Mid North Coast Allied Health - Hastings

02/04/2026

We'll be closed from Today until Monday for the Easter Holidays - See you all on Tuesday! Business as usual 📅

Have a Safe and Happy Easter Weekend! 🐇

02/04/2026

01/04/2026

Easy ways to turn typical Easter activities into developmental wins.

Easter Obstacle Course Adventure! 🐰

Turn your egg hunt into a mini movement challenge:
➡️Bunny hops to the next clue
➡️Bear crawl under tables or chairs
➡️Balance along chalk lines
➡️Carry eggs on a spoon

These fun movements are great to build strength, balance, coordination and motor planning - all while hunting for chocies!

Fine Motor Easter Egg Lab! 🥚
Eggs aren't just for hiding - They're perfect for little hands!
➡️Open and close plastic eggs
➡️Hide small toys inside
➡️Use tweezers to move mini eggs
➡️Decorate eggs with stickers or crayons

This is great for improving hand strength, finger control and visual-motor skills.

01/04/2026

Our Exercise Physiologists Sam and Candy enjoyed a night of learning from our Pain Lead, Ray Chen, at the Pain Seminar!

Always great to see our team working together and supporting each other! ✨

30/03/2026

Just like food and water - sleep is a basic human need.

Sleeping 7-9 hours a day allows the body to repair physically and cognitively. Sleep deprivation may affect your goals, especially if you just booked that marathon coming up or the gym goals you set.

💡 Tips to achieve your sleep goals -

☁️ Maintain a consistent sleep schedule: Going to bed and waking up at the same time each day.

🐑 Develop a nighttime routine: Brush teeth, wash face and Dimming the lights can help ease your body into rem sleep.

☁️Exercise: Regular exercise improves sleep, even light exercise such as a 10 minute walk or enjoying an activity like gardening, cooking can hugely benefit the way you sleep.

🐑 Caffeine and Alcohol: Timing your caffeine intake well to allow your body enough time to metabolise. Alcohol might help make you drowsy, but your sleep quality will suffer.

☁️ Mentality: When you have a lot of thoughts to process from your day it can be difficult to shut down into rem sleep. If these thoughts don't have right away solutions, then they can wait to revisit in the morning.

Better sleep leads to a clearer mind and can contribute to kicking your physical goals!

26/03/2026

📢 Our Clinics are closed for our team's annual development day in Coffs - We'll be back open for our patients on Monday!

23/03/2026

If patients aren’t doing their home exercises, it’s rarely about laziness.

Adherence drops when programs are too complex, too time-consuming, or don’t feel relevant to real-life goals. If exercises increase pain without clear explanation, fear can also stop people from continuing.

Add in busy schedules, fatigue, and stress — and even a good program can fall apart.

The solution? Keep it simple, make it meaningful, set clear expectations, and ensure it fits into everyday life.

At Mid North Coast Allied Health, we focus on practical, individualised plans that patients can realistically stick to — because consistency drives outcomes.

21/03/2026

Thank you for celebrating this week with us at Mid North Coast Allied Health - Neurodivergent Week in Australia ✨

If you're looking for a supportive, understanding and an amazing team to work with on your pathway to clarity with your own Neurodivergent mind, use the details below to reach out to us and organise an appointment with our Occupational Therapist, Exercise Physiologist or Paediatric Physiotherapist.

☎️ 1300 273 747
📱 https://mncalliedhealth.com
✉️ Coffs Coast: info@mncalliedhealth.com
✉️ Hastings Region: adminpm@mncalliedhealth.com

19/03/2026

Neurodivergent Week in Australia ♥️

Celebrating the many minds of Australians in School and in the workforce!

At Mid North Coast Allied Health, we understand the difficulties people face who are neurodivergent, we recognise their unique differences and always accommodate our team with making sure their environment matches their needs.

18/03/2026