BODY FX Exercise Physiology

19/03/2026

Monday mornings, 8AM!

Call the clinic to book your spot today 0438 893 411. 📞

18/03/2026

Miscommunication with Gen Z clients ✌️

17/03/2026

Struggling with ideas for your running warm up (or do you just avoid it all together)?

Don't have any equipment? Don't really want to get down on the ground to stretch?

Fair enough!

Here are 4 quick exercises you can do with no getting up and down off the floor.

Save this for your next run! 🔖

16/03/2026

3 Causes of Persistent Hip Pain

✅ Muscle Imbalance:
The hip is unable to move or stabilize properly, leading to poor pelvic stability, increased stress on the hip joint, and surrounding tendons.

✅ Hip Joint Dysfunction:
Occurs due to induced joint mobility and stiffness, leading to restricted hip rotation and flexion, and can get lower back, pelvis, and knees to compensate.

✅ Poor Movement Pattern:
Poor movement patterns during lifting, running. and walking places stress on the hip joint and leads to a gradual onset of pain.

If this sounds like you, book an appointment to see us today.

04/03/2026

World Obesity Day!

Obesity and overweight affect many individuals across many communities and ages.

Obesity is a complex chronic condition which leads to an increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Regular exercise is beneficial for obesity and the related chronic health conditions.

It's not about the number on the scale, but the limitations the excess body fat causes regarding activities of daily living and functional capacity.

Exercise can help address metabolic health, body composition and mental wellbeing. We can help build your routine and provide ongoing support to help increase your functional capacity.

03/03/2026

“Consistency always trumps intensity 💪

You don’t need to “go hard” all of the time to make progress. Feeling like a sweaty mess, or not being able to walk the next day because of muscle soreness after every session isn’t required (or advised) for you to make progress.

All you need to do is keep showing up 🔁

- On the days you’re super keen 🔥
- On the days you’re feeling a little flat
- On the days you just don’t want to, but know you will feel better after

High-intensity workouts can feel productive, but they’re hard to sustain. They often lead to burnout, excessive soreness, or giving up altogether. Consistency, on the other hand, builds momentum 📈

Small, regular sessions:

- Improve strength and fitness steadily
- Reduce injury risk
- Support long-term habit formation
- Help manage pain and chronic conditions safely
- Allow time for rest 🧠

Progress comes from what you do repeatedly, not what you do occasionally.”

02/03/2026

Did you know we can help you optimise your sports performance through a number of factors:

☑ building aerobic capacity
☑ increasing strength and power specific to sport
☑ reduce injury risk
☑ structure progressive training loads
☑ monitor fatigue and recovery

We conduct a number of fitness tests to determine your current capacity, strengths and weakness which then informs the development of a personalised and specific program to aid your performance. 💪

27/02/2026

How many times have you said, "I'll just rest it and see how it feels next week," only to find that next week there's no real improvement? So you give it another couple of weeks. It starts to feel better... but the moment you return to training, it flares up "out of nowhere." This time you decide you'll give it a few more weeks, and before you know it, you've been out of action for months with little to no progress. Or worse, you push through it hoping it will settle, and end up even more frustrated.

Sound familiar?

Rest absolutely has its place, but it isn't always what your body actually needs. Pain is often the symptom, not the root cause. When you rest, symptoms can settle temporarily because you've removed the stress. But if the underlying issue hasn't been addressed, the pain usually returns as soon as the load does.

Most injuries don't need complete rest- they need the right type of load. Targeted, specific exercise that works around what's irritated while strengthening what's underperforming. It's about adjusting, not stopping. Reducing what aggravates things, rebuilding capacity, and gradually restoring your confidence in movement.

That's what we do. We keep you exercising in the good times and the not-so-good times - so you're not stuck starting over every few weeks. ✅

27/02/2026

25/02/2026

Bones need load - not just calcium.

Bone tissue responds to mechanical loading not vitamins alone.

Impact exercises and resistance training stimulate osteoblast activity and increase bone density.

Essential for osteoporosis or osteopenia management.

Supervised programming = safe, effective loading. 🙌

23/02/2026

Fear of pain makes pain worse.

Avoiding movement increases sensitivity, weakness, stiffness and pain over time.

Graded supervised exercise helps the brain relearn that movement is safe.

You don't have to be pain-free to start.
You just need a plan. ☑