Aqua-Moves Physiotherapy

14/07/2025

2 Day " Neuroplasticity in the Aquatic Environment" Workshop on Sat and Sun October 11th and 12th 2025 for Exercise Physiologists and Sat and Sun Nov 8th and 9th for Physiotherapists. Held at Somerset College on the Gold Coast. For more information and to register go to: http://www.neuroaquatics.com.au/latest-workshop. This 2-day, practical workshop will provide an opportunity for therapists to refine their observation skills, improve their ability to identify movement patterning that may be impacting function and learn a variety of land and water based strategies to improve movement quality, reduce pain and sustain functional gain. Musculoskeletal, neurological and persistent pain groups will be considered.

Neuroaquatics is a water based therapeutic approach that is based on principles of feldenkrais, neuroplasticity, motor learning and pain management

30/11/2024

Palm Beach Aquatic Centre is finally open and the Hydrotherapy pool is excellent. Lisa is at Burleigh all day on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and also Thursdays afternoons. Flávio is at Burleigh Thursday mornings and Palm Beach on Mondays. Deb also goes to Southport pool on alternate Tuesdays. So we have you covered 😄

13/09/2024

What a great idea

What a great idea to combat loneliness in the elderly 💡

The nursing home is called Humanitas and is located in Deventer, Netherlands.

09/08/2024

Except we do this in a warm water. 😊

🌱 Most of the people are familiar with the Feldenkrais Method through the “Awareness through movement” classes in which the teacher guides the students through different movements that are usually slow, gentle, focusing on the somatic feedback, rather than the external aesthetics. But there is this whole other world within the Feldenkrais Method that is called “Functional Integration”.

🌿 And what is Functional Integration?
The use of non-invasive, gentle touch as the primary means of communication between the practitioner and the person. It is usually performed at a slow pace on a massage table and lasts more or less 60 minutes. The intention of the practitioner is to help the person re-integrate parts of itself that might have been forgotten for different reasons: injuries, accidents, trauma, difficult experiences, chronic pain. The hands of the practitioner suggest other possible pathways for habitual movement patterns that might not be serving the person anymore. The approach is flexible and the focus goes to what the person needs.

🙌 Find the closest practitioner in your city and try a session!

04/07/2024

Well the big news is that Aqua-Moves will be using the pool again at Club Active in Burleigh Heads 3 days a week starting July 8th. Great to be back in a low chlorine heated pool!

27/04/2024

What an amazing 2 weeks in South Africa. The SA Physiotherapy Society invited Toni and I to teach their Aquatic Physios our approach in water. We did 4 days of teaching which included treating clients with their physios on the last day. There were quite a few children and Toni was on fire. She absolutely shone. They loved it and the feedback was amazing. Incredibly satisfying after 23 years of working together. We then did a four day Safari in Kruger National Park which was also incredible. Here are a few photos.

29/02/2024

A new book from Melbourne-based science journalist Liam Mannix argues cognitive functional therapy is more effective than medicine, surgery, massage or exercise.