Health & Wellbeing

Saturday morning sport in the Eastern Suburbs has a rhythm to it. Netball at Heffron Park, nippers down at the beach, junior footy, and the mad dash between two fields because you have kids in different age groups. Then, somewhere in the middle of all that, a child goes down holding an ankle and every adult within thirty metres reaches for the esky. Ice is the reflex. It has been the reflex for about forty years. But the advice around cold and injury has shifted quite a bit, and the word “cryotherapy” now covers three fairly different things that tend…

The fertile window is short, but it is not always easy to identify. This is especially true for people with PMOS, previously called PCOS, where ovulation may happen later, less often or less predictably. If you are thinking about fertility treatment, waiting for a specialist appointment, or trying to understand your cycle before asking for help, ovulation and fertile window timing can give useful context. It can also become confusing if you rely only on a calendar app, especially when cycles are irregular. Quick answer Ovulation and fertile window timing is the process of understanding when ovulation may happen and…