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 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 | 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 | 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 | 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...
by Dan Williams | Apr 28, 2022 | Blogs, Individuals with a disability, Psychology
The relationship between an NDIS participant and their exercise professional (usually an Accredited Exercise Physiologist) can be one of the most important connections in that participant’s life. Here are eight things an NDIS participant should look for when choosing...
by Dan Williams | Apr 2, 2022 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Individuals with a disability, Older Persons, Programming
Olympic Weightlifting. Even the sheer name strikes fear into people who are maybe a little overwhelmed by gyms and exercise. Then they learn a little more about it, and the fear only grows! And we have to admit, it does look pretty scary. Muscly people at the Olympics...
by Dan Williams | Nov 6, 2021 | Blogs, Health, Individuals with a disability, NDIS
Asking the most important type of exercise for individuals living with a disability needs a very individualised answer. Regardless of the type of disability, there’s one very important factor to remember. Whatever exercise someone is doing, it needs to directly...
by Dan Williams | Nov 1, 2021 | Blogs, Individuals with a disability, NDIS
There’s a fine line when designing exercise programs for people living with a disability. It’s a balancing act our Exercise Physiologist are are constantly working on with our clients at Range of Motion. On one hand, we need to make sure the exercise is...
