Stroke and exercise It’s National Stroke Week! Today, the Longevity Exercise Physiology teams at Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Pymble, Balmain, Neutral Bay, Coburg – Melbourne, and Barrie, Ontario – Canada discuss exercise after stroke and the associated benefits. What is a stroke? A transient ischemic attack (TIA), ischemic stroke, and intracerebral haemorrhage, or ‘stroke’ as they are commonly…
Today, one of our students, Suze, completing her placement at our Longevity Exercise Physiology locations at Edgecliff and Randwick, discusses the importance of posture in today’s society. Have you ever realised how human function has changed as we’ve evolved over the last hundred thousand years? Our ancestors were in constant movement as they relied on hunter-gathering…
Today, the Longevity Exercise Physiology teams at Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Pymble, Balmain, Neutral Bay, Coburg – Melbourne, and Barrie, Ontario – Canada celebrate our recent sporting achievements amongst our staff members. Ryan Ryan has recently passed the big milestone of 100 NEAFL/VFL matches! Ryan balances his excellent Exercise Physiology skills with the responsibility of captaining his GWS…
Today, Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Pymble, Balmain, Neutral Bay, Coburg – Melbourne, and Barrie, Ontario – Canada discuss why balance training is so important for clients with Parkinson’s disease. What is Parkinson’s Disease (PD)? Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive, and incurable neurological condition largely resulting from the degeneration of dopamine producing cells in…
Stretching is important to reduce post workout soreness. But there are other reasons you should also opt for stretching and some reasons why you shouldn’t rely on it for specific reasons. There is some confusion that can come with the differences between mobility and flexibility and whether it is better to have more of one…
The teams at Longevity Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Pymble, Balmain, Neutral Bay, Coburg – Melbourne, and Barrie, Ontario – Canada are strong believers in client centred care. We truly value tailoring our exercise prescription to the individual that presents in front of us. Something in-line with these beliefs is meeting with other allied health professionals. In these meetings we…
Today, the Longevity Exercise Physiology teams at Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Pymble, Balmain, Neutral Bay, Coburg – Melbourne, and Barrie, Ontario – Canada explain chronic pain, and how it is managed during exercise. What is chronic pain? Pain is a personal and subjective, but very real experience. Chronic pain occurs when there is a lingering pain experience, even after…
Over the past 3 years during the current Covid-19 Pandemic, stress and anxiety levels have increased. Between the 16th of March 2020 and 9th of January 2022, almost 25 million Medicare Benefits Scheme subsidised mental health-related services were processed. This is largely related to the covid outbreak. Today, Annabel and the Longevity Exercise Physiology teams at Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Pymble, Balmain,…
Longevity Exercise Physiology Edgecliff, Pymble, Randwick, Marrickville, Drummoyne, Bella Vista, Balmain, Neutral Bay, Coburg and Canada are very excited to welcome our two new Exercise Physiologists Vaishnavi Pasupati & Rachel Booker to our Longevity team! Vaishnavi Vaishnavi is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist and will be joining the team in Bella Vista (New Image Personal…
During a time when most peoples’ lives are becoming busier, we find ourselves rushing out the door to get to the gym or go for a run without taking a few minutes to get prepared for the big event. Before you even think about running or using the machines at the gym, you need to…
