Enable Fitness Centre in Adelaide, South Australia | Alternative & holistic health service

Enable Fitness Centre

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8261 7537

Address: 614 North East Road, Holden Hill 5088 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.enablefitnesscentre.com.au/

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25.01.2022 SUPER COOPER! The Enable Fitness team were pumped to support our client at his big game last week - we're so proud of you Cooper!

25.01.2022 We are very excited to be attending the Kids & Youth Disability Expo this Saturday We hope to see you down there for a chat at our Enable Fitness Centre stand We will also be doing a few demonstrations and giving some exercise tips We are proud to be supporting kids and youths with a disability

25.01.2022 GRAND OPENING Enable Fitness Centre supports people with disability to maximise their life through the provision of high quality, specialised exercise, rehabilitation, and health care services. Drop in and find out how we can help you or your clients reach their exercise goals!

25.01.2022 IMPORTANT UPDATE: ENABLE RE-OPENING You've probably heard that the lockdown will be lifted at midnight on Saturday and restrictions will revert to the 4 sqm rule for many services. Enable Fitness Centre will re-open on Monday and be back to regular scheduling. If you have a session booked for next week, it will proceed as previously scheduled.... Please get in touch if you have any questions.

25.01.2022 *** ENABLE FITNESS CENTRE - SERVICES AVAILABLE *** Our range of exciting services for people with a disability are now available to book at Enable Fitness Centre. These include: Strength and Fitness Programs... Post Hospital Rehabilitation Testing and Performance Wheelchair Skills Training More details about the these services will be released over the coming days. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or quires about how Enable Fitness Centre can help you.

24.01.2022 We’re so proud of your progress Tai Martin-Page. Let’s keep pushing!

24.01.2022 Our Para-Badminton event in collaboration with the Glenelg Breakers Badminton Club is still going ahead on the 6th of December #parabadminton #badminton #comeandtry

24.01.2022 Introducing Natalie Mullins, our Accredited Practising Dietitian! Natalie is passionate about empowering people with a disability to build a positive relationship with food and nutrition, valuing the role it can play in supporting physical, mental and social wellbeing. We are pleased to offer a wide range of nutrition services including: ... 1:1 assessment and support Group education sessions on a wide variety of nutrition topics Practical nutrition training such as shopping or cooking together to apply new knowledge and translate it into sustainable behaviour change. For more information, or to submit a referral, please visit our website Alternatively, you can contact Natalie via email ([email protected]) and make time to discuss your situation in more detail.

23.01.2022 We are excited to announce Enable Fitness Centre is opening at the end of July 2019! Enable Fitness Centre will deliver high quality specialised exercise, rehabilitation and health care services for people with a disability. We are focused on helping people with a disability maximise their lives through physical activity. More details coming soon!

22.01.2022 With most of the equipment now in the gym, it’s been great to have a few clients stop by to give it a test run. Not long until we’re fully up and running!

21.01.2022 We are excited to have the new automatic doors installed to allow easy access for our clients

20.01.2022 Out of the gym for the Kids & Youth Disability Expo Did you know EFC provides services to a variety of ages, from kids to the aged? We’re here to provide everyone with the opportunity to exercise!

20.01.2022 Do you have an NDIS plan? Do you want to attend a high quality facility and work with experienced exercise physiologists to achieve your health and wellbeing goals? Enable Fitness Centre has the equipment, knowledge and experience to provide the best exercise program, regardless of your ability, to maximise your life!... Contact Ross to discuss how we can assist you! Phone: 0411 126 027 Email: [email protected]

19.01.2022 We are taking new referrals and appointment spots are available. Do you have a disabilitiy and need any of the following: 1) Advice about how exercise can help you? 2) A gym facility to suit your specific needs?... 3) To improve your wheelchair skills? 4) High performance testing and training plan? Call Ross to see how best Enable Fitness Centre can support you.

18.01.2022 Great to see these types of initiatives in our community to assist people living with a disability. Well done PQSA & Rossdale Homes

18.01.2022 Thanks to everyone who joined us to celebrate the official opening of Enable Fitness Centre today! We can’t wait to see you back here for your next work out

18.01.2022 We love having Katelin at Enable - she brings such positive energy to the gym and we can't wait to see what she achieves! Thanks for sharing her inspiring story Young Blood - Men's Health Matters

17.01.2022 Not even this weather can dull our new signage - can’t miss us now!

17.01.2022 Merry Christmas everyone! I will be on leave over the next 2 weeks as I am getting married But we will have Cody practicing on selected days. For any enquiries during this time please email Cody.... [email protected] Ross

17.01.2022 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Enable Team Thank you to all for the marvellous gifts and we how you enjoy the Enable Christmas Cookie

15.01.2022 We are excited to introduce you to our new Exercise Physiologist, Cody Kumnick! I have had the pleasure to work with Cody during his University Placement and externally through professional engagement. Cody bring a great attitude and wealth of knowledge and we know he looks forwards to working with you in the gym soon!

