by Dan Williams | Nov 30, 2018 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Weight Loss
Sleep is dangerous. Or at least with a rudimentary understanding of evolution, that’s a conclusion you could semi-logically arrive at. Let’s journey back to our caveman days. Sleep was dangerous. Dangerous for our species. It was more dangerous than hunting woolly...
by Dan Williams | Nov 23, 2018 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Nutrition, Weight Loss
Learn more about ROM Nutrition Coaching Range of Motion Nutrition Coaching takes a behavioural approach to improving nutrition. We recognise there is MUCH more to nutrition that the science of food. In fact, it’s more about the science of the mind. It’s about creating...
by Dan Williams | Nov 2, 2018 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Flexibility, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Nutrition, Programming, Psychology, Weight Loss
The Range of Motion Model of Health sets down the principles for everything we do at Range of Motion. The model resembles a ‘wagon wheel’ with individual spokes. Each spoke is required to keep the wheel circular. Should one spoke fail (even thought the...
by Dan Williams | Apr 10, 2018 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Nutrition, Psychology, Weight Loss
‘Diet’ has such negative connotations. It smacks of sacrifice and discomfort and exclusion and difficulty and inconvenience. For the ‘western world’, the ‘set point’ of nutrition is characterised by highly processed carbohydrates...
by Dan Williams | Jun 14, 2017 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, CrossFit, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Kids, Nutrition, Weight Loss
We’re excited to announce that Mel Lichocik will be joining Range of Motion’s staff team as a Nutritionist. She will be running recurring one-on-one consultations where you can book in weekly, fortnightly or monthly consultations. While these recurring...
by Dan Williams | Dec 5, 2016 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Flexibility, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Nutrition, Psychology
Everything we do at Range of Motion is based around the Range of Motion Model of Health. For over ten year’s we’ve used this conceptual model for every single client we’ve had in our four branches. This model measures multiple measures of health,...
by Dan Williams | Aug 29, 2016 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Older Persons
In the list of the top ten causes of premature death, cancer appears three times. Top factors causing loss of life years due to premature death (in order): Ischaemic heart disease Stroke and other cerebrovascular disease Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers Alzheimer and...
by Dan Williams | Apr 25, 2016 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Psychology
The use of various temperature protocols (cryotherapy, cold water immersion/ice baths, contrast therapy) for increased recovery and performance has garnered mainstream acceptance from athletes. Here, we review the literature to examine the effectiveness of these...
by Dan Williams | Mar 6, 2016 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Weight Loss
Knowing our body composition gives us a valuable window into our health. It tells us what’s in there – the ratios of muscle, bone, fat. Knowing these things tells us a lot about our health – the medical conditions we’re predisposed to and the...
by Dan Williams | Jan 19, 2016 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Weight Loss
In order to understand the reasons for the incidents of cardiovascular disease in contemporary society, we must understand the situations and selective pressures during the late Paleolithic era. So influential was this period in the scheme of human evolution, that it...
