Personal trainer injury specialists in Melbourne

We have personal trainers that are injury specialists all across Melbourne. Book our trainers below now. 

They are experts at rehabilitation. And are also known as a corrective exercise specialist. We integrate therapeutic exercises into client programs to address musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction. We have specialized certifications that helps us effectively address our client injuries. 

Specialized Knowledge of Injuries:

Our trainers possess advanced knowledge and skills beyond basic personal training. This allows us to effectively address injuries and accelerate safe and effective recovery. 

Our Corrective Exercise Strategies:

Corrective exercises puts the focus on identifying and addressing underlying movement dysfunctions in our client. Imbalances are what contributes to pain and injury. 

Studies from the National Institutes of Health highlight that corrective exercise programs focusing on muscle imbalances and movement dysfunctions are critical in preventing future injuries and improving long-term physical performance.

A study found that corrective exercises reduced the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders by 34.68% and decreased pain intensity by 68.34% in older adults after an eight-week intervention program.

Personalized Programs:

They create tailored exercise programs that consider individual needs, limitations, and goals, ensuring a safe and effective rehabilitation process. 

Assessment and Analysis:

Our experienced trainers take clients through advanced assessments. This helps us understand a client’s injury, movement patterns, and weaknesses. We will create a program with exercises and strategies to address your weaknesses and injuries. 

Rehabilitation and Preventing Injuries:

Our personal trainers help our clients improve strength, flexibility, and functional movement. This means every day movements and sports improve drastically, and prevent surgery. 

This focused and custom training also has a benefit on clients long terms health and fitness goals.

Research from the Department of Veterans Affairs shows that custom training has the highest chance success for injuries. The benefits including pain reduction, improved function, and enhanced overall well-being.

Research shows that athletes who received physiotherapy within the first week of injury had a 40% faster return to play compared to those who delayed treatment.

Our services

Injury Specialist Personal Training Examples:

Post-injury rehabilitation

Helping clients recover from injuries and return to activity. 

Condition management

Supporting individuals with chronic conditions or pain through exercise. 

Athletic performance

Optimizing performance and reducing injury risk in athletes. 

Pain management

Addressing musculoskeletal pain through targeted exercises and strategies. 

The skills of our injury specialists

Anatomy and Physiology

We deeply understand how the body works and how injuries impact our clients movement. 

Movement Assessment

We identify weaknesses and movement pattern and dysfunctions. 

Exercise Prescription

We will develop a safe and effective exercise program custom to your injuries and goals.

Motivation Coaching

Our Injury Specialists for Sports

We have a team of 6 personal trainers all across Melbourne. They have years of experience helping our clients improve their sports performance. Whether can’t play because of injuries, or they want to improve their technique to prevent injuries, we can help.

Recovery From Injuries

50% of clients will come to us with a pre-existing injury. This means they’re at risk of injuring themselves if they were to attend group fitness classes. Our personal training sessions are designed to help clients improve their current condition. Whether that’s a knee injury, ankle, shoulder, back, lower back, or postural distortion. 

Many injuries arise from improper technique of exercise. And at this stage, it’s only a matter of time and when they get injured. By continuing to use the wrong technique, for example a rounded back or misaligned spine when training at the gym, they are building repetition and muscle memory around the incorrect technique. This causes the wrong muscles to be strengthened, and none of the support muscles to be engaged. Then our client would need to go back, lower the weight, learn the right technique, and start from scratch. If they were to continue using this incorrect technique, it would result in injuries like:

• Rotator cuff tears
• Lumbar disc herniation
• Pectoralis major tear
• Achilies tendonitis
• IT band syndrome
• Exercise induced rhabdomyolysis
• Compartment syndrome (exercise induced)
• Bilateral hyphema
• Stress fractures
• And more

Most of these injuries can be resolved through a 3 step process:

1. Remove exercises or things that aggravate the injury more
2. Use self myofascia release with a lacross ball to massage tight muscles
3. Strengthen opposing muscles to the injury with targeted strength training. Using very good technique.

Good technique refers to doing exercises with a straight spine. A straight spine can be identified in a mirror or from a personal trainer. It’s hard or near impossible to see the alignment of your own spine, and that’s why a our personal trainers can help you form the right technique from the start.

Another issue is that doing any exercise or movement trains muscle memory. So if you were to do rehab or strengthening exercises incorrect, you would be training yourself to do it the wrong way, without a straight spine. And with zero to little core activation. This provides no support to your spine, and doesn’t help resolve the injury to begin with. And it doesn’t set you up for doing well with every day movements and sports.

Rehabilitation with a Physiotherapist

Rehab is an important part of fixing injuries. But it’s not the only solution. Many clients see a physiotherapist, but don’t know what to do next. Because a physiotherapist will only prescribe light exercises, that don’t progress client towards their end goal. 

There is a gap in the industry where clients of physiotherapists are left on their own. Te client went to physio to fix an injury so they could play sport again. But who is there to help them gain more strength and fitness, and actually excel at sport again? 

That’s where a specialist personal training who has experience with injuries comes in. They can do physiotherapist exercise with their clients. Or they can take physiotherapist clients from just finishing rehab, to doing very well at sports. 

Armstrong Lazenby

Elite Athletic Trainer and Nutrition Specialist | Founder, Fitness Image

Elite Athletic Training

Nutrition Specialist

42 Day Lean Body Reset Creator

With 10 years of experience in elite sports and fitness training, Armstrong is the creator of the innovative 42 Day Lean Body Reset system and founder of Fitness Image. He combines his athletic background with evidence-based methodologies to deliver exceptional results for his clients.

Professional Experience & Achievements

• Represented Australia in short track speed skating for ten years
• Competed in multiple World Cup events
• Featured competitor on Australian Ninja Warrior (2018)
• Helped over 500 clients achieve their fitness goals since 2010
• Featured in “Fitness Australia” magazine (2022) for innovative weight loss approaches

Certifications & Specializations

• Certificate III and IV in Fitness
• Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) through the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA)
• Qualified Pilates Instructor (Polestar Pilates Certification)
• Certified Bowen Therapist
• Advanced training in Sports Nutrition (International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2023)
• Specializes in weight management, athletic performance, and movement therapy

Client Results & Impact

500+

Clients Helped

90%

Success Rate

15+

Years Experience

Victorian Institute of Sport

Australian Institute of Sport

Olympic Winter Institute of Sport

“My approach to fitness and weight management is built on a foundation of athletic excellence and scientific understanding. I believe sustainable transformation comes when we work with your body’s natural processes rather than against them. My goal is to help clients achieve lasting results through personalized, evidence-based training programs that evolve with the latest research in exercise science and nutrition.”