Injuries tend to occur when our body does not have a robust response to the desired movement pattern.

After identifying key areas requiring rehabilitation, our team will help design an injury management and prevention program that not only ensures the best outcomes according to current best practices but a program that suits your unique lifestyle and personality.

We utilise the AxIT force analysis system to assess your current force capacity and identify any imbalances or potential strength discrepancies which guide our individualised program creation. For those who are serious about their chosen athletic pursuit, our High Performance Program may be just what you're looking for.

Common post-operation patients seen under an Exercise Physiologists care at 4D Health and Performance include:

Each program is designed to:

• Educate
  
• Reduce sedentary behaviour
  
• Weight loss
  
• Muscle strengthening
  
• Increase joint range of motion
• Increase functionality
  
• Limb asymmetries
  
• Limit compensatory movement / ameliorate poor biomechanics
  
• Neuromuscular control
  
• Reduce atrophy/muscle loss

Exercise Physiologists at 4D Health and Performance provide individualised assessment, exercise advice, prescription, behavioural change counselling and support for people with chronic and/or complex disease(s). We believe people of any age can improve their exercise habits and receive benefits.

Metabolic diseases such as obesity, hyperlipidaemia, metabolic syndrome, polycystic ovarian syndrome, type 2 diabetes and type 1 diabetes disrupt the ability of the body to perform critical functions involving the metabolism of nutrients.

Customised evidence-based exercise programs designed and delivered by our Exercise Physiology team can help with:

Our exercise physiology team is here to help you navigate your recovery, as well as manage the day-to-day symptoms of your chronic conditions. A customised exercise program that includes an Alter-G Anti-Gravity treadmill can assist with the management of cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, heart failure, cerebral apoplexy (Stroke), intermittent claudication, pulmonary diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, cystic fibrosis, musculoskeletal disorders including osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, back pain, rheumatoid arthritis as well as negative side-effects related to cancer and its treatment(s).

Benefits our patients receive from customised programs include:

• Improved markers for cholesterol, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease
  
• Improved cardiorespiratory fitness
  
• Improve bone health
  
• Increase strength and balance
  
• Boosted energy, mood & endurance
  
• Weight management
  
• Reduction of persistent pain
  
• Improved sleep

Pain has been proven to be reduced through exercise treatment. Our Exercise Physiologists can help identify and differentiate between the subcategories of pain – neurological; musculoskeletal; acute; chronic; delayed onset of muscle soreness (DOMs).

Our team will help you gain a better understanding of the movements and conditions that are potentially contributing to and causing your pain. Our Exercise Physiologists will help educate you on how and why you are feeling pain, and how to ensure/reassure the body is not under present or future harm. Our Exercise Physiologists are qualified to empower individuals to independently manage flare-ups of pain, prevent further tissue damage, and address concerns related to results from medical imaging/scans.

We aim to increase your confidence and ability to participate in regular physical activity, whilst improving sleep, mental health, diet and knowledge/understanding of pain.

Different types of pain Exercise Physiologists treat include:

Acute pain

• Pain lasting less than 3 months
  
• Typically involving the body’s response to damaged tissue (muscles/tendons/ligaments)
  
  • Eg: Shoulder/hip/knee or ankle-related impingement, inflammation, bursitis, tendinopathy
    
  • Torn or sprained ankle/calf/hamstring/groin/rotator cuff

Chronic pain

• Pain lasting longer than 3-6 months
  
• Typically involving pain in the absence of tissue (muscles/tendons/ligaments) damage, outlasting the normal/expected healing time
  
  • Eg: Disc pathologies/low back pain
    
  • Fibromyalgia
    
  • Radiculopathy/sciatica
    
  • Osteoarthritis

Engagement in physical activity and movement is highly recommended to manage and rehab neurological health conditions such as Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Cerebral Palsy to prevent further loss of function and capacity.

Neurological conditions present differently in everyone and may affect multiple physical and physiological functions. Our Exercise Physiologists provide individualised exercise programs aimed to recover muscle strength, coordination, and fitness to enable you to get back to doing what you want and need to do and help improve your quality of life.

Walking training has a positive effect on gait function and walking capacity in patients with Parkinson’s disease and Cerebral Palsy. The Alter-G Anti-Gravity treadmill enables supported walking by reducing the impact of gravitational forces and body weight. Patients can benefit from programs that include the use of the Alter-G Anti-Gravity Treadmill which is customised to meet their needs depending on the stage and presentation of their condition.

Exercise physiologists play an important role to assist people with mental health conditions: depression, stress, and anxiety.

• Exercise can improve mood in people with diagnosed depression or depressive thoughts associated with chronic diseases (such as chronic pain)
  
• Exercise assists with managing fatigue and loss of fitness from inactivity.
  
• Exercise alongside other modifiable factors in life, counteracts weight gain which is one of the key side effects of medication that can negatively impact metabolic health.

Our team design individualised aerobic and strength-based programs for clients who aspire to increase their performance in their chosen sport. Our Exercise Physiologists are highly trained in enhancing performance via a thorough understanding of muscle/joint/neurological/psychological function.

Aside from rehabilitating sport-specific injuries, we aim to prepare individuals for the physical demands required in their chosen pursuit or sport, reducing the likelihood of future injuries. This ‘prehabilitation’ involves targeting joints/muscles/tendons/ligaments that are typically vulnerable in specific sports, allowing us to educate and eliminate popular mechanisms of injury.

We work with clients to identify biomechanical insufficiencies in Functional Movement Assessments and use evidence-based objective tools such as (AxIT) force-plate testing to highlight asymmetries between limbs in sport-specific movements. These minor details allow people to gain that 1% they need to take their performance to the next level.

What can you expect?

Following a thorough assessment, goal setting, and performance analysis, you will gain access to an individually tailored aerobic and strength-based program; under the manipulation and supervision of our multi-disciplinary team of Allied Health Professionals (Exercise Physiologists, Physiotherapists, Chiropractors) and Strength & Conditioning coaches.

At 4D Health and Performance, clients have access to:

• Alter G Anti-Gravity Treadmill
  
• AxIT Force-Plate Assessment System
  
• Extensive private gym space with high-performance aerobic and strength equipment
  
• Field-based sessions
  
• Indefinite access to professional advice and education on individual performance and injury

For those who take their athletic pursuits seriously our High-Performance Program is for you.

Our initial consultation is structured around an in-depth medical history and physical examination to correctly diagnose your injury. It will include the initial treatment and appropriate rehabilitation plan.

A standard follow-up consultation is for existing clients of 4DHP and will involve a re-assessment to determine your progress, continued treatment and an update to your rehabilitation plan.

All our Exercise Physiologists are ESSA Accredited and are registered for private health fund rebates through on-the-spot HICAPS. The amount that your health fund will pay depends on the level of coverage on your plan.