http://www.holisticrehabilitation.com.au/

Dan Henderson, Billinudgel (2025)

13/11/2025

Your pain did not start last week… it started with the movement patterns you learned as a child.

Most of how you move was never chosen.

You learned your movement patterns by watching the adults around you.

How they walked, bent, lifted, sat, and carried themselves.

Your nervous system copied it all and called it normal.

Then those habits compounded over the years, along with sitting too much on chairs, and in vehicles.

Small compensations turned into imbalances…

Muscles switched off, others worked too hard.

Your joints and lower back copped the load…

And eventually the pain showed up.

This is why stretching the same tight spot or strengthening the same muscle only helps for a moment.

The pattern underneath is still running the show.

Inside our REHAB + PREHAB programs we assess your body properly - digitally and physically.

So you actually understand what is happening in your muscular system.

Then we retrain your patterns with awareness and correct functional movement sequencing.

So your joints feel lighter, your back works smarter,
and your whole system feels free again.

Fix the pattern and the pain no longer controls your life.

12/11/2025

Are you unknowingly adding to your daily stress levels?

So many people start their day by spiking cortisol - and it’s completely preventable.

Alarm blaring, phone in hand, coffee before water… sound familiar?

Your first hour decides how your nervous system performs all day.

This natural (and good) rise in cortisol, known as the Cortisol Awakening Response, helps you wake, focus, and create energy.

But only when it’s supported, not shocked.

Try this simple morning rhythm and notice how different your energy feels:

1️⃣ Sleep 7–9 hours. Set a gentle alarm tone - nature sounds, not noise.
2️⃣ Rise slowly. Place your left foot on the earth, take 3 deep breaths, then your right. Notice your body.
3️⃣ Tongue scrape + brush your teeth first thing. Clear toxins that your body has eliminated overnight.
4️⃣ Watch the sun rising for a few minutes to regulate your circadian rhythm and mood.
5️⃣ Place your hands on your heart. Practice gratitude. Give thanks for another day.
6️⃣ Hydrate with two large glasses of quality water (we use electrolysed reduced water for deep cellular hydration, detoxification, and energy).
→ Wait 30 minutes before eating to support healthy digestion.
7️⃣ Ground + move. Gentle movement regulates cortisol and awakens the nervous system.
8️⃣ Enjoy breakfast rich in protein - screen-free, outside if you can, with family or nature.

This morning routine is your secret weapon for regulating your nervous system, reducing fatigue, cravings, and stress later in the day.

Try it for one week and notice the difference.

We personally experience more calm, focus, steady energy, productivity and a better mood throughout the day 😚

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Energy isn’t luck, it’s biology. 🌿

05/11/2025

SICK OF SHORT TERM FIXES??
YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE!

Like us, Nerissa in her mid forties and has been through more than her fair share of challenges on the healing journey to pain free movement…

… only to be met with short term ‘band-aid’ fixes that never last.

Like most of us, Nerissa loves being active and only wants to get back to being her best.

The strength, energy, and vitality she once had has felt out of reach. Completely disheartening right!?

But… Nerissa is 10/10 committed! Our kinda client 🤩

She’s ready to jog again, to ride again, to feel strong, to put herself first again, and ready to finally feel in control of her body, and life!

Celebrating you lovely!! 👏🏼👏🏼

And if you’re reading this, and resonating…

Maybe you’ve tried everything but keep finding yourself back where you started… only more frustrated?

Maybe you just want to move better, use your body the way you used to use it, and create long term freedom and quality of life.

To travel, work, play, be with your family…
… without pain, without fear, without restriction.

That’s exactly what we help our clients achieve every single day. AND WE LOVE IT!

Here we get SUPER EXCITED when beautiful, committed souls like Nerissa join our community, and we get to witness their transformations.

We get to share their journey to finally becoming pain and fear free, and hear all about their wins 💥 💥

And all the activities they get to return to that they love!

If you’re ready to feel like you again…

… stronger, more energetic, and falling in love with your life again…

We’d love to invite you to reach out for your Vitality Consultation, just like Nerissa did.

This is where we get to know your story, uncover what’s been missing, and map a path forward that’s sustainable, empowering, and designed for YOUR body.

If we determine you’re a suitable fit, you can work with us face to face in Billinudgel, online or a hybrid of the two.
 Send us a DM with “VITALITY”.

Or book yourself in via the link in our Bio.

Let’s GO!!!

Stay tuned for Nerissa’s update soon 🙌🏼

03/11/2025

75 years young, going through chemo…
… and Colin is still showing up for his health.

Prioritising movement as medicine…
This is what resilience looks like.

Because strength isn’t just physical, it’s the choice to keep going.

You’re an inspiration, mate 👏🏼👏🏼

The energy it takes to not only show up, but to give it everything you’ve got, no matter how you’re feeling.

That’s where real strength lies.

To stay teachable, open, and eager to learn about your body at any stage of life… that’s next level commitment.

Practicing what you’ve learnt in our sessions at home through mobility and stability work - that’s what creates real change.

You’re proof that no matter your age, condition, or current health, there’s always an opportunity to grow.

