Hypothyroidism The Power of Emotional Health Focus on Legumes Want to Get Social? Australian Kinesiology Association Issue #125 Autumn 2018 AKA NATIONAL CONFERENCE AKA National Conference Launceston October 2018 03 FEATURES Hypothyroidism Kathy Carmuciano 04 Focus on Legumes and the 'f' factor Carla Evans 07 The Power of Emotional Health Anna Heiskari 11 Networking News 12 My Other Life Emily Freer 13 Loneliness Lisa Westerlaken 14 Want to Get Social? Karen Humphries 17 Course Profile: Spirit in Practice Robbi Zeck 19 National Kinesiology Week 2018 24 BOOKS Book Review: The Vital Psoas Muscle by Jo Ann Staugaard-Jones Michael Wild 12 Unsplash-Anthony Rossbach Recommended Reading Lorraine Bell, Katie Burke 18 Australian Kinesiology Association Inc. 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The material contained herein is not necessarily the view of, nor endorsed by, NOTICEBOARD the Editor or the Australian Kinesiology Association Inc. You may reproduce, store or transmit writing or images from In Touch for non-commercial purposes. Please seek permission from the Editor, use in entirety and acknowledge source. AKA Noticeboard 24 In Touch complies with laws that protect privacy as required under the Privacy Act President's Report Lee-Anne MacLeod I hope you’ve all had a relaxed, rejuvenating summer and have Also, I urge members to request clients to sign petitions in support begun the year full of vitality as you achieve your professional and for kinesiology to counter a current initiative by the government to personal goals in 2018. remove our services from their list of complementary health services supported by the health funds. With enough support we Farewells stand a good chance of reversing this initiative. We say good-bye to two special people who have played integral parts in the running of our AKA: Your Management Committee continues to move toward resolving our representatives election issue raised at the AGM with respect Emily Freer – administration to nominee. It is with sadness that we say farewell to Emily, our lyrical ‘voice of the AKA”, as we’ve know her for the last 8 years. We thank you for Continue to create a great month. your amazing service, strength and professionalism. It’s always Yours in Kinesiology, been a pleasure to have your vibrant and gentle guidance at the Lee-Anne MacLeod, AKA President end of the phone for our members. We will miss you and wish you great success in your next adventure. Level 6 KSP Christine Love – Treasurer Christine Love, our amazing Treasurer for nearly four years, is leaving us. The space you leave will be a challenge to fill. Thanks again from the MC and members for your huge voluntary efforts, Letter innovative ideas, skills and guidance, done with strength and ‘Love”. Again, we wish you well and know you will create an from the Editor amazing future in your career and life path. Katie Burke Welcome Jessica Gilbert, our new administrative assistant, will commence work at the same time as this edition of InTouch is released. Also, Gail Medland, our current Secretary, will take over the monthly role of Health Funds reporting. We wish you both a satisfying and joyful future in your new roles of employment with the AKA. Autumn highlights the nature of impermanence. As we watch the Webinars leaves change colour and drop from the trees we are reminded to Karen Humphries, one of our members, volunteered her time to let go of attachments and adapt to change in order to make way for host a FREE Webinar on how to maximise use of #hashtags to regrowth and new life in the future. boost your kinesiology profile. Many thanks Karen. We hope you all This autumn we let go of Emily Freer from the AKA office and in this took advantage and enjoyed it. issue we revisit My Other Life to get a glimpse into her future. As Podcasts well, there are articles that explore physical, emotional and Again, we have seven Podcasts for our members to enjoy from our nutritional areas, covering the triad of health in the context of amazing speakers at the 2017 AKA Conference: Danny Liddell, kinesiology. Read also about mind-body connections, networking Brendan Rohan, Charles Krebs, Jenne Burns, Michael Christian, connections and connecting to clients through social media. There Gordon Dickson and Robbi Zeck. I encourage you to purchase is information about upcoming courses and the latest from the AKA these at a very modest price to support your professional office and Management Committee. development, especially if you missed listening to our world class Thank you again to