Van Velsen Exercise Physiology

Van Velsen Exercise Physiology Exercise Physiologists are the experts on using exercise to improve your health and fitness. This page is a learning resource for my clients.

This photo does a great job illustrating how different fields of thought can be - while looking at the same person/sympt...
12/11/2022

This photo does a great job illustrating how different fields of thought can be - while looking at the same person/symptom!

All credit to for the find

Pain doesn’t always mean damage. A huge concern of people in pain is that their symptoms mean they are injured, or dama...
09/06/2022

Pain doesn’t always mean damage.

A huge concern of people in pain is that their symptoms mean they are injured, or damaging their body further.

If you can imagine believing that, you would be extremely cautious of pain and become very protective and avoidant.

These are some key points and bits of research that I bring up with inquisitive or very cautious patients

Deep dive into Shin Splints 🏃‍♂️ Tbh only did this because my shins are starting to hurt 8 rounds into footy season 😂Any...
29/05/2022

Deep dive into Shin Splints 🏃‍♂️

Tbh only did this because my shins are starting to hurt 8 rounds into footy season 😂

Anyone else recovered from or helped treat MTSS? What was beneficial?

Been a while since I stirred the pot The fourth slide is a very humbling observation of our healthcare system made by Ia...
12/04/2022

Been a while since I stirred the pot

The fourth slide is a very humbling observation of our healthcare system made by Ian Harris & Rachelle Buchbinder in their recent book ‘Hippocrasy’.

Let me know your thoughts!

As of Monday, I am officially employed at Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV). I have worked full time as an exercise physiologis...
25/03/2022

As of Monday, I am officially employed at Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV).

I have worked full time as an exercise physiologist at FRV for the past 9 months on a contract and now have been formally offered a permanent position.

FRV is now the state wide service for the firefighters of Victoria, formed from the union of the Country Fire Rescue with the Metropolitan Fire Brigade back in 2020.

I’m honoured and privileged to help reduce the impact of workplace injury of the men and women that are vital first responders as part of emergency services.

Nice paper by O’Sullivan and Gabbett (2019) that shows some distinct differences in messaging behind what seems like ‘ge...
15/02/2022

Nice paper by O’Sullivan and Gabbett (2019) that shows some distinct differences in messaging behind what seems like ‘generic advice’

There is meaning and messages behind the words we say. People in pain should leave their health professional feeling resilient and confident, not worried and vulnerable

How about SR&AR (Sensible Rest & Active Recovery) instead of RICE?Especially for soft tissue injuries!
11/02/2022

How about SR&AR (Sensible Rest & Active Recovery) instead of RICE?

Especially for soft tissue injuries!

Continuing my mini-dive into tendons *Correction on last slide - how the study is performed relates more to risk of bias...
26/01/2022

Continuing my mini-dive into tendons

*Correction on last slide - how the study is performed relates more to risk of bias (rather than just the authors bias themselves)

Example: if the researcher who thinks shockwave works is the one delivering or explaining the treatment, the subject is more likely to see benefit from it which colludes the true effect of the shockwave

Double blinding of participants and the researchers, as well as comparing interventions to a placebo normally required to remove other variables (such as practitioner confidence or beliefs) that influence results

Do you agree? Explaining back pain by blaming a bulged disc takes a lot less brain power to comprehend then:the uncertai...
06/01/2022

Do you agree?

Explaining back pain by blaming a bulged disc takes a lot less brain power to comprehend then:

the uncertainty (we are rarely able to accurately identify the cause);

unreliability (a cause in one case might be completely irrelevant in;

and complexity (so many different contributing factors that may or may not occur in a non-sensical order or timing)

That is the human pain experience.

Being comfortable with the unknown is not very popular! Just my two cents.

02/12/2021

Running update: 9 days out from Melb Mara

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Moving away from taking, prescribing and accepting pain medications as an intervention is vital in the fight against chr...
02/12/2021

Moving away from taking, prescribing and accepting pain medications as an intervention is vital in the fight against chronic pain

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