To rebuild.
To move.
To heal.

An honour and pleasure to walk along side you on this journey Colin.

👊🏻 Dan

30/10/2025

Long-term healing starts with one simple truth.

You can’t outsource self-awareness.

Healing isn’t something someone else does for you,
it’s something you activate and consciously choose within you.

By learning to listen to your body; its signals, sensations, and inner guidance…

…you become the self-led healer your body’s been waiting for.

No practitioner, pill, or procedure can create lasting vitality, only you can, through awareness, daily choices, and consistency.

Our clients don’t just learn exercises and practices,
they learn to listen.

To notice how their body moves,
and how it’s been moving incorrectly.

To recognise where they’ve been pushing through pain or fatigue, and what their body has been trying to communicate all along.

They learn the difference between effort and awareness, between doing more and doing what’s needed.

It’s not about just slowing down,
it’s about learning to tune in.

To honour the signals,
to move consciously,
to rebuild trust with your body again.

Because when you can hear what your body’s asking for, you stop fighting it, and start working with it.

That’s how you fast-forward your healing journey
and expand your energetic capacity.

Energy begins to flow.
Not only in your body, but in your life again.

Self-awareness is the key to transformation.

If you’re ready to expand - send us a message.

Or visit the link in our bio.

🫶🏼
Laura + Dan

28/10/2025

‼️ Most people are training on top of restriction, not through it.

They stretch tight muscles, strengthen weak ones, and push through pain…

But if the fascia is restricted, it keeps recreating the same pain patterns.

You can stretch, strengthen, and move all you like, but until the tissue is released, your nervous system is still protecting, not performing.

Soft tissue work on the lower limbs, calves, hamstrings, quads, and glutes can unlock the whole chain through the hips and lower back.

When one area starts to release, the rest of the system follows.

At every client receives a supplementary soft tissue program.

If your current fitness or rehab coach isn’t providing this, they’re doing you a huge disservice.

Make sure you do this instead, free the fascia first for 10 mins every day.

Then move, strengthen, and rebuild from freedom, not restriction.

One simple change that can produce MASSIVE gains!

27/10/2025

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥?

Because you’re not just a body - you’re energy in motion.

Every thought, emotion, and movement pattern holds a frequency that determines how you heal.

Stretching more,
Strengthening more,
Moving more,
Short-term fixes…

They might help for a while, until the persistent pain cycle returns.

Because most people are only addressing the symptom, not the pattern.

If the nervous system is still in survival,
If the mind is still looping old stories,
The body will keep recreating the same experience.

At we do things differently.

We look at the whole person;
Movement,
Mindset,
Lifestyle habits,
And the nervous system.

That’s where long-term healing happens,
with awareness, and repatterining all body’s…

Physical, emotional + mental.

Ready to understand the programs and patterns you’ve been running?

And work with a qualified team to create more energetic capacity, ease of movement, and a more positive perspective on your healing journey?

A team who will guide, support and hold you accountable?

DM 🌿 to book your Vitality Consult and Digital Posture Screen.

Or check out our proven approach via the link in our Bio.

🫶🏼
Dan + Laura and team

22/10/2025

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗨𝗣?

For us, it’s hearing feedback like this from our clients.

When you dedicate time to understanding your body,

move consciously and with purpose,

and take responsibility for your own health and wellbeing…

That’s when the real shift happens.

This is what thriving looks like.

Congratulations Cathy!! 🙌🏼👏🏼

Your commitment reminds us why we do what we do.

There’s nothing more rewarding than following your purpose work, witnessing client transformations, and connecting with the most beautiful souls along the way.

Over the past 6 weeks, Cathy has developed a deeper understanding of her muscular system and the way she moves functionally.

She’s gained greater awareness of her physical body through soft tissue practices, creating more symmetry from left to right — moving with balance, strength, and confidence.

Summer is almost here…

Are you ready to strengthen your body safely, rebuild confidence in movement, and create long-term vitality?

Prioritise yourself and create a body you love.

DM VITALITY or visit the link in our bio to book your digital posture screen - spots limited.

20/10/2025

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗜𝗦𝗡’𝗧 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗔 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗥 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗.

It’s a signal.

A message from your body asking for change

Not more coping, numbing, or pushing through.

Most people have been diagnosed.

Put in a box.

Handed pain relief.

Or worse, told surgery is the only option.

But here’s the truth:

Pain often comes from moving the wrong way for too long.

From reinforcing outdated movement patterns.

And staying stuck in a diagnosis your brain has now identified with.

Pain becomes a story your nervous system believes…

Until you show it something different.

When we retrain the body through conscious movement.

And reconnect the mind and muscles…

That’s when the shift happens.

This is the work we do here at by Holistic Rehabilitation.

Not just symptom relief, but retraining the root pattern
so you can return to freedom, strength, and vitality.

It’s not just about healing.

It’s about thriving sustainably.

Curious what this could look like for your body?

📍Book a Vitality Consult via the link in our bio or DM VITALITY and let’s explore it together.

🫶🏼
Dan + Laura and the team

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