Vision Exercise Physiology

02/04/2026

🔸Exercise of the Week - Hamstring Nordic Curl 🔸

This exercise helps bulletproof your hamstrings as it builds strength, improves muscle control, and helps protect athletes from lower-body injuries.

Nordic curls train the hamstrings in a way that closely mimics real-life movements like sprinting, running, and decelerating.

02/04/2026

▪️ Article of the Week - Vestibular Rehabilitation ▪️

Vestibular Rehabilitation: Improving Symptomatic and Functional Outcomes of Persons With Vestibular Schwannoma: A Systematic Review

VS, historically referred to as acoustic neuromas, are benign intracranial tumours which develop from the overproduction of Schwann cells encompassing the vestibulocochlear nerve.

Persons with VS suffer from dizziness, imbalance and decreased function leading to reduced quality of life.
Various Vestibular Rehabilitation (VR) training methods were identified, ranging from balance and gait training to specific vestibular modalities such as gaze stabilisation. Overall, there is some evidence to support using multimodal VR for VS in clinical practice, however more high-quality studies with consistent use of VR are needed in the field of research.

02/04/2026

31/03/2026

Join us in wishing our Receptionist, Madi, a very happy birthday! 🥳
From all of us, we hope you have the best day celebrating! Enjoy every minute! 🎂✨

26/03/2026

Join us in wishing our Exercise Physiologist, Matt, a very happy birthday! 🥳
From all of us, we hope you have the best day celebrating! Enjoy every minute! 🎂✨

26/03/2026

🎡Enjoy your long weekend, from the Vision Health Team!🎡

26/03/2026

▪️Article of the week - Resisting decline ▪️

The Neuroprotective Role of Resistance Exercise in Supporting Cerebrovascular Function and Brain Health in Aging
The purpose of the article was to synthesize the current literature related to the effects of resistance training on brain health.
Resistance exercise plays a meaningful role in improving cerebrovascular health, enhancing neuroplasticity and counteracting age-related brain decline.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2025.1606267/full

26/03/2026

🔸Exercise of the Week 🔸

The Modified Side Plank Hip Dip

This exercise targets the gluteus medius – a muscle crucial to increase hip and knee stability and reduce symptoms associated with ITBS.

To perform:
▪️Lie on your side with your forearm under your shoulder, bottom knee bent at 90 degrees, and top leg straight

▪️Lift your hips off the ground while keeping your top leg raised and slightly extended

▪️Lower your hips in a controlled motion, then raise them back to the starting position while maintaining the leg raise

▪️Add a weight on top of your hip to increase the challenge

▪️*You should feel both glutes working during this movement

▪️*Make sure to keep toes pointing forward (don’t allow your hips to open up)

25/03/2026

Happy 1 year work-iversary to our Receptionist, Madi! 🎉

We are so proud of how much Madi has grown since starting with us! A massive congratulations to Madi also as she has just completed her Certificate III in Business!

Here’s to many more years at Vision Health! 🌟

20/03/2026

▪️ Article of the Week – The Iliotibial Band: A Complex Structure with Versatile Functions ▪️

What do we really know about the iliotibial band (ITB)?

This review set out to bring together existing research to better understand how the ITB functions - particularly how anatomy, posture, and muscle activity influence its mechanics during movement like walking and running.

Findings:
The ITB is more complex than traditionally thought, with contributions from muscles like glute max and TFLIts exact mechanical role in movement is still unclear and debatedThere’s limited understanding of how forces are transmitted through the ITBEvidence for effective treatment of ITB syndrome is currently lacking.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-021-01634-3

20/03/2026

🔸 Exercise of the Week 🔸

This weeks Exercise of the week is Footwork on the reformer. Footwork is generally programmed quite early in a Pilates session as it assists with rebalancing overall body alignment due to the supine body position and most importantly works to improve lower limb patterning. We’re working to strengthen the legs but also observing the relationship at the hip, knee and ankle while working under load and how that load is managed by the body.

Adjusting the height of the footbar and carriage positioning can dictate where the load is focused while also accommodating restrictions in range of movement. Varying foot position and alignment allows for targeted engagement of specific muscles of the legs and hips and of course, spring load can be decreased or increased as is appropriate for the client.

18/03/2026

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