Psychological injuries affect the body as well as the mind. Discover how Kinetic Medicine’s Exercise Physiologists treat fatigue, sleep issues, and physical deconditioning to accelerate recovery and support return-to-work goals.

Stuck at a recovery plateau? Discover how an NDIS Exercise Physiologist and advanced ExoMove technology can help you regain mobility and independence. Read about our tailored neuro rehab options.

Living with persistent pain can shrink your world and erode confidence in movement. Our modern approach combines Virtual Reality and Pain Neuroscience Education to help patients understand pain, rebuild trust in their bodies, and regain control of their lives.

Injured at work? Discover how occupational rehabilitation can help tradies safely return to work. Learn about functional capacity evaluations and work conditioning plans.

 Discover how an exercise physiologist helps manage Multiple Sclerosis symptoms with targeted exercises. Learn about movement strategies for strength, balance, and fatigue.

Discover how an NDIS exercise physiologist can support individuals with psychosocial disabilities through tailored exercise plans. Learn more at Kinetic Medicine today!

As clinicians at Kinetic Medicine, we often get asked, “Is exercise physiology covered by the NDIS?” It’s a great question, and one that many of our patients have as they explore their NDIS support options.

At Kinetic Medicine, we understand that every individual’s journey to better health is unique. Whether you're dealing with chronic pain, managing a condition like diabetes, or seeking to improve your mental well-being, our approach to exercise is designed specifically for you. We don't just treat the symptoms; we address the underlying causes, providing long-term solutions that help you regain control over your health.

Kate thought back surgery would be the end of her back pain which she had experienced throughout her day to day life for quite some time. Over the last few months though, Kate had become increasingly frustrated with her pain. She didn’t want to rely on medication for pain relief, she wanted a way to reset.

When coming in to Kinetic Medicine Kate was grateful to be heard out as she reflected on her experiences with her pain. It was comforting to know that it’s not uncommon for pain to persist after an initial injury and the natural healing process, and even after surgical intervention.

Diabetes is an umbrella term for several different conditions in which blood glucose levels (BGL’s) are elevated in the blood. Glucose is a form of energy that the body requires for our cells to function and allows the body to move. Glucose comes from carbohydrate foods for example a banana 🍌

Exercise might not seem like one of the first things to come to mind when thinking about PCOS but it has a multitude of benefits. Firstly, exercise can help reduce insulin resistance by allowing muscles to take up some of the glucose stored in the blood and use it for fuel. High intensity interval training (HIIT) is a type of training that incorporates short efforts followed by a longer rest and has been shown to have a large impact on reducing insulin resistance. HIIT also releases adrenaline to maintain the pace, and once the muscles use up the glucose, it will turn towards using fat as a primary source of fuel. This can help with weight loss by burning fat and reducing the amount of insulin the body has to release hence decreasing hunger signals and lowering blood pressure. By reducing weight, we also minimise the risk of pregnancy complications and increase fertility.

Have you ever wanted to be flexible? The idea of being flexible is tied up with a notion of feeling free or easy, and is usually a physical description. But what about being psychologically flexible? This might sound like a bit of a complicated idea, yet there is something just as appealing about being mentally and emotionally flexible as there is about being physically so. Fortunately enough if you like this idea - and even if you don’t feel naturally inclined to be so flexible - there is a way that these qualities can be broken down into components you can cultivate for yourself. Emerging out of a field of psychology that has become ‘Acceptance Commitment Therapy’ or ACT, these 6 components or traits are able to be developed like psychological ‘muscles’.

Sometimes it can be powerful to ask ourselves the tough question of ‘have we been wrong about this?’ Whether it’s about a decision that we’ve made in the past or one we keep on making, it can be powerful to ask the boldest of questions of self reflection. Doing so, though, in a way that doesn’t lead us to shame, guilt or regret is somewhat of an art. Being objective doesn’t come as easy to some as it does to others because the notion of ‘failure’ can have such a powerful and lasting impact. This notion of ‘failure’ – either considering our actions or even ourselves in our entirety as either living up to a standard or falling short – often does more harm than good and as a result the management of this concept is emerging as a secret weapon in helping people do things of significant.

You see there are a range of beliefs when it comes to behaviours and habits as they relate to our health. It’s not scandalous to say that there are as many different dietary persuasions as there are instagram influencers and it’s potentially not possible to say that there is universal agreement about what ‘good eating’ should look like. Equally, we’re seeing people be particularly brazen about other more technical aspects to health and medicine like pharmaceuticals. There are those in staunch opposition to anything remotely pharmaceutical, and those who expect there to be a pill or a jab to fix each and every ailment. Whilst the truth is always somewhere in the middle, it all stands to prove that the age of information is as much the age of dis-information – where there’s a YouTube video for almost any every task you could ever hope for instruction in.

We generally talk about pain by asking sufferers how ‘bad’ it is, as if bad is the objective standard by which we measure pain. The reality is that, because pain is such a complex experience, we need to have a more ‘sophisticated’ way to talk about pain. Moreover, we know that when people have a better way to communicate their experience with pain we have a greater likelihood of applying more effective interventions. So how do we as a community need to break down this experience if we are truly going to understand the way pain affects those who suffer with it? Three domains we should consider are the notions of intensity, bothersomeness and interference.

Pain certainly feels, at least initially anyway, like it’s something that should be avoided and that certainly can be the case in at least the initial stages. If you’ve suffered the onset of an acute injury then ensuring that your body has the time and space to settle down and/or heal can be important. Yet bed rest has become something we know, in principle, doesn’t lead to better results. That’s why it’s vitally important to get expert oversight when you become injured or suffer the onset of pain, and that the result of this should include at least some idea of what a map of recovery should look like. Yet, health professionals who simply provide the advice to wait until all pain resolves are providing advice that has been found to often lead to impaired recovery and even poorer rates of healing. Our body thrives on stimulus and when we withdraw physical stimulus that keeps our systems regulated appropriately towards tolerating stress we do it a disservice.

So how do you know when you actually need help with your mental health? There are potentially 3 considerations to make when asking yourself “do I need to get some help?” Briefly stated, these are a consideration of the severity of symptoms, an appraisal of the current ability you have to cope with these symptoms amongst everyday tasks, as well as the length of time symptoms have persisted. Of all these considerations, though, the often most underrated is an appraisal of our ability to cope. It’s the thing we all reassure ourselves about with adages like “it’s not that bad” or “there are people worse off than me”.

All of us are finding the current times challenging in one way or another. People have lost their jobs and have had their future plans interrupted or even ruined. Thankfully, there’s been a lot of attention paid to mental health and psychological wellbeing.