'BT Fitness after 50'

The single most effective way to slow the rate of aging, reduce and prevent chronic illness, and stay independent is physical exercise! “BT Fitness after 50” has five pillars of fitness designed to impact your personal health: 1.Strengthen: Build muscle mass to help you move safely and easily so you can maintain daily activities and live independently. Muscle Strength also preserves bone density and improves balance

2. Aerobic: regular aerobic exercise increases your ability to take in and use oxygen. This produces energy and increases stamina hence reduces the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes and obesity.

3.Balance: we have the most advanced testing and training equipment designed to improve muscle strength. stamina, flexibility and good sensory feedback. Improving in one or more areas may lead to a significant reduction in the risk of falling.

4. Flexibility: Our exercises are also designed to improve flexibility and posture. Good posture when standing and walking also helps prevent falls.
5. Social: “BT Fitness after 50” gives you a sense of belonging. Our staff is caring, helpful and happy to answer your questions. You meet great, likeminded people in a none-intimidating environment.

Your fitness level will be evaluated by our specially trained Exercise Physiologists. They will customize your exercise program and carefully supervise your progress helping you to a new and exciting level of vitality. 

Exercise Physiology for Veterans D904

Exercise Physiologists at BT SPORTS & HEALTH CENTRES - Rehabilitation & Fitness have a wide range of knowledge about the human body and the benefit that exercise has on it, both mentally and physically. Our EPs specialise in improving your health through exercise and physical activity.

They can also advise on behavioral modification programs, can treat medical conditions such as obesity, arthritis, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, depression, asthma and cardiovascular diseases, as well as many other conditions. Developing new and healthy habits for patients to enable them to manage their medical condition in the best way possible is a large part of our program.

Exercise Physiology has an enormous effect on the musculoskeletal system, as well as on the cardiovascular and endocrine systems. It can be prescribed for a course of exercises for either fitness or rehabilitation. At BT SPORTS &HEALTH CENTRES -Rehabilitation & Fitness we are offering ‘one on one’ service as well as group fitness and rehabilitation.

Another important part of BT SPORTS & HEALTH CENTRES - Rehabilitation & Fitness is Diabetes Education as well as Pre & Post Surgery Rehabilitation. These services are conducted in cooperation between Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Podiatrist, Dietitian and Massage Therapist. 

State of the Art cutting-edge computerised Rehab & Fitness Equipment by HUR®

HUR Health & Fitness Equipment

At BT SPORTS & HEALTH CENTRES - Rehabilitation & Fitness we provide State of the Art and cutting edge technology Rehabilitation & Fitness Equipment to our patients. HUR® Rehab & Fitness machines are not conventional training machines one will find in traditional gyms. Years of research are behind the HUR® Rehab & Fitness machines, which operate with air pressure, enabling a natural transmission of force. The machines are quiet and safe to use. They provide a ‘step-less’ transmission making them effective regardless of the user’s strength capacity. Unlike other traditional gym equipment, HUR® are sophisticated computerised fitness machines.

At BT SPORTS & HEALTH CENTRES - Rehabilitation & Fitness we are using smart card technology that is tailored to each individual. Patients can use the card provided to check-in, preset resistance on each machine as well as keep track of their workout history.

Our Exercise Physiologist will guide you step by step at all time to ensure a safe and effective training to achieve the best outcomes for every individual goal. By using the HUR® technology, it allows our Physiotherapist, Podiatrist, Dietician and Exercise Physiologist as well as the doctor to track progress and treat the patient accordingly. As the HUR® resistance equipment is designed to match the body's natural muscular movement, it prevents worn joints from being stressed in extreme positions. This is great news for everyone looking for a safe alternative to traditional resistance training. No bulky weights and resistance can be as low as 100g.

BT SPORTS & HEALTH CENTRES - Rehabilitation & Fitness now presents the most advanced Health & Fitness Equipment technology on the market. Equipped with smart Card technology it guarantees progression, performance, and results – and provides management and user feedback. BT Rehab & Fitness equipment is used in Prevention and General Fitness, Rehabilitation and Balance/Strength/Endurance Testing. 

Our Exercise Physiologist will guide you step by step at all time to ensure a safe and effective training to achieve the best outcomes for every individual goal. By using the HUR® technology, it allows our Physiotherapist, Podiatrist, Dietician and Exercise Physiologist as well as the doctor to track progress and treat the patient accordingly. As the HUR® resistance equipment is designed to match the body's natural muscular movement, it prevents worn joints from being stressed in extreme positions. This is great news for everyone looking for a safe alternative to traditional resistance training. No bulky weights and resistance can be as low as 100g.

BT SPORTS & HEALTH CENTRES - Rehabilitation & Fitness now presents the most advanced Health & Fitness Equipment technology on the market. Equipped with smart Card technology it guarantees progression, performance, and results – and provides management and user feedback. BT Rehab & Fitness equipment is used in Prevention and General Fitness, Rehabilitation and Balance/Strength/Endurance Testing. 

