Are you stuck in a fitness pothole and feel like you’ve stopped making progress? It can happen in anyone’s fitness journey, so don’t feel discouraged if you feel like you’ve hit a roadblock on your fitness journey. Once you understand how your body adapts to training, you can make changes to your routine to break through…
Last Friday the Longevity teams at Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Pymble, Balmain, Neutral Bay gathered at our Neutral Bay location for a professional development night on all things shoulders with presentations from Andrew, Kale, Kyle and Matt. Andrew started off the night getting us to limber up with some shoulder circles. Following this he tested our anatomical knowledge quizzing us on…
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,…
