Essential Health Services

06/09/2026

01/09/2026

Spring is here!
Time to start shedding the winter blues with a spring mental health reset. Start embracing natural light and outdoor activity.
Sunlight helps regulate the body’s internal clock and boosts serotonin production, which enhances feelings of happiness and well-being.
Spending time outdoors—whether through walks, gardening, or outdoor exercise—can significantly enhance mental well-being. Keep it nice and simple, and enjoy the benefits 💜

31/08/2026

🏆 EHS Employee of the Week – Beau! 🏆

A huge congratulations to Beau, our Employee of the Week, recognised for his outstanding customer service and support.

Beau plays such an important role in helping our clients feel welcomed, supported and looked after from the moment they contact Essential Health Services. Whether he’s assisting with bookings, answering questions, following up referrals or helping solve a problem, Beau consistently goes the extra mile to make things easier for our clients and our team.

His calm, helpful and professional approach makes a real difference behind the scenes every single day.

We’re very proud to recognise Beau for the effort, care and support he brings to EHS.

👏 Congratulations Beau — well deserved!

30/08/2026

Do you suffer from pain that just won’t settle?

Do you regularly experience:

Lower back pain?
Neck pain or stiffness?
Shoulder pain?
Headaches linked with neck or muscle tension?
Hip or knee discomfort?
Muscle tightness or recurring strains?
Pain from work, lifting or repetitive movement?
Sports-related aches and injuries?
Stiffness that makes everyday movement harder?
Ongoing musculoskeletal pain that keeps coming back?

You don’t always have to just “put up with it”.

Osteopathy may be able to help.

Dr Markas Jacobsen works with people experiencing a range of musculoskeletal problems, using hands-on treatment, movement assessment and practical strategies aimed at reducing pain, improving mobility and helping you get back to doing the things you enjoy.

Whether your pain is affecting your:

sleep, work, training, driving, gardening, mobility or everyday life — it may be worth getting it assessed.

What can an Osteopath help with?

Osteopathy may assist with:

Back pain
Neck and shoulder pain
Joint stiffness
Muscle tension
Some musculoskeletal headaches
Work-related aches and pains
Sports and exercise-related problems
Reduced mobility and stiffness

Rather than only looking at the spot that hurts, Markas can assess how you move, what may be aggravating the problem and what can be done to help manage it.

Stop letting pain control what you can do.

If you’ve been saying:

“It’ll probably go away.”

“I’ve just learned to live with it.”

“My back is always like this.”

“My neck is always tight.”

Maybe it’s time to have it looked at.

Book with Dr Markas Jacobsen – Osteopath

Nanango – 11 King Street
Kingaroy – 216 Haly Street
Murgon – Murgon Family Medical Practice, 43 Stephens St W

📞 0455 423 355

Move better. Feel better. Get back to doing more.

Essential Health Services
Improving health. Improving lives.

26/08/2026

IMPORTANT NOTICE – EHS EMAILS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Essential Health Services is currently experiencing a complete email outage due to technical issues with an external service provider.

Unfortunately, we have had no access to our email communications since Friday, 21 August 2026, including incoming and outgoing emails.

Our provider is actively working to restore our email services. We are hopeful that services will be restored by Friday, 28 August, however this timeframe cannot yet be guaranteed.

If you have sent us an email since Friday, please be aware that we may not have received or been able to access it.

For any urgent or critical correspondence, referrals, appointments or enquiries, please contact our Intake Manager, Beau, directly on:

📞 0455 423 355

We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience while our external provider works to resolve the issue.

Essential Health Services

26/08/2026

Every day across Australia, 9 babies and young children die suddenly and unexpectedly. We're losing them to SIDS and stillbirth, among other things. This devastating loss is indescribable.
Sign up to Red Nose Day today and Get Red to save little lives, fund research, and support families in need.
If you have been impacted by loss, please reach out for support. We are here ❤️

19/08/2026

EHS delivers services for people at risk or suffer from Chronic Health Conditions and/or people who require Mental Health services. Services may be carried out under Medicare/Workcover/NDIS/Vets so there are no out of pocket expenses. See if you qualify.

31/07/2026

Local face-to-face Psychology and Occupational Therapy appointments are now available in Kingaroy and Nanango, generally within one week.

New referrals welcome.

📞 0455 423 355
📧 [email protected]

EHS delivers services for people at risk or suffer from Chronic Health Conditions and/or people who require Mental Health services. Services may be carried out under Medicare/Workcover/NDIS/Vets so there are no out of pocket expenses. See if you qualify.