Exercise Physiology & Physiotherapy
Helping people harness the medicinal benefits of exercise
Our Exercise Physiology & Physiotherapy Team
Melanie Blackmore
Clinical Exercise Physiologist
Mel’s overarching philosophy is to provide movement as medicine as she loves to work with clients and their conditions to support them in moving regularly with confidence. She enjoys working with individuals with a range of conditions including mental health, musculoskeletal injuries and metabolic conditions.
Mel also has a particular interest in working with individuals who are Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing as a CODA and Auslan user.
Georgia Sayers
Clinical Exercise Physiologist
Georgia wants to empower clients to live a healthy life that includes exercise and balance in all aspects of an individual’s life. With the proper support, education, and helping hands, anyone can achieve the goals that they have set for themselves. Georgia is interested in musculoskeletal injuries, chronic metabolic conditions, women’s health, mental health and strength and conditioning training. She is motivated to work with various clients to help them reach their goals.
Exercise Physiology & Physiotherapy
Our Exercise physiologists are allied health professionals with the knowledge, skills, and competencies to develop, deliver and evaluate safe and effective exercise interventions for people with acute, subacute and chronic medical conditions, injuries or disabilities.
Some of those conditions include (but are not limited to) people with cardiovascular, metabolic, neurological, musculoskeletal, kidney, respiratory/pulmonary and mental health-related presentations. Our Exercise Physiologists are passionate about helping people
harness the medicinal benefits of exercise.
Frequently Asked Questions & Myths
What’s the difference between an Exercise Physiologist and a Physiotherapist?
There is some overlap, but in general, Exercise Physiologists specialise in prescribing exercise and movement programs to improve your mental and physical well-being, whereas Physiotherapists treat injuries.
Exercise must hurt to be beneficial.
Err, no, it doesn’t. It’s the opposite. The best benefits come from following a progressive plan specifically designed for you. This is a plan that challenges the physiological processes we are targeting without leaving you smashed for the rest of your day.
It’s all about cardio.
Endurance is important. However, good evidence suggests that moving better and getting stronger are at least as crucial for many people. All cardio and no strength is sub-optimal.
I need to do more core.
Possibly. A solid, functional, integrated core is essential. The thing is, most people would benefit from developing their deep system. This system is not easily accessed using sit-ups, crunches, planks, burpees, and other prescribed exercises.
I do yoga/Pilates; that’s all I need, right?
Erm, no, at least not for optimal health and wellness. To be clear, there are many benefits to yoga and Pilates. However, neither develops all the physiological capacities required for optimal health.
Lifting weights will give me big muscles, and I don’t want bigger muscles.
It would be great if this were true. The truth is that we lose a substantial percentage of our muscle mass as we age. Loss of muscle mass as we age is a substantial contributing factor to reduced health and wellness. Put more positively, there are substantial health and wellness benefits to getting stronger and maintaining muscle mass as we age.
Muscle soreness is a sign of a good session.
Err, for the most part, no. Muscle soreness indicates that the muscles are sore. This is relatively easy to induce and is generally more common when you do unaccustomed movements. However, the goal is a beneficial training session and not muscle soreness.
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At Lilley Place, you’re more than a client, you’re a person with a unique journey and we’re with you every step of the way.