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 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...
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...
by Dan Williams | Jun 11, 2022 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming, Weight Loss
What’s the best piece of cardio equipment to get for a home gym? It really comes down to the ‘big four’. Rower (we prefer concept 2). Bike Erg (we prefer concept 2). Ski Erg (we prefer concept 2). Air Bike (we prefer Rogue Echo Bike). So let’s count these down from...
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 16, 2022 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming, Psychology, Weight Loss
If you’re a perfectionist who’s struggling to build a long term exercise habit, you may have found you struggle with consistency. And often this disruption comes either from people’s desire to make their exercise sessions perfect, or their belief that more is better....
