Physiotherapists at BodyWise have designed a special exercise class for our mature clients to improve flexibility, balance and gain strength.

Exercises are clearly and simply explained and easy to do. You will receive personal guidance from our physiotherapist.

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To improve bone density you need more than just a walk around the block. Physiotherapists at BodyWise have designed a special exercise class to help women and men with, or at risk of, developing osteoporosis.

Exercises are clearly and simply explained and easy to do. You will receive personal attention and guidance from our physiotherapists who understand osteoporosis.

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The Safe Dance Report revealed that 72% of dancers experience an injury cycle.

But you can interrupt the cycle - injury can be predicted
We are all born to move fluidly and naturally. Over the years however, various tensions and holding patterns in joints and muscle groups develop. These form the site of weakness and those weaknesses can become critical in the lives of professional dancers.

BodyWise's analysis of your flexibility and muscular holding pattern will predict future injury sites and explain why and where pain occurs for you. An injury analysis will take about an hour and is critically important to dancers who are serious about managing their bodies.

Work with your body - the critical rule is to listen to your body. When your body sends a pain message, respond. There are special movements and exercises you can do to decrease pain.

Pilates - authentic pilates sessions can prevent injury.

Treatment for injury - the cause of injury is often hidden and will lead to injury recurrence. Our treatment works to remove the cause of the injury.

Strapping - in some cases, we recommend strapping the injured area - but it must be done with great care.

Chronic problems - persistent problems like back pain on arabesque, foot pain on leaping and plie, are often the result of ignoring minor pain. It is important that you do not accept pain as inevitable in your life. Pain that is accepted leads to abnormal movement patterns and the injury becomes more difficult to treat.

When correctly handled, injuries are a nuisance rather than a problem. Be sports aware and save yourself from pain and disappointment by consulting BodyWise Physiotherapy.

Douglas is our principal practitioner with 33 years experience. He started BodyWise 17 years ago to give patients the full range of treatment they needed. For this reason BodyWise provides several experts under the one roof to ensure relief to many kinds of physical problems.

He was the Dance Physiotherapist in WA for 5 years, and opened the original Pilates Studio in Perth to cater for professional dancers and schools.

Doug's expertise lies in quickly reducing sports injuries and acute spinal and joint pain. He trained in Melbourne and Perth and has lectured in advanced physiotherapy courses.

Jenny is a Physiotherapist and acupuncturist with an interest in muscle imbalance and postural alignment so she is keen to decrease injury re-occurrence. By highlighting unhelpful movement patterns, such as in walking or activities at work and home, she helps you move towards health with guidelines you can apply to yourself.

Jenny undertook a Masters in Physiotherapy in Adelaide to improve her clinical reasoning skills which ensures you have treatment tailored to your specific needs based on good observation skills. She combines rigorous analysis with hands on approach to Physiotherapy.

Jill has a special interest in health and fitness which enabled her to begin classes helping those with Osteoporosis. She is a trained Physiotherapist who has worked extensively in hospitals throughout Europe and Perth, and has even supervised a blind physiotherapy student during her clinical placements which means she can help anybody.

Her experience allows her to control and direct exercises to reduce discomfort and increase fitness very quickly.

Jane is a WA trained physiotherapist who has worked at BodyWise for 20 years. She was the Senior Physiotherapist on the Spinal Unit for 10 years specializing in rehabilitation and has experience in Intensive Care, Orthopaedics, Sports Injuries and Amputees. Jane ran the Hydrotherapy and Home Visiting areas at BodyWise before joining the Osteoporosis Prevention team with Jill and Fiona.

Liz graduated from UWA in 1961 and undertook a Post Graduation Degree in Manipulative Physiotherapy in 1975.

She worked full time a Royal Perth Hospital, Shenton Park and Hollywood Repatriation Hospital until she started her own Physiotherapy Practice in Kalamunda in 1976. She operated this very successful practice until 2006 when she commenced at BodyWise in a part time role. Liz's speciality is differential diagnosis of headaches, neck and back pain.