Exercise Physiologists

Exercise physiologists (EPs) hold a four-year university degree and are allied health professionals who specialise in the delivery of exercise when recovering from injury or to manage chronic diseases.

You might see an EP to help you:

• overcome persisting pain caused by injury or overuse
• improve health to achieve medical clearance for high risk work such as commercial driver or rail work.
• improve your heart health
• rehabilitate following a cardiac event
• control your diabetes
• prevent pre-diabetes from progressing to full diabetes
• improve your recovery following cancer treatment
• improve your general health and wellbeing.

EPs also provide training in safe manual handling; perform functional assessments; carry out sub-maximal and maximal fitness tests; perform body composition tests and musculoskeletal assessments; and provide lifestyle education to help people manage their health conditions.