Staying well

The calf is commonly injured in sports which require quick acceleration from a stationary position and quick halts in movement, i.e. tennis or squash.

For the first three months, newborns spend the majority of their time sleeping or feeding. They’ll have short periods of alertness as they adjust to life outside your womb.

Brain stimulation may sound futuristic, but the effects of this technique on the human brain have been investigated since the early 1980’s.

Sore throats are common for children, and depending on the cause, they can be fleeting and mild or persistent and severe. So when is a sore throat considered tonsillitis or “strep throat”? And when should you take your child to a GP or hospital?

Learn the importance of layering your babies’ clothing in winter. Find out how to layer your baby for sleep and outdoors with Purebaby.

The birth of your baby is an enormous event, not just for you, but for your partner too.

Chances are you’ll be doing this a lot in the next couple of years, so we thought we’d help you with a few tips!

It can be awful to watch your child vomit or struggle with diarrhoea, or both! Depending on their age and how long it persists for, you may need to seek medical attention. Here’s a quick guide for surviving tummy troubles.

There are many ways to hand express, and with practice hand expressing gets easier. Our midwives will help you learn.

About one in four children are diagnosed with asthma at some stage and it can strike at unpredictable times. Here’s what you need to know about signs of asthma, triggers for it, diagnosis, and what to do during an asthma attack.

For those of us that are practicing social distancing measures and are limiting our frequency of grocery trips, nutrition still plays an important part in maintaining our health. So how can we continue to eat well when fresh produce has a shelf life of a few days or, at most, a week?

In times of uncertainty, many of us feel anxious, scared or overwhelmed. It’s important to try and alleviate some of these feelings, so it doesn’t affect your everyday life. The Epworth Clinic mental health team have put together some tips to take care of your mental health and wellbeing during this time.

Heel pain is commonly caused by plantar fasciitis, an inflammation of the thick tissue that runs along the bottom of the foot.

Every pregnancy is different. The time that it takes you and your body to recover from giving birth will differ from mother to mother – even from one birth to another.

In this article, Epworth Richmond gynaecologist A/Prof Alex Ades, an experienced specialist Gynaecologist and minimally invasive surgeon in Melbourne, explains what Fibroids are, how they are diagnosed and what treatments are available.

Don’t let the name deceive you, you don’t have to be smashing serves & slicing forehands to find yourself with tennis elbow.

After a Cesarean delivery, it’s important to take time to recover, heal, and listen to your body.

Being stressed and exhausted over a long period of time can easily lead to being burnt out, especially at work. Here’s some ways to beat the burnout!