Scouring the supermarket for quality products can sometimes be a full-time job. Our clients are constantly asking for new options for quality snack foods that are convenient, yet healthy. We put our detective dietitians to work to find some of the most nutritious food options to look out for, and to help take the hard work out of shopping for you.
Snacks are a great way to increase the nutrient variety in your diet, and they also help with balancing energy and concentration levels throughout the day. Savoury options are often loaded with salt and poor-quality oils. See our go-to list of savoury snacks to help making snack time healthier.
Sweet snacks don’t need to mimic that of dessert. We look for wholefood snacks which are minimally processed & either none, or small amounts of added sugar. Convenient snacks can make a part of a balanced diet, so long as you choose well. Here are some of our favourites.
Natural yoghurt is the ideal choice as you can have the ability to add some sweetness with the addition of fresh or frozen fruit. When looking for a plain yoghurt, ensure you are comparing the fat content per 100g. Full fat varieties are approximately 4% fat (4g per 100g). When looking for a light variety, this is anything under 2% fat (2g per 100g), with the high protein strained yoghurts around the 0.5% fat (0.5g per 100g). Higher protein will help you feeling full for longer, and assist in repairing exercised muscle. They offer a great avenue to increase your protein intake, an excellent post-training recovery food. Yoghurt is considered a functional food as it can provide a little boost for our gut bacteria in supplying probiotics with the addition of live cultures.
Kirrily Tutt and Sally Anderson are dietitians from Apple to Zucchini that consult here at QSMC. If you would like to book in with them, please contact our reception team to find out more information.
Mitch is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist. He graduated from the University of QLD in 2013 with a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Sports Science, majoring in Clinical Exercise Physiology. For the past 7 years, Mitch has been working in Port Macquarie at a multidisciplinary allied health clinic. During his time here, he gained experience across a wide range of fields including musculoskeletal rehabilitation, post-operative rehabilitation, sport-specific training, strength and conditioning, neurological disorders, disability services and chronic disease management.
He thoroughly enjoys working with athletes of all levels, from professional to recreational, and assisting them in achieving their goals. He had a large role in delivering the Junior Athlete Sponsorship Program in Port Macquarie that saw him managing many young athletes. This involved working with them through injury rehabilitation and strength and conditioning to help them achieve their optimal sporting performance. Mitch has experience working with athletes across numerous sports including baseball, basketball, rugby union, track, golf, cricket and soccer.
Mitch has a keen interest in the post-surgical and return to sport management of athletes. He has done further studies in knee (specifically ACL) and shoulder rehabilitation. He is passionate about reducing the number of injuries in sport and bridging the gap between rehabilitation and return to sports programming and testing.
Mitch treats from both our Woolloongabba and Bowen Hills locations.
Mark is a Registrar with the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP). He graduated from Monash University in 2012 and subsequently gained extensive experience in Orthopaedics, before pursing full-time Sport and Exercise Medicine. He trained at the AIS in 2020 and is excited to return home to QLD in 2021.
Mark has experience in a wide range of sports from a local to national level. Amongst his major associations have been involvement in Australian Rules Football through the VAFA (University Blues), TAC Cup (Sandringham Dragons) and VFL (North Ballarat Roosters). He worked at the ACT Academy of Sport (ACTAS) as Medical Officer in 2020; this role involved management of injuries and illnesses in swimming, gymnastics, para-athletics, volleyball, soccer, rugby 7s and rowing. He served as an Assistant Club Doctor for the Canberra Raiders for the 2020 NRL season.
Aside from acute and chronic sporting injuries, Mark has a special interest in the active management of arthritis, exercise-induced leg pain, groin pain and back pain. He has an evolving interest in pain management more broadly. Mark believes clear communication, patient education, and a multimodal approach optimises long-term outcomes. Mark has experience using dextrose prolotherapy (joint and perineural/myofascial techniques) and is involved in research in this area.
Kyle graduated from James Cook University in 2010 and joined QSMC in February 2021. Kyle has worked primarily in private musculoskeletal physiotherapy and more recently in a full time professional football setting. Kyle has recently returned from 3.5 years in the UK, having worked with Tottenham Hotspur, an English Premier League football club.
Kyle has a keen interest in football and has played in the QLD state league previously. He enjoys working with Football, AFL, and running athletes of varying ages and abilities.
Kyle treats from our Woolloongabba and Bowen Hills clinics.
Andrew is an accredited sports dietitian, motivated by improving the nutrition, health and performance of others, working with a range of individuals, from recreational to elite athletes. He is fascinated by interactions between the environment, food, and the human body, and uses science informed approaches whilst adjusting recommendations to the individual’s unique requirements and situation (e.g injury, training periodisation, intolerances). Andrew is a strong supporter of whole foods, but understands that flexibility is necessary to meet individual real life personal preferences.
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Andrew treats from our Woolloongabba and Bowen Hills clinics.
Connor is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist and the newest team member at QSMC. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Sports Science, Connor went on to complete a Masters in Clinical Exercise Physiology at the Australian Catholic University. During his studies, Connor gained experience working with a wide variety of people, including those with Neurological conditions as well as injured athletes.
