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Practitioners: Ben Basser-Silk and Jayden Lehman
An Exercise Physiologist is a specialist in clinical exercise interventions for people living with a huge range of acute, sub-acute or chronic medical conditions, injuries or disabilities.
Exercise Physiologists work with people to achieve their optimal health and physical function through prescribing tailored exercise interventions and implementing lifestyle changes to achieve outcomes.
Exercise physiologists utilise evidence-based exercise modalities to deliver and prescribe exercise programs as well encourage lifestyle modification to empower the client to manage their condition with regular exercise and risk factor modification.
The role of an exercise physiologist involves but is not limited to:
- Screening and risk stratifying to ensure safety and appropriateness of exercise interventions
- Assessing movement and strength capacity to inform exercise prescription
- Prescription of tailored exercise programs to meet the client’s needs and goals
- Exercise advice for general health and well-being or management for a chronic health condition or injury
- Assessment of lifestyle factors that may contribute to the development or progression of a chronic health condition and implement behavioural change
At Entire Physio our Exercise Physiologists, Ben and Jayden who both run exercise classes to help our community manage different chronic health conditions such as; cancer care, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, mental health and general health and well-being.
Entire Physio will also be offering 6 week exercise classes for special populations. This is a great option for those with specific conditions that want to exercise with people who have similar needs and would benefit from a more targeted exercise regime. Currently there is a cardiopulmonary class, a diabetes class and a bone/ joint health class that covers conditions such as arthritis, osteoporosis and joint replacements.
Ben and Jayden also have the capacity to see people on a one-on-one basis for anyone requiring a more personalised exercise intervention and program. One-on-one sessions are beneficial for injury rehabilitation, targeted disease management, achieving specific goals, athletic performance and general exercise advice for health and well-being. They can also work one-on-one with NDIS and work cover clients.
Exercise Physiology Blog Posts:
- LIFT into fighting cancer and SMOOTH into fighting its side-effects
For the past 50years, the focus of cancer research has been on treatment and secondly prevention … as it should be! But with a rapidly growing population both living with and in remission from cancer, a new focus has developed; how do we reduce the morbidity associated with cancer? i.e. How can we make treatment suck just […] - A Spotlight on Arthritis and Exercise this April
On this Page Current perception What is OA? What is the cause and symptoms?The role of exercise Exercise recommendations Know your symptoms, listen to your body As we age, there often comes a period of time where we begin to experience unprovoked pain, discomfort or swelling in our joints primarily in the knees, hips, fingers and toes. This can […]
