ADAPT Exercise Physiology

19/07/2023

Exercise rehabilitation 🍃

Exercise rehabilitation from injury and pain has many aspects to it in this day and age.

At .ep_rehab we take on a holistic approach to treating the whole body.

We look in to -
* Motor patterning
* Biomechanics
* Structural changes - skeletal, muscular and scar tissue formation
* Inflammation management
* Psychosocial involvement

With this in mind, education around what, why and when we want you to complete specific exercises, soft tissue work, and nutritional changes is important, to empower you to take the necessary steps for optimal return to health and functional movement ♻️

Email us [email protected] to discuss starting your exercise rehabilitation today ☀️

11/05/2023

The integration of soft tissue work in the holistic approach to musculoskeletal rehab is imperative 🙏🏼

When we see clients with dysfunctional joint mechanics, there is quite often an element of restriction created by our nervous system to tighten soft tissue around the unstable joint for additional support.

By releasing this soft tissue and directly reducing pain, we can then implement a resistive exercise plan to retrain the support structures in a functional manner ✔️

Look at the body as a whole - muscular, neurological, emotional, hormonal etc cascade to restore pain free movement correctly 🌱

08/05/2023

Skeletal alignment for optimal loading ⛓️

In todays society, we are seeing a dramatic increase in pain, musculoskeletal injury, and irregular degradation to joints and soft tissue structures.

The image above shows on the left what sitting for long hours can do to the way our joints are stacked up.

Think of your muscles, ligaments and tendons like puppet strings pulling our skeletons into particular positions as we walk, run, sit or stand. If those strings (muscles) become too rigid in certain areas, the joints no longer move through there full ranges allowing a reset of normal joint alignment to then be loaded correctly. Whether it’s just the forces of gravity that are placed on our body, carrying additional weight (external or internal), and of course reaction force from the ground we stand on!

Learn to become more aware of correct joint positioning to reduce pain, injury and long term degradative changes ✔️♻️

02/05/2023

Hi there! 🙋🏽‍♀️ I thought it was time to re-direct this page to help anyone interested in working to reduce pain, heal from injury, and gain some tips around holistic health principles!

My name is Claire and I’m an accredited exercise physiologist of 16 years, a remedial therapist, holistic nutritionist and have a passion for the use of Pilates as an all rounder method of movement ♻️

I specialise in treating complex sub-acute and chronic musculoskeletal injury and pain, as well as providing safe and effective exercise prescription from chronic disease, all the way through to high level sporting performance 🌿

I see patients out of a clinic room in Tugun for remedial therapies, assessment and basic take home exercise prescription, and also run private and group Pilates based classes from another premise in Kirra, Queensland 💚

Check out the websites at www.adapt-ep.com.au or www.adaptwithpilates.com.au for more info ✌🏼

18/01/2022

Guidelines to returning to your exercise routine post infection 👏🏼

Physical activity post-COVID-19 feels easy for some but can be exhausting and defeating for others. Here's how the experts recommend you rebuild your fitness and how to know if you're pushing your body too hard as it recovers.

15/12/2021

For people with arthritis, exercise reduces pain and lowers levels of inflammatory cytokines. Exercise also increases the production of natural endocannabinoids. Researchers found the way exercise promotes these changes was due to altered gut microbes.

11/08/2021

At Adapt EP, we take a holistic approach to health, by connecting the dots with nutrition, regular strength and mobility exercises, as well as manual therapies to improve the overall performance within our daily tasks 🤍

Whilst you may think one can outweigh another, it’s almost always a combination of all three that reap the best result.

Contact us to discuss your treatment options!

08/02/2021

It’s been a while 🙋🏽‍♀️

Still continuing to help my clients with pain management, injury prevention + rehabilitation, chronic disease management, remedial and nutritional modalities ✔️

If you haven’t checked out the affiliated rehabilitation studio in Kirra - pop over and give it a follow, where we post majority of our content!



Claire :)

13/10/2019

Myofascial Cupping 📍will now be offered within Adapt EP!

Different to traditional cupping methods in that we are using the cups to create negative pressure which decompressed the tissues and helps to create stretch and rang of movement through our soft tissue 🙏🏼

Email [email protected] to discuss how this treatment option can benefit you!

26/08/2019

Let’s talk weight when performing resistance exercise ☝🏼
Technique and motor control to engage the correct muscles is always going to be more important than how much weight you can lift when it comes to health and fitness.

Tip - if you can’t effectively do an overhead squat with a light bar, then your torso might need some work stabilising first before loading up the bar!

04/04/2019

The genetics summit providing some pearls this week!

- Acute inflammation is a necessary process within the body
- If it becomes Chronic (over 3 days) it spreads systemically through the body creating oxidative damage to cells
- Omega 3 of doses greater than 2gms is recommended to help reduce the damage and curb long term inflammation.
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