Having played AFL for many years, he has suffered from several debilitating injuries himself; he understands the impact of sporting injuries and is enthusiastic about the benefits Exercise can have. Connor has a special interest in the rehabilitation of neurological conditions and is passionate about enhancing the quality of life within everyone.
Eddie is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist with both a Masters Degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology and Bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Sports Science from the Australian Catholic University. He has worked as an AEP at a number of private clinics across Brisbane, treating clients with multiple injuries and conditions across schemes such as: NDIS, DVA, Private health, Doctors referral and Workcover.
He enjoys rehabilitating and training clients in returning to sport, work or general daily life. With a keen interest in sports including: Rugby, soccer, cricket, running, touch football, swimming, weightlifting, skiing/snowboarding and surfing. Additionally, Eddie has experience in treating kids and adults with disabilities and mental health conditions and aiding in improving their conditions.
Eddie specialises in delivering rehabilitation services to post-surgical clients, particularly those who are recovering from musculoskeletal injuries. He has a strong focus not only on rehabilitation, but the importance of injury prevention (prehabilitation). He also has experience working with elderly clients and associated pathologies including the treatment of: Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, Osteopenia, fractures, joint replacements and obesity. Through collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, Eddie aims to achieve the optimum outcome for all clients under his care.
Eddie loves working with clients one-on-one in order to achieve their goals and effectively treat their injury/condition. With a keen interest in musculoskeletal rehabilitation, he utilises his skills to treat a multitude of pathologies. Eddie is highly motivated to deliver the best quality EP treatment to his clients in order to get them back to sport/exercise, work or completing activities of daily life.
Eddie treats clients from both our Bowen Hills and Woolloongabba clinics.
(as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2007)
Kevin is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist. He graduated as a physiotherapist from Auckland in 1986, completed a Masters degree in Physiotherapy (Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy) from the University of Queensland (UQ) in 1991, and completed his PhD in physiotherapy at UQ in 2003.
Over the past 20 years as physiotherapist for Cricket Australia and Queensland Cricket, Kevin has provided physiotherapy services and workload guidance to all levels of men’s and women’s teams (national and state) including Test match tours, International One-day series, T20 and age-group World cups, touring extensively internationally. He has managed the rehabilitation of Australia’s elite cricketers from long term bone, muscle, and tendon injury. He has extensive experience and expertise in the assessment and management of lumbar stress fractures, lower limb bone stress injuries and low back pain in athletic and general populations. Working in a cricket environment has also cultivated specific skills in the assessment and management of the upper limb (especially throwing injury to the shoulder and elbow) and managing the rehabilitation and training loads of athletes through adolescence. Kevin has an interest in injury prevention and led the development of the physiotherapy cricket screening assessment used in all Australian States. He also has a PhD and as an active researcher is widely published on lumbar bone stress, other cricket injuries and hip dysfunction.
For over 30 years Kevin has been teaching post-graduate physiotherapists at UQ and regularly provides professional development courses for physiotherapists internationally and within Australia. He is a regular examiner and mentor for the Australian College of Physiotherapy specialisation process. When he is not at work he is a busy taxi running kids to sporting events and may be sighted on his mountain bike on the trails around Brisbane.
Dr Tony O’Neill is a Queensland trained Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in sports injuries and sub-specialty training in knee and shoulder surgery. Dr O’Neill grew up in Mount Isa and went to boarding school in Brisbane. He undertook undergraduate degrees at the University of Queensland, completing a Bachelor of Science in anatomy followed by a medical degree.
Dr O’Neill worked in hospitals in Brisbane and the UK before undertaking orthopaedic training in Queensland, gaining his Fellowship in 2012.
He completed a Fellowship in Shoulder Surgery at the Cape Shoulder Institute and Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa where he worked under Dr Joe De Beer. The practice specializes in the management of sports injuries of the shoulder as well as primary and revision shoulder joint replacement.
Dr O’Neill then worked as the Knee Fellow at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and Fortius Clinic in London UK, where a large percentage of the clinics patients are professional athletes. Working with Mr Andy Williams and Mr Jonathon Lavelle the fellowship incorporated multi-ligament injuries of the knee, meniscal preservation surgery, osteotomies about the knee and knee replacement.
His practice focuses on sports injuries of the knee and shoulder and their surgical management. He has published and presented research internationally and works publicly at the Mater Adults Hospital.
Dr O’Neill is happy to make himself available to manage acute orthopaedic problems including trauma, keeping emergency slots open in his outpatient clinic.
Matt is an easy going, friendly Tasmanian bred Queenslander who has spent the last 2 years in Tropical Far North Queensland.
You will rarely find Matt relaxing with his feet up (unless having a quiet beer), as he is constantly living an active and energetic lifestyle playing sport, surfing or exploring the wilderness via foot or mountain bike.
Having played various sports at both state and national levels during his teens and into his mid-twenties, Matt soon began to appreciate the importance nutrition plays in achieving high performance results. This involvement in elite sport was where Matt developed an interest in the nutrition implications for athletes, which resulted in him juggling training, work, university and managing some kind of social life and time for other hobbies.
