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The Rehabilitation Specialists, 27 Yallourn Street Fyshwick, Canberra (2026)

15/04/2026

💪 **Grip Strength: Why It Matters**

Strong grip strength supports better quality of life, improved sports performance, and the ability to lift heavier weights with more endurance.

This week we’re focusing on:
✅ **Weighted farmer’s walks** – build grip strength, improve posture, boost endurance, and support cardiovascular fitness
✅ **Wrist curls** – strengthen forearms, improve wrist stability, reduce injury risk, and enhance muscle definition

Not up for weights? **Squeezing a stress ball** is a great alternative to improve hand strength, reduce stress, and increase focus.

📞 Want to work on your grip strength? Book an appointment with us today:

15/04/2026

💪 **Grip Strength: Why It Matters**

Strong grip strength supports better quality of life, improved sports performance, and the ability to lift heavier weights with more endurance.

This week we’re focusing on:
✅ **Weighted farmer’s walks** – build grip strength, improve posture, boost endurance, and support cardiovascular fitness
✅ **Wrist curls** – strengthen forearms, improve wrist stability, reduce injury risk, and enhance muscle definition

Not up for weights? **Squeezing a stress ball** is a great alternative to improve hand strength, reduce stress, and increase focus.

📞 Want to work on your grip strength? Book an appointment with us today:

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14/04/2026

Do you remember playing hide and seek as a kid? Whether it was during the day or at night, the game stayed the same—only the name changed. At night, it became *spotlight*. And here, we’re putting our own spin on it!

This time, the spotlight is on one of our fantastic team members: **Megan**. Living down the coast, Megan travels back to Canberra for one week every month. She works as a **Senior Employment Consultant and Rehab Process Coordinator**, with most of her work delivered via telehealth.

Coastal living has given Megan a new appreciation for the simple things—long beach walks with sand between her toes, salty sea air, and the soothing sounds of birds overhead. Being away from the fast pace of Canberra has also sparked a love for baking and getting lost in a good book. One thing that hasn’t changed, though, is her passion for sport. Megan still closely follows the NRL, AFL, Big Bash, and A-League.

Like many of us, Megan’s music taste goes through phases. Right now, she’s fully embracing a country music era and is a big fan of Morgan Wallen. And honestly—how can you not appreciate his music?

Now, a quick question: what colour symbolises growth, harmony, health, renewal, and even prosperity? Blue? Yellow? Orange?
Nope!
**Green**—Megan’s favourite colour.

One of the most inspiring things about Megan is her outlook on life. Her goal is simple yet powerful: to become the best version of herself. She believes that small improvements each day keep you moving forward—and that’s something we can all take inspiration from.

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10/04/2026

✨ **EP vs Physio – what’s the difference?** ✨

Happy Friday everyone!

Ever wondered whether you should see an Exercise Physiologist (EP) or a Physiotherapist? You’re not alone — and while they work closely together, their roles are different.

👉 **Physiotherapists** are hands‑on therapists who assess and diagnose injuries, often supporting people in the acute phase with manual therapy.

👉 **Exercise Physiologists** focus on tailored exercise programs to help prevent, manage, and treat injuries and conditions, with a big emphasis on long‑term self‑management.

💡 And just a reminder — EPs aren’t personal trainers. They’re allied health professionals with a 4‑year university degree, trained to work within the health and medical sector.

Not sure who you need to see? Book an appointment with us and we’ll guide you in the right direction 💙

08/04/2026

When you think about giving your lower body a workout, what do you think it involves? Probably just Leg Press, Leg Curl and Leg Extension?

Today let's do some Exercise with Ethan! we are going to give you three new lower body workouts you can do – the Yoga ball/wall squat, hurdles and split squats!

First, a Yoga ball/ Wall squat. This is an exercise with benefits that range from strengthening the core to boosting cardiovascular health, with everything in between! It strengthens your core by engaging your abdominal muscles, which are crucial for maintaining stability. It also improves your balance and coordination, burns calories and enhances your leg strength.