AlterG - Orthopaedic Rehab
Mobility Changer. Confidence Changer.
LIFE CHANGER
Thanks to its precise unweighting technology, the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill allows you to push your physical therapy rehabilitation and training further than ever before. You can:

• Reduce gravity’s impact by selecting any weight between 20% and 100% of your body weight by 1% increments

• Rehabilitate lower extremity injuries with less pain and less impact

• Improve mobility, strength and safety for those with neurological conditions

• Provide a safe way to lose weight and exercise more intensively while un-weighted

• Train without pain and reduce the stress to joints and muscles

• Recover effectively and with less pain after training or competition

• Walk or run with no pain while maintaining a normal gait

• Reduce stress on joints and injured areas of your lower body
• Give you the confidence and ability to run or walk longer and recover faster with less pain

Rehab Pain free

The innovative AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill is a game changer in physiotherapy rehabilitation. Whether you’re a patient or an athlete dealing with lower body injuries, chronic pain or neurological conditions that inhibit mobility, you can benefit from the unweighting capabilities.

Unlike any other piece of training equipment available, the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill can take you further, faster than you ever thought possible after surgery, injury or other mobility impairment. 

Hydrotherapy

Hydrotherapy is a specific treatment and exercise program in a heated pool (32°C) and is supervised by our Physiotherapist. Hydrotherapy is beneficial for many injuries. It particularly offers a gentle but efficient way to treat injuries like arthritis, fractures and post surgery rehabilitation. It will also help you with your general fitness and balance. It is a gentle and safe way to get fit through exercise. Exercise in the Pool, supported with games and lots of fun. All ages and levels welcome. 

We help people to change the way they Live.

And  Walk. And Run

The Anti-Gravity Treadmill® gets mobility-impaired patients back on their feet and on the road to achieving a better quality of life. During rehabilitation, the Anti-Gravity Treadmill helps seniors attain greater mobility by:

• Providing support and confidence to start walking and take more steps in comfort.

• Enabling you to walk or even jog further, faster and with more stability than you may have previously thought possible.
• Preventing falls, which increases comfort and confidence during

rehab and beyond.
• Improving health and wellness and helping you achieve more

independence in your day-to-day life.

Doing More for Seniors

Using advanced unweighting technology to provide unsurpassed support, safety and stability, this senior rehabilitation treadmill is ideal for geriatric patients recovering from neurologic and orthopedic-related injuries. The Anti-Gravity Treadmill also provides long-term care patients a way to safely improve their functional mobility and overall health.

AlterG Does More in Senior Rehabilitation

The AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill’s ability to safely unweight the user means you can:
• Reduce stress on joints and injured areas of the lower body.
• Exercise when you otherwise might not be able to because of

pain, stress, or instability.
• Potentially prevent functional decline and enable greater

independence during essential activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, getting up from a chair, and using the bathroom.

For Quality of Life

The Anti-Gravity Treadmill helps you achieve greater independence, which results in more quality time with your family and time to enjoy the things you love. It enables rehabilitation therapists to give seniors the care needed to live life to the fullest 

What are the benefits of Pilates?

The benefits that Pilates will provide you are endless, here are some of the broader benefits for you to get excited about.

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During Pilates movements, the focus on strengthening and lengthening the muscles at the same time produces long, lean, strong overall muscle tone that doesn’t create bulk. These results are unlike any other type of exercise, so if you feel like you have already tried everything to get the body you want without success, our Pilates will astound you.

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• You can expect overall slimming, greatly improved flexibility and increased mobility, even in just a short space of time. Alignment and postural correction will have you holding yourself differently, standing taller, sitting straighter and moving with better balance and coordination.

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• You will feel an inner strength and heightened body awareness as you become in tune with the subtleties of your individual needs. This newfound enlightenment will empower you to be able to train yourself with the best possible efficiency, using your time most effectively.

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• It’s a time out just for you and a fantastic stress relief. Not in the sense of meditation style as this isn’t what Pilates in about, but the mind and body connection that you will maintain during your Pilates practice will nudge out all external stresses and the time always flies by.

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• Pilates isn’t the type of workout where you leave feeling tired and disheveled. Instead you will leave with increased energy levels, a clear, focused mindset and a body that feels strong and in control having been through a challenging workout.

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• Pilates gives you positive systemic effects on all of your body systems, stimulating and eliminating toxins and waste. You will find improvement to your digestion system including an increased metabolic rate as well as a constant booster to your immune system. 

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Pilates also provides many more specific benefits for differing populations including improvement to pelvic floor function, bone density improvement and lung capacity/breathing technique improvement amongst many others.

First on the Sunshine Coast – iBALANCE® Platform

When it comes to senior citizens, muscular strength is directly connected to functional ability, balance control and managing everyday chores independently. According to research, the right type of muscle training helps maintain functional ability.

HUR’s® Rehab and Fitness strength equipment is designed in cooperation with different universities, leading in physiology and in cooperation with biomechanics experts. The pneumatic air-resistance technology allows seniors to safely build their “Functional Fitness” by increasing and maintaining ROM, re-educate and strengthen muscles, increase static and dynamic endurance and increase bone density. The Falls Prevention concept developed by experts in cooperation with Therapists at BT SPORTS & HEALTH CENTRES - Rehabilitation & Fitness helps monitor senior citizens’ functional ability and muscular strength, maintaining their independence and improving their quality of life.