Combining Matt’s sporting background, his passion for crafting nutritious food and making a mess in the kitchen, as well as his passion and desire to help people (or “to empower and inspire people to take control of their health and wellbeing”), led him to discover his career as a Sports Dietitian.
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Steph is a sports fanatic who has trained and competed in many different sporting categories including running, swimming, boxing, functional training, netball and surf life saving. Additionally, with four brothers she is often seen on the side-lines of rugby union games. Steph is a passionate dietitian who is devoted to working with her clients to reach their health and sporting goals. She strongly believes that quality nutrition and exercise is the key to living a sustainable healthy lifestyle.
Living on the Sunshine Coast, it was her love for the ocean and surf life saving that captured Steph’s thirst for competitive sport. She has over 15 years of training and race experience and to date, has represented Queensland three times and gained several individual and team medals at both state and national level.
Steph continues to train & compete, making her understanding of practical sports nutrition one of her great strengths. Seeing how her own performance is impacted by good (and sometimes bad!) nutrition choices has developed her desire to help other athletes make the best possible nutrition choices for them.
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Kate has been working as a physiotherapist in the field of Women’s and Men’s Pelvic Health since 2002 and completed her Post Graduate Certificate in Continence and Women’s Health through Curtin University in 2016. She only treats conditions involving pelvic floor dysfunction and has extensive experience treating urinary incontinence, faecal incontinence, prolapse, functional bowel disorders and persistent pelvic pain in both men and women. This includes pre and post operative pelvic floor assessment for men undergoing prostate surgery.
Kate has three children and understands how important it is to remain active. She believes that although the pelvic region of our body is important, it should not rule our lives. As such the goal of all treatments is to ensure you can live your life to its fullest with minimal impact from pelvic floor dysfunction.
Dr Peter Myers was educated in Brisbane and received his medical degree from the University of Queensland in 1977. He completed his Orthopaedic Training and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1985. He was also admitted as a Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association in 1988. He undertook Fellowship training in Atlanta, Toronto and Edinburgh.
His practice focuses on sports orthopaedics and knee surgery. Dr Myers has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally and holds committee positions with a number of organisations. He lectures at the University of Queensland and is a Clinical Associate Professor with the Department of Surgery and an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences. Dr Myers has a Public Hospital appointment at the Mater Misericordia Public Hospital. He has been an examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and continues to supervise a Fellowship training program. With his extensive research and lecture program, Dr Myers has published in many national and international medical journals. A list of these publications is available for download. In 2014, Dr Myers was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia for services to Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine. He is a past president of the Australian Knee Society.
Dr Myers has been involved with the Brisbane Broncos Rugby League team from 1988 to 2015 and remains involved with the Queensland Reds Rugby Union team and the Australian Rugby Union.
Dr Myers does not participate in Gap Cover arrangements with any health fund.
He also restricts his practice and does not treat Workers’ Compensation patients, Medico-legal cases or Veterans’ Affairs patients.
Matt’s aim is to provide high-quality education and rehabilitation for people with persistent pain conditions. He strives to improve his patient’s ability to understand the causes of their persistent pain and to empower people to improve their own management of their condition.
Matt completed his Physiotherapy degree at the University of Queensland in 1996 and developed an interest in chronic and complex pain conditions early in his career whilst working in both the public and private sectors. He completed a Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management) at the University of Sydney in 2007. Matt continues to be involved in the Pain Management degree at the University of Sydney in a teaching role.
Matt is also a member of the charity organisation “Pain Revolution” which raises funds to educate rural and regional health practitioners in the area of persistent pain rehabilitation to become Local Pain Educators. He is a mentor for the Local Pain Educators. He is one of the cyclists riding 700km or so kilometres for a week each year as part of the Pain Revolution Rural Outreach Program and charity bike ride.
Matt is a member of both the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) and the Australian Pain Society (APS) and in recent years has been involved in establishing the APA Pain Network to promote the benefits of physiotherapy treatment of persistent pain conditions. In 2018, was one of the first candidates of Physiotherapists nationally to be awarded the title of APA Pain Physiotherapist. He is a past chair of the Queensland Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Group, and is a member of the APA Pain Network.
Joanne is a Senior Physiotherapist with 25 years’ experience in private practice. She has worked with several Queensland Academy of Sport and National League squads, with elite teams and individuals in Football (Soccer), Netball, Rugby League (State of Origin and Brisbane Broncos), Golf, Track and Field and Hockey.
Since 1997, Joanne has co-ordinated Injury Prevention and Athletic Development programmes for several Schools of Excellence in Sport. She is passionate about helping adolescents develop Fundamental Movement Skills and achieve their goals.
Joanne enjoys optimising function and pain levels in all individuals, normalising posture and movement imbalances through education and a strong use of manual and soft-tissue therapy. Joanne enjoys treating a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions but has a special interest in treating neck pain and headaches, in myofascial and persistent pain and the use of Dry Needling where appropriate.
Jo treats from our Bowen Hills clinic.
