The Confident Body Show

Senior exercise physiologist Nick Adkins joins Michael Dermansky to discuss the wide-ranging and often surprising ways in which strength training can give you the confidence to do the things you love.

This episode explores why strength is the foundation of building body confidence. Strength training provides many physical, metabolic and psychological benefits for people of any age, and plays an important role in injury recovery. This enables people to regain confidence in their body so they can live life to the fullest.

This episode, Dean Daskalou and Michael Dermansky discuss how clinical exercise, Pilates and treatment fit together.

Stability and control come from clinical exercise and pilates, which is very specific to the person's injury and to their particular weaknesses. Once they feel more confident in their own ability, we can use strength and conditioning work to address their weaknesses by gradually loading up their muscles in a contained and controlled environment. Together, they are very powerful elements of regaining confidence in your body.

Episode 1 of The Confident Body Show explored the process of building a confident body. In episode 2, Michael Dermansky (senior physiotherapist and managing director of MD Health) and Nicole Davis (senior exercise physiologist and branch manager at MD Health Templestowe) discuss the importance of initial and ongoing assessments. Ultimately, ongoing assessments ensure the practitioner stays focused on helping the client to achieve their goals and live the lifestyle they want. Assessments enable the practitioner to develop an individualised treatment plan and recalibrate the plan based on the client's lived experience. Good communication between client and practitioner builds trust, which is key to a successful outcome. Ongoing assessments give clients confidence in the process so they can eventually get confidence in their body. Let's get confident! For practical articles to help you build a confident body, go to mdhealth.com.au/articles.

One of the most significant changes in treating injuries over the last few years is the use of strength training. Gradually incorporating strength training is arguably the key to gaining confidence in your body – and getting your life back. We see this time and again with patients, and the research backs it up. Importantly, age is not a barrier to strength work – in fact it becomes more important as you get older. In the first episode of the Confident Body Show, senior physiotherapists Michael Dermansky and Will Ryan from MD Health discuss the keys to gaining confidence in your body, and explore the changes in philosophy and approach to injury treatment over the last decade. Topics covered include the foundations of a confident body, the important role that strength training plays in injury recovery alongside clinical exercise and Pilates, and the one activity every adult should do every day, regardless of age.

Let's get confident!

For practical articles to help you build a confident body, go to mdhealth.com.au/articles.

Welcome to The Confident Body Show, where experienced health professionals give you practical, scientific advice to help you get the most out of your body. We believe everyone can exercise and live life to the fullest regardless of your injuries or health issues. Let us help you get back to doing the things you love.

Learn more at https://mdhealth.com.au/articles/the-confident-body-show/