Elite Akademy Sports Medicine

The squat is not just something that happens in the gym. Every time you sit down, stand up, get in and out of a car, or pick something up from the floor, you're practising one of your body's most useful movement patterns.

The good news is that movement patterns can be refined at any age. Once you start paying attention to how you move, small adjustments and regular practice can help you build greater strength and control over time.

Read the full piece. https://mailchi.mp/eliteakademy/fix-your-squat-in-minutes

SOFT TISSUE THERAPY COURSE

Practical Assessment • Hands-On Treatment • Manual Therapy

Develop your confidence in assessing and treating soft tissue dysfunction through a practical, hands-on workshop.

This 4-hour course focuses on developing clinically applicable soft tissue assessment and manual therapy skills that you can integrate directly into your practice.

What You’ll Learn

* Assessment of common soft tissue dysfunctions
* Clinical reasoning to identify appropriate treatment targets
* Hands-on soft tissue treatment techniques
* Manual therapy principles and practical application
* Reassessment to evaluate treatment response

COURSE DETAILS

📅 Date: 4 September
⏰ Time: 3:00–7:00 PM
📍 Location: Nona Lee Sports Centre
⏱ Duration: 4 Hours

COURSE FORMAT

This is a practical, hands-on course with a strong focus on manual therapy. Participants will practise assessment and treatment techniques throughout the session.

What to bring:
Please wear or bring athletic attire suitable for practical assessment and treatment.

Assess. Treat. Reassess.

Build practical soft tissue therapy skills you can apply with confidence.

Contact us to book in

SOFT TISSUE THERAPY COURSE

Practical Assessment • Hands-On Treatment • Manual Therapy

Develop your confidence in assessing and treating soft tissue dysfunction through a practical, hands-on workshop.

This 4-hour course focuses on developing clinically applicable soft tissue assessment and manual therapy skills that you can integrate directly into your practice.

What You’ll Learn

* Assessment of common soft tissue dysfunctions
* Clinical reasoning to identify appropriate treatment targets
* Hands-on soft tissue treatment techniques
* Manual therapy principles and practical application
* Reassessment to evaluate treatment response

COURSE DETAILS

📅 Date: 4 September
⏰ Time: 3:00–7:00 PM
📍 Location: Nona Lee Sports Centre
⏱ Duration: 4 Hours

COURSE FORMAT

This is a practical, hands-on course with a strong focus on manual therapy. Participants will practise assessment and treatment techniques throughout the session.

What to bring:
Please wear or bring athletic attire suitable for practical assessment and treatment.

Assess. Treat. Reassess.

Build practical soft tissue therapy skills you can apply with confidence.

Contact Us to book in.

Some of the body's most useful adaptations start with the smallest interruptions to routine. ⛔✋

Switching a familiar task, like brushing your teeth, to your non-dominant hand removes the automatic pathway your brain usually relies on, prompting it to build a new one instead.

It's a small window into how cognitive reserve is trained, in much the same way physical reserve is: deliberately, and over time.

Read the full piece.
https://mailchi.mp/eliteakademy/brush-your-teeth-the-wrong-way

Training can be about more than how you look or perform today. It's also an investment in what your body will be capable of decades from now.

The Centenarian Decathlon offers a useful framework: identify the physical activities you want to keep doing as you age, then build the strength, endurance, balance and stability to support them.

Read the thinking behind it. https://mailchi.mp/eliteakademy/train-now-for-your-future-self

Sleep is one of the body's most important recovery processes, supported by the way the nervous system transitions from alertness into rest.

Our latest article explores a simple eye movement sequence, the science behind why it may help, and how it fits within the wider picture of sleep and recovery.

Read the thinking behind this. https://mailchi.mp/eliteakademy/the-odd-eye-trick-for-sleep

Physiotherapist (Contractor)

Taylors Lakes | 2 to 5 Days per Week

Join a team that loves making a difference.

Elite Akademy Sports Medicine is looking for a caring and motivated Physiotherapist to join our growing team at our modern medical centre in Taylors Lakes.

Whether you are returning to the workforce, looking for greater flexibility, or wanting to continue developing your clinical skills, this is an opportunity to build a rewarding career in a supportive environment.

What You Will Enjoy

✔ Consistent GP referrals and a growing caseload

✔ Ongoing mentoring and professional development

✔ Working alongside experienced physiotherapists and healthcare professionals

✔ Modern consulting rooms within a busy family medical centre

✔ Opportunity to increase your hours at our Parkville clinic

✔ A collaborative team that genuinely enjoys helping each other succeed

Who We Are Looking For

You are a fully registered Physiotherapist with AHPRA who genuinely enjoys helping people.

You are passionate about learning, value teamwork, communicate well with patients, and strive to provide outstanding care every day.

Why Join Elite Akademy?

At Elite Akademy Sports Medicine, we believe great clinicians are developed through experience, collaboration and lifelong learning.

Our philosophy is simple:

Make a difference. Work hard. Have fun.

If that sounds like the kind of team you would like to be part of, we would love to hear from you.

How to Apply

Send us a voice message via SMS or WhatsApp on 0498 100 558 answering one question:

“Why did you become a physiotherapist, and what impact do you hope to make in people’s lives?”

Please include your contact details.

We look forward to hearing from you

Exercise provides the stimulus for change. Recovery gives the body time to respond and adapt.

The balance between training, rest, active recovery, sleep, and the demands of everyday life all contribute to how the body performs and progresses.

Our latest article explores why recovery is part of the exercise prescription.

Explore the full article. https://mailchi.mp/eliteakademy/rest-is-medicine-too

We’re hiring!

Elite Akademy Sports Medicine is looking for a Physiotherapist (Contractor) to join our team at our Taylors Lakes medical centre.

This flexible 2–5 day per week opportunity is ideal for a clinician looking to build a consistent caseload within a supportive multidisciplinary environment.

You’ll have access to strong GP referral pathways, mentoring, professional development and the opportunity to grow alongside an experienced team.

Interested? Send us a voice message answering:

“Why do you love being a physiotherapist?”

📱 0498 100 558

Applications close: Friday 14 August

🏆 Congratulations to our Club Day winners!

We had a great time meeting everyone at Melbourne Uni’s Sporting Clubs Day and putting your grip strength to the test.

To enter our competition, participants had to follow us and record the highest grip strength on the day. Congratulations to our strongest-grip winner ho , as well as our lucky draw winners Αριάδνη and jerryngwe !

Thank you to everyone who stopped by, took part in the challenge and visited our team for a complimentary 5-minute massage.

We hope you enjoyed the day and we look forward to seeing you at Elite Akademy Sports Medicine soon!