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Exercise Matters is dedicated to improving your health and well-being through personalized Exercipe Physiology services. Our team of experienced Exercise Physiologists are committed to helping you recover from injuries, manage chronic conditions, and enhance your overall quality of life. Our mantra is to prescribe movement as a medicine. If all the bennefits of exercise could be put into a pill form then it would be prescribed more than any other medication. Our blogs are deigned to try and inform these bennefits of Exercise as a Medicine.
Acquired Brain Injury: Symptoms and Treatment Options for Regaining Control
Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges of ABI Â Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) can be unpredictable and overwhelming. You or your loved...
Sven Rees
Jun 93 min read
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Exercise Physiology for Acquired Brain Injury: Regaining Strength, Function, and Confidence
Moving Forward After a Life-Changing Event  An acquired brain injury (ABI) can turn life upside down. Whether from trauma, stroke,...
Sven Rees
Jun 92 min read
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Acquired Brain Injury and the NDIS: Accessing Rehabilitation and Support
Your NDIS Guide to Recovery After ABI  Navigating life after an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is hard enough—navigating the NDIS shouldn’t...
Sven Rees
Jun 93 min read
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Exercise Physiology for Cerebral Palsy: Building Strength, Independence, and Confidence
Creating New Possibilities at Every Age Living with Cerebral Palsy (CP) comes with challenges—tight muscles, poor coordination,...
Sven Rees
Jun 92 min read
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Games-Based Exercise for Cerebral Palsy: Why Fun Is Serious Rehab
Movement That Feels Like Play—But Delivers Real Results  Rehabilitation for Cerebral Palsy (CP) doesn’t have to feel clinical or...
Sven Rees
Jun 93 min read
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Cerebral Palsy and the NDIS: Getting the Right Support for Movement and Independence
Navigating the NDIS with Confidence  Accessing therapy and support for Cerebral Palsy can feel overwhelming—paperwork, plans, and...
Sven Rees
Jun 92 min read
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What Are Functional Neurological Symptoms? Understanding FND and How to Manage It
Symptoms That Are Real—And Reversible  You’re experiencing strange, disruptive symptoms—sudden weakness, tremors, seizures—but all the...
Sven Rees
Jun 82 min read
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Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Treatment: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Recovery
There Is a Way Forward  A diagnosis of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) can leave people feeling dismissed, misunderstood, and...
Sven Rees
Jun 83 min read
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Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) and Exercise: Regaining Control Through Movement
Rewiring the Brain Through Purposeful Movement  If you’ve been diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), you may feel...
Sven Rees
Jun 83 min read
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Multiple Sclerosis and Exercise: What You Need to Know to Stay Strong, Mobile, and Independent
Movement Is Medicine for MS Â Living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) can feel frustrating and uncertain. You may feel like rest is safer than...
Sheryl Sarmiento Wheeler
Jun 83 min read
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Exercise Physiology for Multiple Sclerosis: Slowing Progression and Reclaiming Function
Moving Through MS With Confidence  Living with MS can feel unpredictable. One day you're steady on your feet, and the next you're...
Sven Rees
Jun 83 min read
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Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Options: Why Exercise Should Be Part of Every MS Plan
Navigating MS with a Holistic Approach  If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), the treatment options...
Sven Rees
Jun 83 min read
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Rewiring the Brain After Stroke: How Exercise Creates New Neural Pathways
The Power of Neuroplasticity in Stroke Recovery After a stroke, you may feel like parts of your body are no longer listening to your...
Sven Rees
Jun 83 min read
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Stroke Rehab: How Long Does Stroke Recovery Take?
Understanding Recovery Timelines—and the Power of Persistence  After a stroke, one of the first questions people ask is: How long will it...
Sven Rees
Jun 83 min read
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Exercise Physiology for Parkinson’s Disease: Slowing Progression and Improving Function
Why Movement Matters with Parkinson’s A Parkinson’s diagnosis often brings fear and uncertainty—stiffness, tremors, slowness of movement,...
Sven Rees
Jun 63 min read
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Exercise and Medication in Parkinson’s: Why Both Are Essential for Slowing Progression
The Best Results Come from a Combined Approach Parkinson’s symptoms like tremors, stiffness, and slowness can make everyday life harder....
Sven Rees
Jun 63 min read
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Stroke Rehabilitation Through Exercise Physiology: Rebuilding Strength, Mobility, and Confidence
Regaining Control After Stroke A stroke can change your life in an instant. Weakness, fatigue, difficulty walking, or speaking—all make...
Sven Rees
Jun 62 min read
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VO2 Max Testing: Why Knowing Your Numbers Improves Health, Performance & Longevity
Why VO2 Max Matters You're exercising regularly, eating well, and staying active—but are you actually improving your fitness and...
Sven Rees
Jun 63 min read
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VO2 Max and Longevity: The Most Important Test for Your Future Health
Why VO2 Max Is the Best Predictor of Longevity Heart attacks. Stroke. Type 2 diabetes. Declining function and independence in older age....
Sven Rees
Jun 63 min read
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Why VO2 Max Testing Is Important: The Gold Standard for Measuring Fitness and Health
The Problem with Guesswork Too many people rely on how they feel during exercise to guide training. Others rely on basic metrics like...
Sven Rees
Jun 63 min read
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