Canberra's exercise studio designed specifically for neurological therapy, rehabilitation & healthy ageing.

Are you feeling unsteady as stand and walk? Do you have less confidence moving around your house or out in the community?

Our ‘Stand Steady” balance class is aimed at helping you to work on postural control and walking indoors. The group is led by a physiotherapist, with a maximum of 3 participants to allow us to individualise activities for your specific needs while still working through the things essential to stay steady. Stand Steady is designed to:

• Improve sensation and awareness
• Increase muscle strength, flexibility, and endurance – targeted at the requirements for postural control
• Correct and improve posture and balance, and minimize risks of falls
• Improve ability to stabilize on different surfaces and negotiate obstacle
• Complete functional tasks which help you to gain more confidence in your home and in the community.

Prior to beginning balance classes, you will have need an individual assessment with one of our therapists and will probably do some preparatory work to be ready to participate in the class. There is opportunity to progress into Enable me sessions or other gym programs if desired. Neurospace offers balance classes twice a week.

Do you have a specific exercise or health goal in mind?

• Planning to travel overseas and want to climb the 710 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower?
• Do you want to stay active and get the most out of your retirement?
• Do you have a wedding or reunion coming up and want to feel your best?

Our ‘beneFITs to Retire’ packages are designed to help you meet your individual health and fitness goals. You will be assessed by a Physiotherapist and an Exercise Physiologist and have a written health plan and exercise program designed specifically to help you achieve your goals.

This package includes:

• 1 hour Assessment with a Physiotherapist
• 45 minute Assessment with an Exercise Physiologist
• 3 x 30 minute follow-up sessions in the gym.

Do you need extra motivation and help to complete your exercises? Are you confident you are completing your exercises the right way? Enable Me gym classes involve using an individualized exercise program set up by your therapist in a small group. This group has a maximum of 3 participants to 1 therapist to allow for for close attention and assistance, minor adjustment of your exercises as needed, and getting feedback about how you are performing your exercises.

Enable Me gym class is designed to:

• Assist you to work towards your individual strength, balance, mobility, and fitness goals
• Increase confidence and independence in a gym environment
• Learn about why exercise is important for your condition and how to implement it to get the maximum benefit
• Increase your overall activity levels with feedback that you are performing exercise correctly

Prior to beginning in the Enable Me gym class, you will have an individual assessment with your therapist to work out a plan to achieve your individual goals. This is a perfect way to begin an exercise program and progress to working in a community gym if you are not sure where to start. You will use a variety of equipment in the gym including cardio and strength equipment, cables, resistance bands, balance bars, free weights, and various balance equipment.

Neurospace offers multiple class times each week to suit your timetable.

Core Essentials takes you back to the basics of control with small movements that have a big effect.

Many neurological conditions, chronic illness and pain cause loss of strength and changes in movement patterns, which causes further weakness and stiffness. Core essentials is a clinical exercise class that uses current evidence and techniques to help you strengthen your core muscles and improve your movement patterns.

Core essentials class is designed to:

• Practice and progress of techniques and exercises to improve trunk stability and strength in your core, hips, lower back, and pelvic floor
• Improve coordination, proprioception and balance
• Improve strength and mobility and correct imbalances in muscle strength
• Develop correct movement strategies to integrate into other activities

Prior to beginning in the core essentials class, you will have an individualised assessment with your therapist to work out a plan to achieve your individual goals. The exercise groups have a maximum of 4 participants to 1 therapist enable close attention to your individual needs. You will perform movements with and without equipment. Equipment includes mats, resistance bands, dumbbells, gym balls, foam rollers, reformer and machine-based strength and cardio equipment.

Neurospace offers Core Essential Group work twice a week.

LSVT BIG is a 4 week exercise program designed to tackle the movement deficits of Parkinson’s Disease.

People with Parkinson’s typically experience slow, shuffling gait without arm swing. Daily activities such as dressing and rolling in bed become slow and clumsy.

