The short answer: A highly-skilled, highly-trained exercise professional, who will give you the exercise program you need to meet your health goals.

A healthcare provider with a university degree in movement science, an exercise physiologist (EP):

• Has an in-depth understanding of how to exercise safely, regardless of health status
• Is able to provide an exercise program to maximize your health and results
• Can guide and support to you being comfortable with your body and confident in your movement

Like many other health professionals, EPs can specialise in specific areas of healthcare. You’ll find them working in all sorts of setting, from hospital-based cardiac rehab to high-performance settings with elite athletes. The majority of EPs are working with the general public, providing exercise programs to help manage conditions like cancer, heart disease and diabetes, neuromuscular conditions, and even mental health. A good EP will be able to work around your challenges, so instead of being overwhelmed you’re excited to get a move on. If you’re currently healthy, an EP-provided exercise program can help you get and stay fit at the level you’d like. Exercise is great medicine for pretty much everyone!

Exercise Physiology Helps Manage Short and Long Term Health Conditions

With greater understanding of how the body works (and sometimes doesn’t), an exercise physiologist is the right person to help you manage your health conditions. The right program will help you move and feel better, with less pain and more energy, so you get a better quality of life. Exercise physiology programs for chronic conditions are eligible for Medicare rebates too!

HealthFit Coaching specialises in exercise physiology programs for:

• Joint and muscle pain, including lower back pain, knee pain, and shoulder and neck pain
• Muscle and strength imbalances
• Osteoarthritis and osteoporosis
• Heart disease and circulatory conditions
• Diabetes
• Weight management

Exercise Physiology Is Great For Staying Healthy

Exercise physiology isn’t just for managing chronic disease and conditions. Many clients start training when they are healthy, and enjoy great health and fitness well into their retirement years. Your program will help you maintain easy, pain-free movement, physical strength and flexibility, and will boost your energy and happiness levels. Stay healthy and fit, feel great, love your body, and make the most of what life can offer.

Why HealthFit Programs Work So Well

The HealthFit approach is kind of like a combination of physio treatment and personal training. You’ll start out with the tools you need to move and feel better, getting rid of those daily niggles, and then you’ll build on that until you’re feeling as healthy and fit as you want to be.

And the key to creating a really successful program? It’s you.

We take the time to get to know you, and get your input on how to make your program realistic and achievable. Knowing what you like to do and what you have time and energy for is key to a reasonable program that provides results. Combine this with our expertise and you get a program that fits you like a glove.

Find out more on the Exercise Physiology FAQs page.