14.01.2022 IMPORTANT UPDATE: MASKS Yesterday SA Health have released information about places you should wear a mask to assist with the control and management of the recent COVID-19 situation (see attached image). Today, 24th of November 2020, the state government recommended all individuals wear a mask when accessing hospital, aged care and allied health facilities. This includes exercise physiology and dietetics services here at Enable Fitness Centre. ... It is important we all do our part to assist and support the community in response to this recent COVID-19 incident. This includes wearing masks where appropriate. For those who are accessing our services we encourage you to wear a mask at your next appointment. If you do not own or have access to a mask we are happy to provide a mask the next time you are onsite. We will do our best to stay informed about this changing situation and provide updates as soon as possible. If you have any questions please give us a call.

14.01.2022 We are excited to be hosting an opening weekend for Enable Fitness Centre! Join us for a tour and find out how we can help you or your clients reach their exercise goals. Or simply drop in for a sticky beak at what we’ve been working on for the past few months! PS free BBQ Saturday.

13.01.2022 What a story of resilience and perseverance! You have come along way in such a short period of time but lets keep moving forward Keep up all the hard work Katelin ... https://www.gofundme.com/f/katelins-journey

12.01.2022 Para-Badminton We were lucky to attended the come and try session on Sunday with the team from Badminton South Australia. The facilities were top-notch and the staff were very friendly. The team knew exactly how to best help players with a range of abilities. It’s a great activity that can keep you fit and have fun! It’s great that they are going out of their way to push the para badminton program. Checkout the website for more details.

12.01.2022 Come and join us online next Saturday the 26th of September at the virtual KYD eXpo! Find out about what other providers have on offer and even chat with them! It’s free to register. Find out more via the Facebook event.

12.01.2022 There is more to running a disability service than meets the eye. Today we adapted the car park to support our clients and installed automatic doors for easy access.

11.01.2022 PQSA is trialling a new Vocational Counselling Service and you are invited to get involved! If you have a spinal cord injury and are thinking about getting back to work, you are invited to join a research study (in conjunction with The University of Adelaide) by completing a quick online survey. All participants will receive individual counselling support with a vocational counsellor based at PQSA. For more information about the study or to complete the survey, please go to www.surveymonkey.com/r/Back_2_Work

11.01.2022 Please welcome Eliza Gray, one of Enable's newest exercise physiologists You may have seen Eliza around the clinic over the past few months and we are excited she will be around the clinic even more over the coming months Eliza brings with her a new perspective and an eagerness to help guide and support every person at Enable. Please make her feel welcome and have a chat with her the next time you are in the gym

11.01.2022 COVID UPDATE: ENABLE FITNESS CENTRE IS OPEN As of Monday 16th of November, Enable Fitness Centre will continue to be open and we are continuing to run our therapy sessions as usual. This will continue until Government restrictions prevent us from opening. Restrictions announced by the SA Government today do not apply to our services. We are closely monitoring government advice, guidelines and restrictions, and will keep all our clients updated about the status of Enable Fit...ness Centre where required. I can assure you that we are taking this issue seriously and are taking measures to ensure all our clients continue to have access to high quality services in an environment which is clean and safe. We will continue to provide hand hygiene facilities for all clients to use and staff will sanitise equipment after every use. We would like to please ask all of you to follow these simple steps to ensure your safety and that of all our other users: Apply hand hygiene when entering and exiting Enable Fitness Centre by using the hand sanitiser or soap and water provided Follow physical distancing guidelines with other clients or staff by keeping a distance of at least 1.5m Cough and sneeze into elbows and apply hand hygiene immediately following DO NOT attend Enable Fitness Centre if you come into direct contact with someone who is unwell in the past 14 days DO NOT attend any sessions if you are unwell or showing any signs or symptoms of cold, flu or COVID-19 (standard infection control guidelines) Minimise your time in the Centre by arriving at your scheduled time and leaving immediately following your session to avoid unnecessary contact with other users Your sessions will continue as scheduled, including group sessions, as the maximum number of people in the Centre at any one time currently complies with government regulations. However, if you have concerns about attending Enable Fitness Centre with other users, please let me know and we will explore other options for you during this period, including individual sessions, telehealth or home visits . If you have any questions, queries or concerns, I encourage you to contact us. Ross Gray Enable Fitness Centre

11.01.2022 It's great to see so many organisations getting behind Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week this year. Well done PQSA for organising such a powerful banner to raise awareness for Spinal Cord Injury!

10.01.2022 Introducing the face behind Enable Fitness Centre - Ross Gray! Ross is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist with a passion for helping people with a disability to maximise their physical, mental and social potential. He has been practicing as the Principle Exercise Physiologist for the South Australian Spinal Cord Injury Service (SASCIS) at Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre for the past 5 years. Ross also has a range of experience with programs including stroke, cancer, park...inson's, and cardiac rehab, whilst practicing at the Centre for Physical Activity in Ageing (CPAA) at the Hampstead. He has also been involved with extensive research projects including a Stroke Fitness Study & Spinal Cord Injury and Physical Activity Study. With a wealth of knowledge about exercise and rehabilitation processes, Ross is known for delivering high quality services. If you have any questions about how EFC can assist you, please give Ross a call or send through an email.