all contributors who dedicate time and energy Kinesiology presenters in person. to share their knowledge with the AKA community. Evidence Based Research If you have anything to offer for future issues don't hesitate to We strongly encourage you to submit your case studies as our contact me on [email protected] industry needs further efficacy to support what we do. Please follow the template on the website as we build the credibility of our Warm regards, work in the eyes of the government and general public. Katie Burke 2 In Touch Autumn 2018 NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2018 Kinesiology: Many Paths, One Goal 19 - 21 October, 2018 Launceston, Tasmania Launceston, Tasmania The AKA Management Committee wishes to advise that the Conference Coordinator will be announced in March, 2018. Stay tuned to your emails when the final announcement will be made. Australian Kinesiology Association Inc 3 Hypothyroidism by Kathy Carmuciano Wikimedia Definition Thyroid hormones Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland Triiodothyronine (T3) differs from tetraiodothyronine (T4 ) in fails to produce sufficient thyroid hormone to maintain the that it has three iodine atoms instead of four. T 3 is derived from many metabolic activities in the body. Hypothyroidism can be T4 through de-iodination outside the thyroid gland. T3 is less primary, secondary or tertiary. Primary hypothyroidism is due to bound to protein than T4 and as a result is about four times more disease within the thyroid gland itself whereas secondary and biologically active. These thyroid hormones increase the rate of tertiary hypothyroidism are caused by factors external to the metabolic activity in many tissues in the body and are essential for thyroid gland, such as a failure or condition of the pituitary or normal physical and mental development throughout childhood. hypothalamus, respectively. The role of thyroid hormones in the body is as follows: Anatomy and physiology review • Regulation of basal metabolic rate The thyroid gland, an endocrine gland, is a small butterfly-shaped • Regulation of oxygen usage gland located inferior to the larynx or voice box. It has a right • Stimulation of protein synthesis and left lobe connected by an isthmus. The thyroid gland weighs • Increased use of glucose and fatty acids for ATP production approximately 30 grams or 1 oz. It is a highly vascularised gland, • Increased lipolysis receiving 80 – 120 milliliters of blood per minute. • Enhanced cholesterol excretion The thyroid gland, at a microscopic level, is made up of • Accelerated body growth spherical sacs called thyroid follicles; the wall of each follicle • Development of the nervous system consists of cells called follicular cells, with parafollicular or • Growth and development of the foetus and infants C cells interspersed in spaces between them. The follicular cells of the thyroid gland are responsible for the synthesis of Aetiology of Hypothyroidism thyroid hormones triiodothyronine and tetraiodothyronine, Hashimoto's disease commonly referred to as T3 and T 4, respectively. The most common cause of hypothyroidism is Hashimoto's The mineral iodine is essential for the synthesis of these thyroid disease, an autoimmune disease, also known as chronic hormones. The parafollicular cells synthesise a hormone known lymphocytic thyroiditis or autoimmune thyroiditis (NIDDK, 2017, as calcitonin, a hormone involved with calcium homeostasis. para 3). Hashimoto's disease leads to inflammation of thyroid It has a lowering effect on blood calcium levels. tissue and the subsequent reduction in the synthesis of thyroid hormones. The thyroid gland is influenced by a series of hormones produced in the hypothalamus and anterior pituitary, neuroendocrine Thyroiditis, an inflammation of the thyroid gland, is caused glands located in the brain. The hypothalamus produces a by viral or bacterial infection, an autoimmune condition or hormone referred to as thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) following pregnancy. The condition causes thyroid hormones which stimulates the anterior pituitary gland to synthesise to leak into the blood, raising their overall levels and leading to the hormone thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) which in hyperthyroidism. After one to two months this may develop into turn stimulates the thyroid gland to produce and release the hypothyroidism. aforementioned thyroid hormones triiodothyronine (T3) and Congenital hypothyroidism is a condition of the thyroid tetraiodothyronine (T4).