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Sports Psychology

One of our psychologists has significant experience in providing specialist Sport Psychology consultancy services for athletes and coaches. This experience has been gained from working at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra (where most of Australia's top athletes train) and it's units in Brisbane and in private practice with a broad range of elite athletes playing at international and national levels, across many individual and team sports.

Services include performance anxiety management, arousal skills training, goal setting, competition planning, concentration training, motivation, team building and consultancy services for coaches.

Please call to discuss your specific needs further and to enquire about costs for these services. Other information may also be provided to the patient either incidentally during exercise sessions, or in a specific educational environment to promote healthy living and safe movement patterning in order to prevent further illness or injury.

Newsletters

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Interesting Facts

Physical Activity and Bone Health

Men and women over 65 years of age can reduce the risk of osteoporotic fractures up to 50% with regular exercise.

Evidence suggests that as little as 12 minutes of high impact or high intensity exercise is required for bone adaptation.

High intensity progressive exercise and balance training are important factors when prescribing exercise to improve bone health.

Pain Management

Clients suitable for the program are those where medical treatment has been completed and they continue to be limited by their pain.

Other indicators:-

  • Client has not returned to work within 6 weeks of their injury;
  • Condition continues to be aggravated by work;
  • Exhibit yellow flag indicators secondary to the physical injury; and
  • Suffer from additional psychological injury or illness (e.g.) depression, anxiety, PTSD, adjustment disorders.
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Fees & Charges

Insurance based services

All fees are as per the Q-Comp table of costs which are available upon request.

Private Fees

Consultation fees can be provided upon request and are payable at time of consultation.

Patients who hold private insurance and have either extra's and/or ancillary cover may be eligible for rebates.