by Dan Williams | Dec 10, 2022 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Individuals with a disability, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, NDIS, Older Persons, Programming
Let’s address of the biggest fears for many of the older clients we work with at Range of Motion. The inability to get up off the floor. At best, the crawl across the living room to get assistance from the nearest couch can be really embarrassing. It’s a humiliating...
by Dan Williams | Oct 15, 2022 | Biomechanics, Blogs, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Programming
There are countless similarities between musicians and athletes. The line between the demands of their fields is so blurred, it’s hardly worth making a distinction. The both practice the skills of their chosen ‘sport’ for many hours a day. They both require high...
by Dan Williams | Oct 4, 2022 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Individuals with a disability, Programming, Psychology
Range of Motion Personal Coach, Jen Hunter, talks about the powerful effects of strength training on mental health. In the last year, 20% of people in Australia have experienced some form of mental illness. Mental ill health is linked to many negative physical...
by Dan Williams | Oct 1, 2022 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Weight Loss
Finding a Personal Trainer that’s the perfect fit for you is a bigger decision than you may think. All going well, you’ll build a relationship with this person over many years (we have many clients at Range of Motion in Osborne Park who have been with us for over ten...
by Dan Williams | Sep 28, 2022 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Older Persons
Range of Motion Personal Coach, Jen Hunter, explores the benefits of strength training in mitigating the effects of menopause. Changes in hormone levels after menopause are associated with decreased bone density, reduced muscle mass, reduced strength and increased...
by Dan Williams | Sep 17, 2022 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Individuals with a disability, Kids, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, NDIS
Providing Exercise Physiology services for teenagers on the NDIS, there is one key focus that pay dividends again and again. Neutral spine. But what is ‘neutral spine’? What does it mean, and why is it so important for teens on the NDIS? ‘Neutral spine’ is basically...
by Dan Williams | Aug 27, 2022 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, For Fitness Professionals, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
High complexity exercises get a bad wrap. There seems to be a general consensus amongst health and fitness professionals that if you have the option of a simple exercise or a complex exercise (and they get the same result), you should always go simple. And, at face...
by Dan Williams | Jul 23, 2022 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Individuals with a disability, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, NDIS, Programming
While we realise there is a huge range of abilities for NDIS participants, we’ve created a ‘top seven’ list for exercise we think they should build towards. Of course, there needs to be a huge degree of individualisation and variation to suit the unique needs of the...
by Dan Williams | Jul 9, 2022 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Older Persons
When you’ve worked with and helped as many people as we have at Range of Motion, you pick up on a lot of common problems. And there’s no population of people who need an individualised, health first approach, more than women in their early 60s. Every week, we sit down...
by Dan Williams | Jun 27, 2022 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Individuals with a disability, NDIS, Psychology
We can raise our expectations around what NDIS participants are able to achieve when it comes to exercise. All too often as fitness professionals, we can have the tendency to pigeonhole NDIS participants, and believe that their physical potential is less than it...
