Love - YouTube + Dr. Andrea Love | Biomedical Scientist 

• How Skepticism (not Cynicism) Can Raise Scientific Standards and Reform the Health and Wellness Industry

• Health, Wellness, and the “Quick-Fix Fallacy” | Skeptical Inquirer   

• “Detoxing”: 

  • How to Detoxify Yourself – Quack Asylum Special

• Peptides:

  • The Truth About Peptides: Clinical Evidence vs. Social Media Hype 

  • Two Doctors Audit the Peptide Market: BPC-157, MK-677, Retatrutide, CJC-1295, MOTS-c, and More! + Does BPC-157 Actually Work? What the FDA Vote Proved + My Body My Choice? The Problem With Buying Unproven Peptides - YouTube 

  • Did the FDA Just Approve BPC-157? + Exposing The Truth About Peptides 

  • Peptides for tendon pain? Remember, 1) heavy progressive strength training increases blood flow to a tendon dramatically more than any peptide and 2) strength training also causes tendon structural changes at the right dosage, which no peptide has been shown to do. Yes, a quick fix with injections sounds alluring but you should still remain sceptical of peptide promises for tendon health as the promised benefits are often not better than properly dosed strength training. See these our tendon health management article for more proven ways to manage tendon pain- Tendon Pain Resolution 

When any “alternate medicine” has strong evidence to suggest it could work for you, it will be called just “medicine” and should be listed in the sections above.

Medical Language Litracy

• The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver Thomson- Apple Podcasts 

• Thinking fast and slow in medicine - PMC  

"Disease":

• The Impact of Definitions of Disease on Overdiagnosis | Less is More | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network 

• Definitions of chronic disease need to be more patient centred | The BMJ 

"Diagnosis":

• A transdisciplinary definition of diagnosis - PubMed 

Words we avoid or will explain clearly to avoid misinterpretation.

“Syndrome”:

• Diagnoses, Syndromes, and Diseases: A Knowledge Representation Problem - PMC  

• When should clinicians use the term syndrome? - ScienceDirect