Exercise Physiology at Ramsay Street
In our endeavour to provide ‘good health for all’, Ramsay Street Medical Centre has embraced Exercise Physiology as one of our available services, allowing patients to experience the positive benefits of physical exercise in the goal to maintain good health.
We also encourage exercise physiology as an additional treatment for our patients suffering from an array of debilitating health conditions. Our exercise physiology programs offer both short and long term improvements in cases of obesity, arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis, asthma, cardiovascular disease or mental health conditions.
Often an educational and therapeutic experience, our exercise physiologist will work with you to create an exercise program targeted at improving your flexibility, strength, posture and fitness, to help create new and healthy habits for patients- enabling them to live a longer, healthier life.
Exercise Physiology can help with Treatment and Management of:
Common Conditions: Obesity, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, General Debility due to Aging
- Maintain your muscle strength to reduce the strain and risk associated with everyday living tasks. It is this benefit which allows our elderly patients to maintain independence and prevent falls and injury.
- Regular activities can assist insulin in the body to effectively lower blood sugar level thereby managing diabetes.
- Even gentle, physical exercise can make the heart stronger, allowing the heart to pump more blood with less effort.
Rehabilitation: Recovery from illness or joint operations, injury prevention, posture and muscle control, flexibility and strength.
- Reduce pain and regain mobility after experiencing an injury, illness or operation.
- Exercise physiology is crucial to the rehabilitation process as it helps restore range of motion, strength and flexibility.
- Our new Allied Health space gives you access to a range of assistive equipment, helping you to achieve your wellness goals.
Healthy Body Functions: Musculoskeletal, metabolic, cardiac, pulmonary, neuromuscular.
- Exercise can help in symptom management and improvement of health.
- Regular exercise helps sustain the quality of life for patients suffering from chronic and incurable diseases by maximising their physical and psychological functions.
Ramsay Street’s Exercise Physiologist: Rob Bale
Rob possesses a Bachelor of Exercise Physiology from the University of New South Wales, and is Ramsay Street’s resident-ESSA credited- Exercise Physiologist. Rob is passionate about personal fitness and promoting healthy lifestyles through collaborative problem solving to improve functioning and wellbeing. Rob provides both home-based individual and group based aerobic and HIIT programs to meet clients’ unique goals for fitness and well-being. Rob specialises in providing tailored programs for rehabilitation, management and prevention of sports injuries and chronic diseases.
*Your health fund rebate may cover most costs. Medicare rebates may also apply.*