Specialised Health

Specialised Health Specialised Health provides exercise physiology services for those undergoing rehabilitation in the Income Protection, CTP and Workcover schemes.

Our objective is to work with your rehab team to help you achieve your recovery goals. We help clients return to work and everything else they loved doing before injury or illness took over. From mental illness to musculoskeletal injuries, our awesome Exercise Physiologists tailor exercise-based rehab programs to meet each client's needs.

17/06/2026

We often look at cancer-related brain fog and treat it purely as a cognitive issue.

But the data shows a different pattern.

Memory retention and focus post-chemotherapy don’t just improve through mental puzzles, they are deeply tied to physical capacity.

When we worked with a high school teacher recovering from bowel cancer, he feared his mind couldn't handle the classroom load again.

He was exhausted, napping daily and struggling with memory.

We didn't give him cognitive tests.

We built his lifting capacity from 16kg to 26kg and improved his walking stamina.

As his physical metrics rose, his mental clarity and motivation returned alongside them.

If you want your clients to overcome treatment-induced brain fog, stop treating the mind in isolation from the body.

Read the blog if you want to see how we build true functional recovery.

Exercising regularly after cancer treatment is not just a "nice to have" - it is a clinical necessity that can fundament...
14/06/2026

Exercising regularly after cancer treatment is not just a "nice to have" - it is a clinical necessity that can fundamentally alter the recovery trajectory. While we look to the formal exercise recommendations as our guiding light, most people need to start smaller. That's where the skill of exercise prescription comes in.

Three years after bowel cancer treatment, Jordan was left struggling with fatigue, a 35kg weight gain, low mood, and breathlessness that meant he had to take breaks after 5-10 minutes of walking.

Through a highly individualised gym program with our Exercise Physiologist, Jack, Jordan's recovery started to move forwards again. They started small, making gradual but consistent progress.

Several months later, and Jordan had:
🔹 Built his walking tolerance up to 45 minutes,
🔹 Increased lifting capacity to 26kg (originally 16kg) 🏋️‍♂️
🔹 Spontaneously signed up for a 1-year independent gym membership
🔹 Reclaimed the confidence needed to start his return-to-work journey!

Are you managing a claim or supporting an employee struggling with post-treatment fatigue? Let’s bridge the gap together. Check out the full story below 👇

11/06/2026

We’ve noticed a dangerous pattern: people ignore minor gut changes because they don't feel sick.

Bowel cancer is the second deadliest cancer in Australia, yet it often starts with symptoms people write off as just something I ate.

Persistent bloating, narrower stools, or unexplained tiredness aren't just inconveniences, they are data points your body is sending you.

In my world, we value early intervention because letting symptoms linger without action is a high-risk strategy with zero reward.

Whether it’s a claimant or a colleague, encouraging a GP visit at the 2-week mark of any change is the only professional standard that matters.

If you’ve had a change in bowel habits for more than 14 days, book the GP today.

No excuses.

09/06/2026

“The scans say everything is fine, so why am I completely exhausted?"

We hear this constantly from individuals recovering from bowel cancer treatment.

Post-treatment fatigue is a hidden reality that keep people resting at home when they want to be earning a paycheck.

This is where Exercise Physiology moves from nice to have to essential.

We don’t just work out, we use graded movement to recalibrate the nervous system and build the baseline stamina required for a full workday.

When a structural recovery is complete but functional capacity is still missing, they aren't fully better.

They need a deliberate pathway to bridge the gap.

03/06/2026

Modifiable risk is the extreme ownership of healthcare.

Everyone talks about genetics but lifestyle factors influence up to 61% of bowel cancer cases.

Think of your body like a high-performance engine, if you fuel it with processed meats and let it sit idle, the system breaks down regardless of the blueprint.

Data shows that just 90g of wholegrains a day can drop your risk by 17% (American Institute for Cancer Research).

Combine that with 150 minutes of movement and you aren't just getting lucky, you’re actively engineering a lower risk profile.

We can't change our DNA, but we can change the environment it lives in.

Practical win, swap one serving of processed meat this week for a plant-based protein or wholegrain alternative.

This June, we are raising the flag for Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. At Specialised Health, we usually help people after...
31/05/2026

This June, we are raising the flag for Bowel Cancer Awareness Month.

At Specialised Health, we usually help people after a diagnosis to get back to their jobs and life. But did you know that regular exercise has a role to play in helping to prevent bowel cancer in the first place?

Exercise can be used as a tool for better health across the whole continuum:
- Prevention: Staying active helps to lower your risk of bowel cancer.
- Treatment: Exercise helps to reduce the side effects of cancer treatment.
- Rehab: Post treatment, exercise helps to re-build the strength and fitness for everyday life.
- Recurrence: Keeping active is associated with a lower risk of cancer recurrence!

This blog is all about prevention - diving into the 'modifiable' risk factors that can help prevent cancer occurrence in the first place. Check out the link in the first comment!

27/05/2026

One of the easiest ways to misread progress in a rehab plan?

Only looking at what the client did.

Attended sessions ✅
Increased activity ✅
Following the plan ✅

On paper, it looks like progress.

But that’s only half the picture.

What matters just as much is how they recover from that load.

We’ve seen clients:

Increasing activity
Staying consistent
Doing “all the right things”

But their recovery tells a different story:

Sleep getting worse
Energy dropping across the week
Struggling to switch off

That’s where things start to drift.

Using HRV, we track how the system is actually responding behind the scenes.

It gives us a clearer view of:

Whether the load is being tolerated
Whether recovery is keeping up
Whether the plan is sustainable

A simple shift that helps:

Instead of just asking “What did they do this week?”
Start asking “How did they recover from it?”

That’s often where the real insight sits.

25/05/2026

Many RTW plans focus on:

Hours
Duties
Capacity

All important.

But one piece often gets missed:

How well the client is recovering from those demands.

In a recent case, HRV helped us track how a client’s system was responding to:

Work tasks
Exercise
Daily stress

It gave us a clearer picture of:

When to push
When to scale back
What was actually helping vs. adding load

This made planning more precise and gave the Rehab Provider better insight into what was driving progress.

For mental health claims, recovery isn’t a “nice to have.”

It’s a key part of the plan.

We are stoked to welcome back a familiar face - Brad McGregor - who is returning to the Specialised Health team! Based i...
22/05/2026

We are stoked to welcome back a familiar face - Brad McGregor - who is returning to the Specialised Health team!

Based in Brisbane (Inner & North Metro), Brad has a wealth of experience both as an accredited EP and in the adult education sector. His thoughtful, evidence-based approach to rehabilitation means that he is highly regarded as a clinical specialist within our team. We couldn't be happier to have him back in our eco system!

We asked Brad what drew him back to Specialised Health:
"The decision to rejoin Specialised Health after a 5-year hiatus was borne out of my desire to get 'back on the tools' & help people. The ecosystem that Brad & his leadership have created allows EP's to be creative & think laterally in helping customers get back to work & back to life. I am excited to be a part of it once more."

A warm welcome to Brad!

20/05/2026

We often encourage clients to stay active.

And for good reason.

But sometimes, more activity isn’t the solution.

We recently worked with a client who was:

Training 5x per week
Pushing through fatigue
Still not improving

The issue wasn’t effort.

It was recovery.

Using HRV, we could see his system was under constant stress — no real reset between sessions.

So we adjusted:

Less high-intensity work
More recovery-focused strategies
Better structure across the week

That’s when progress started.

For some clients, especially in mental health claims:

It’s not about doing more.
It’s about recovering better.

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