by Dan Williams | Jan 21, 2023 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Individuals with a disability, Kids, NDIS, Older Persons
Summary: The NDIS can pay for you to exercise with a special kind of trainer called an Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP). This can happen if you need help with daily living or improving your health. AEPs know a lot about how exercise can help people with...
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 12, 2022 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Older Persons, Psychology
Range of Motion Personal Coach, Jen Hunter, answers the most common questions we get asked about sleep. Not getting enough sleep is well-known to reduce physical and mental performance. In addition, long-term sleep deficit is linked to increased chronic disease and...
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 | Sep 3, 2022 | Biomechanics, Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Do you spend a lot time staring at a computer screen? Folded into an office chair? Or maybe you spend all day driving a car. Or rocking a baby. Or staring at your phone. Have you ever thought about what the perfect posture is for each of these tasks? You probably...
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 | Aug 20, 2022 | Blogs, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Nutrition, Psychology, Weight Loss
Money may not buy happiness, but, spent in the right way, can certainly move you towards better health. The global trend towards income as the deciding indicator of success is worrying. The pursuit of income often comes at the expense of all else. At the expense of...