10.01.2022 Working getting it done.

10.01.2022 Got the keys! A bit of work ahead of us to transform this old place

10.01.2022 Today is such a special day, celebrating people with disability and all that they achieve. The aim of International Day of People with Disability - Australia is... to increase public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability. Unfortunately, we are unable to celebrate with you this year like we have in previous years and we hope that in 2021 our event in Victoria Square, Adelaide will be a time for us to celebrate all together again. As a part of our celebrations for International Day of People with Disability SA 2020, we are recognising four individuals, who have made an extraordinary contribution to the disability community. The awards provided the opportunity for people living with disability, their relatives, carers, and others, to acknowledge someone that has made a difference in their lives. Our 2020 International Day of People with Disability SA Award winners are: OUTSTANDING PERSON WITH A DISABILITY Holly Scott - Advocate for Road Safety Ruth Mott - Volunteer as a PQSA Regional Peer Support Coordinator and advocate for people with a spinal cord injury. OUTSTANDING SERVICE OR SUPPORT April Wilson - Advocate for people living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER Locky Miller - Volunteer and Mentor for people who have experienced traumatic brain injury. We would like to congratulate all our winners and in the coming days we will highlight each one on this page to share their wonderful contributions to the disability community! #IDPWDSA #IDPWD #pqsa #lifetimesupportauthority #braininjurysa

08.01.2022 Challenge the way you train at Enable Don’t be afraid to try new activities Well done Shaun for this effort Great job with the core and back stabilisation

08.01.2022 Introducing our newest exercise physiologist to the Enable team, Todd Wachowicz! We are excited to have Todd on board as he brings with him new ideas and methods of clinical application Todd's passion to assist each person reach their potential is second to none. He is looking forward to working with all of you the next time you are at Enable

06.01.2022 Happy New Year from ENABLE Fitness Centre We have an exciting year ahead! We look forward to supporting all our current clients and are excited to work with our new clients in 2020!

05.01.2022 Nathan is a valued member of Enable Fitness Centre and we are gutted by the despicable actions of those that have stolen his wheelchair. If you hear anything about its whereabouts, please let us know. Let’s get Nathan to Tokyo!

05.01.2022 IMPORTANT UPDATE: TEMPORARY CLOSURE We have received advice that the latest restrictions announced by the South Australian Government for a temporary lockdown includes allied health services. We regret to inform all our clients that this means Enable Fitness Centre will be closed immediately.... During the course of the lockdown, we are still able to provide telehealth services - please get in touch if you would like to book in a session. We will be back providing services as soon as the lockdown is over - hopefully next week. Take care everyone and stay tuned for updates.

03.01.2022 Well done Samuel on a successful standing frame session It’s exciting to see our mobile standing frame being used while performing exercises to improve trunk and shoulder stability

02.01.2022 Saturdays at Enable

02.01.2022 ENABLE FITNESS CENTRE IS OPEN I would like to extend a message out to all our past, current and future clients at Enable Fitness Centre, and other providers/referrers in relation to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. As of Monday 23 March, Enable Fitness Centre will continue to be open and we are continuing to run our therapy sessions as usual. This will continue until Government restrictions prevent us from opening. Restrictions to social gatherings announced by the gove...rnment on Sunday do not apply to our services. We are closely monitoring government advice, guidelines and restrictions, and will keep all our clients updated about the status of Enable Fitness Centre where required. I can assure you that we are taking this issue seriously and are taking measures to ensure all our clients continue to have access to high quality services in an environment which is clean and safe. We will continue to provide hand hygiene facilities for all clients to use and staff will sanitise equipment after every use. We would like to please ask all of you to follow these simple steps to ensure your safety and that of all our other users: Apply hand hygiene when entering and exiting Enable Fitness Centre by using the hand sanitiser or soap and water provided Follow physical distancing guidelines with other clients or staff by keeping a distance of at least 1.5m Cough and sneeze into elbows and apply hand hygiene immediately following DO NOT attend Enable Fitness Centre if you come into direct contact with someone who is unwell or has travelled overseas in the past 14 days DO NOT attend any sessions if you are unwell or showing any signs or symptoms of cold, flu or COVID-19 (standard infection control guidelines) Minimise your time in the Centre by arriving at your scheduled time and leaving immediately following your session to avoid unnecessary contact with other users Your sessions will continue as scheduled, including group sessions, as the maximum number of people in the Centre at any one time currently complies with government regulations. However, if you have concerns about attending Enable Fitness Centre with other users, please let me know and we will explore other options for you during this period, including individual sessions, telehealth or home visits . If you have any questions, queries or concerns, I encourage you to contact us. Ross Gray Enable Fitness Centre

02.01.2022 Christmas has come early Our new equipment has been ordered and will be here soon