Now hurdles, the activity you see in athletic meets. Along with being a great race to watch, doing hurdles have many different benefits including muscle strengthening, improved flexibility, agility and speed development. Doing hurdles is great for your muscles, as you are required to engaged various muscle groups, including the legs, hips, and core. Doing regular practice can help maintain and improve the range of motion, reducing the risk of injuries.

Next is a split squat, one of the best leg exercises for adding mass to one leg at a time, improving your mobility, and enhancing overall body awareness. With the split squat, you will challenge your core, stability and balance!

30/03/2026

Welcome to our next staff spotlight!
Dillon is one of our amazing EPs and Rehab consultants and has been part of our TRS Canberra team for a year now. With the daily goal of becoming a better version of himself, Dillon keeps active by doing lots of different sports.

Dillon mainly does football, athletics and tennis. But if you were to list every sport he has tried, you would be able to fill up a bingo table!

Can you guess what Dillon’s favourite genre is? Rap!
Dillon loves everything about rap, the fast beat, the lyrical geniuses behind the lyrics and the feeling it gives you. His favourite artist is Kendrick Lamar!

Dillon we love having you on the team and finding out more about you, we know who we will pick as our doubles partner next time we go play tennis!

23/03/2026

When you work from home, what do you need? A workstation, a comfy chair, some yummy food and maybe some fire beats.

When you are working from home, there is one thing that is so important - your posture!

Today we will giving you some tips to improve your posture when working from home. First up is making sure you have the correct desk set up. For this, make sure there is a 90-degree angle in your elbows to help relax your shoulders and reduce tension in your shoulders and upper back.

Before you work from home, make sure you have a good chair that has good lumbar support for your spine and sits with the natural S curve of your back. The last thing you want is to do is damage yourself in the long run by having bad back support!

If you find that you are feeling tight, you can also do different exercises for your back such as a cable row or doing a row with TheraBand. Doing these will help build the muscles in your back to help support your spine and sit more upright at work.

Next time you walk past your desk in the office or at home, take a second and think if there is any way to improve it! Your body will thank you later.

Is your desk the right height? Is your chair supportive enough?

At TRS we can also conduct ergonomic assessments to help improve your desk set up at home or at work. If you are unsure if your set up is right for you, contact us today for an ergonomic assessment!

20/03/2026

Happy end to the working week everyone!

If we were to ask you what your most important sense is, what would you say? If you were to ask us that same question, we would say - all of them!

Today we will be telling you guys about Sensory Processing! What is Sensory Processing you ask?

Sensory Processing is our body’s way of organising and interpreting senses from different environments. This can be touch, smell, noise and then there’s other things like your proprioceptive senses (awareness of body position) and your vestibular senses (balance and spatial orientation).

Some of the ways our OTs can help you with this is prescribing a wobble cushion, which has some impact on input and some movement input. We can also prescribe things such as oral sensory chews and movements such as climbing or using swings.

Have more questions? Let us know!

16/03/2026

Do you know what week it is?

Founded by Siena Castellon in 2018, it is Neurodiversity Celebration Week!

Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences. The aim of this week is to transform how neurodivergent individuals are perceived and supported by providing schools, universities, organisations, and others around the world. They do this recognising the many skills and talents of neurodivergent individuals, and creating more inclusive cultures that celebrate differences and empower every individual!

2026 brings a new exciting change to the previous year’s format of Neurodiversity Week! This year, you can host your own Webinar!

Alongside their sessions, Neurodiversity week would love to create space for members of the neurodiversity community to lead conversations on the topics that matter most to them. This year they are sharing practical toolkits for parents, schools, and employers. This helps to turn ideas into real change on the ground and sparking conversations throughout the week.

The purpose of Neurodiversity Celebration Week is to help the world to understand, value and celebrate the talents of neurodiverse minds.

We hope you have a good Neurodiversity Celebration Week!

# Neurodiversity

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