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Highly experienced exercise physiologists at Melbourne Sports & Allied Health Clinic integrate precision science with expert interpretation and guidance, to ensure the most effective fitness, health and performance outcomes are achieved. Beneficiaries include athletes and non-athletes of all ages and abilities, who are interested in maximising their training and physical capacity outputs, via improvements in body composition; cardiorespiratory fitness; strength; metabolic economy; resilience and vitality. Physiological and body composition evaluations during different phases of training & targeted personal challenges or events, provides valuable information about specific physiological responses and adaptations, or limitations that effect physical capacity and performance.
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Personalised training programs are available for joggers, runners, triathletes and footballers looking to take their running performance to the next level.
Our exercise physiologists are not just experienced practitioners, but also highly experienced runners and running coaches.
We are also qualified and experienced to work with all ages and abilities/disabilities, and those with chronic health conditions.
There is one thing that runners of all abilities have in common - they hate getting injured! The traditional route runners follow with a newly acquired injury is to treat the symptoms. However, more often than not, most runners will not know the mechanisms that cause the injury. For example, is a calf strain caused by a load on the muscle that has simply exceeded the runners musculo-skeletal capacity at that point in time? Or is the strain linked to an aggressive forefoot ground strike, or perhaps pelvic instability?
3D motion analysis provides a high precision method of identifying running gait dysfunction, and associated links with joints and muscles surrounding the hip, pelvis, knee, ankle and foot.
During this challenging time, we are remaining open to continue supporting your chronic illness, injury, disability, mental health, weight management and sports performance needs - with in-clinic and telehealth services.
During this challenging time, we are remaining open to continue supporting your health, wellness, and capacity building needs.
During this challenging time, we are remaining open to continue supporting the physical literacy needs of children and parents.
Physical literacy provides children with knowledge, behaviours and skills to lead active lifestyles, for life long physical, psychological and learning benefits.
Just because you are in lock-down or self-isolation, doesn't mean you cannot maintain or improve your fitness and performance readiness.
Indeed, it's a rare opportunity to hit the reset button and dedicate to a highly personalised, sustainable and innovative approach to sport and athlete performance.
Melbourne Sports & Allied Health Clinic provides pivotal capacity building solutions, care and resources for children and adults living with disabilities in the Western Melbourne/ Moonee Valley region.
Our highly experienced and innovative team brings together a range of specialised improved daily living and wellness services designed to empower NDIS participants with substantially improved healthcare, independence, and quality of life.
In the July 2018 edition of the Australian Triathlete Magazine, Dr Simon Sostaric discusses performance enhancing perspectives of caffeine and nitrate supplementation.
In the September 2018 edition of the Australian Triathlete Magazine, Dr Simon Sostaric discusses risks and perspectives that athletes should consider when resuming training after being affected by heat illness.
In the June 2018 edition of the Australian Triathlete Magazine, Dr Simon Sostaric discusses the monitoring of training loads (part 2), with perspectives on illness risk.
In the May 2018 edition of the Australian Triathlete Magazine, Dr Simon Sostaric discusses the monitoring of training loads (part 1), with perspectives on injury risk.
Athletes may succumb to exertional heat stroke for a variety of reasons, including; inadequate preparation; illness; certain medications; and amongst other things, pacing strategies that exceed biological capacity for the weather conditions. Once recovered and medically cleared, the question is, when can athletes resume competitive sport? A series of heat tolerance tests with an exercise physiologist provides valuable insight into the extent of physiological changes, and readiness to return to training and competitive sport.
Many junior athletes participate in year-round competitive sport - often for multiple teams or squads, including school, club, and representative levels. Overuse injuries and illnesses are relatively common amongst young athletes whose physical and psychological loading exceeds their biological capacity. Engaging with effective load monitoring strategies, and understanding the risks, are a necessity for junior athletes to thrive.
Dr Simon Sostaric discusses the intriguing relationship between the gut microbiome, health, and athlete performance.
Microbiome analysis is now available at Melbourne Sports & Allied Clinic.
In the March 2018 edition of the Australian Triathlete Magazine, Dr Simon Sostaric discusses the finer points of training and competition perspectives for the masters athlete.
Body composition has a significant effect on health and athletic performance.
The pro's and con's of altering body composition on swimming performance is discussed by Dr Simon Sostaric, in the January 2018 edition of the Australian Triathlete Magazine.
Metagenomic analysis provides a sophisticated and comprehensive picture of how bacteria in our gut affects health, fitness and wellbeing. Diet, exercise and lifestyle changes have a remarkable impact of gut bacteria, and subsequent improvement on your health.
Microbiome analysis is now available at Melbourne Sports & Allied Clinic.
Melbourne Sports & Allied Health Clinic founder and director, Dr Simon Sostaric, one of Australia's leading exercise physiologists and sports scientists, writes exclusively in 2017 for Australian Triathlete Magazine on all things "triathlon science and performance". This first editorial encompasses the training and recovery perspective paradigm.
Beneficiaries:
Triathletes; runners; cyclists; adventure racers; coaches; teachers; parents; and anyone with an interest in endurance performance.
This relaxed and informative seminar will focus on the latest evidence based knowledge on how to apply effective training, recovery & accessible scientific methods to improve performance & health.
Melbourne Sports & Allied Health Clinic founder and director, Dr Simon Sostaric, one of Australia's leading exercise physiologists and sports scientists, writes an exclusive "running science and performance" series for the 2016 Blackmores Sydney Running Festival.
Many athletes and patients who are regularly affected by cramping, have been asking my opinion on the new product currently code named “itsthenerve” (www.itsthenerve.com).
I have looked closely at the scientific work completed to date, regarding efficacy and safety.
Learn what’s new at Melbourne Sports & Allied Health Clinic in 2016. For first time visitors, we welcome you to take a tour of the Melbourne Sports & Allied Health Clinic’s website to appreciate our end-to-end approach to facilitating the best outcomes for our patients and clients.
Melbourne Sports & Allied Health Clinic specialises in high precision running assessments, utilising 3-Dimensional (3D) apparatus and expertise. Our scope of clientele include runners of all ages and abilities.
We are now integrating STRYD power output metrics with our running clientele. We are finding that training prescription, and monitoring subsequent physiological responses and adaptations, is more precise with integration of power output.
21st April, 2015 - Nutrition, training, and recovery action plans for Ironman Triathlon performance: applying science to practice.
The inside word on biomechanics at Melbourne Sports & Allied Health Clinic - Q&A with Dr Oren Tirosh
2nd January, 2015 - understanding high precision biomechanics & 3D gait analysis
12th Dec, 2014 - We are delighted to welcome Margaret Mielczarek (accredited practicing & sports dietitian) to our team!
10th Nov, 2014 - We are delighted to welcome Remedial massage therapist Rod Egglestone to our team!
6th November, 2014. Measuring deep abdominal fat - links to serious health risks.