LSVT BIG teaches participants to use BIG effort to perform stronger movements. Over the 4 week program THINKING BIG becomes a habit and participants are able to walk faster with bigger steps, improve balance and stamina and increase trunk rotation.

The clip below shows some of the improvements experienced by the LSVT BIG participants at Neurospace.

Do you feel you are getting enough targeted exercise? We know exercise is helpful at slowing the progression of Parkinson’s Disease and our PD45 is a 45 minute high intensity exercise class designed for newly diagnosed clients and those who experience minor symptoms and changes to movement patterns. This class has a maximum of 8 participants with 1 therapist to ensure you get the support and assistance you need to achieve great quality movements.

PD45 Class is designed to:

• Increase aerobic fitness, endurance, and global muscle strength through high intensity interval training
• Address symptom presentation through specific exercises for amplitude, power, and balance
• Maximize muscle strength and joint flexibility
• Correct and improve posture and balance, and minimize risks of falls
• Provide education about how exercise is important for Parkinson’s disease and how it can increase functional capacity

Prior to beginning classes, you will have an initial assessment with one of our therapists to determine your capacity, set some goals, and develop a plan that will include exercise both in the clinic and at home or at your gym. The class uses a lot of different exercises which include a mixture of body weight, free weights, and machine-based exercises. It is also a great way to meet other motivated people with PD. 

Our PD60 exercise class is a 60 minute class suited to people with Parkinson’s disease who experience movement difficulties. It is a circuit-based class that focuses on the amplitude of movement, encompassing functional exercises that focus on the quality and size of your movements as well as resistance and fitness training. This class has a maximum of 4 participants with 1 therapist to ensure you get the support and assistance you need to achieve great quality movements.

PD60 is designed to:

• Maintain and improve levels of function and independence, which will help to improve a person’s quality of life
• Use exercise and movement strategies to improve mobility
• Correct and improve abnormal movement patterns and posture, where possible
• Maximize muscle strength and joint flexibility
• Correct and improve posture and balance, and minimize risks of falls

Prior to beginning classes, we will work through some assessments to determine your capacity, set some goals, and develop a plan that will include exercise both in the clinic and at home or at your gym. We can adapt the exercises to suit your current level, and you will be encouraged to work as hard as you can. The higher the intensity, the better your movements will be!

Our ‘ON track’ small groups are lead by the AHAs and for those who have progressed through the Enable ME programs. You want to keep using our equipment, and need some assistance to get on and off the equipment or follow the program. This helps keeps the costs down for you. There is no expectation that your program will be changed by the AHA and regular review with your treating therapist will be needed for this. 

Running is something a person with a disability may dream of doing, and fortunately Neurospace has a health team that runs and are keen to share that with you and help you learn to run with a disability. If you are already running, there is the option to keep working with the physiotherapist on your technique and strength.

The group includes one track and one gym session with homework in between. The strength and flexibility work , and supported running drills are all targeted to getting you moving faster on your feet.

All participants need an individual assessment from the group leader before joining. Ideally you will commit to at least an 8 week block of participation to maximise your improvement. 

This group time is an opportunity to work independently in the studio with our specialised equipment, knowing that help is nearby with an allocated staff member. You will have your own program that has been prescribed by one of our health professionals or been prescribed by a health professional from another practice. In the latter case you will need to demonstrate correct use of the equipment at your first session in a one to one 30 minute session with an EP. There can be up to 6 people booking in online, and the time will be in our extended gym hours when the gym is less busy. Payment is anticipated to be via purchase of a multisession pass.

Yes we want our equipment to be used.  You will need to bring a written program from the other therapist, and attend at least one 30 minute session with our EP to learn to use the equipment correctly, understand safety protocols and check your technique.  If you don’t have a written program, you can book a longer session with our EP to have this prescribed, ideally with a handover from your physiotherapist.

Our goal is that you can book and manage your appointments online, however, we need to make sure you are getting the best care and outcome for your level of ability so if you are new to Neurospace, have not been for 6 months, or previously attended a small group you will need go through reception.

The NeuroStudio will be accessible for wheelchairs and those requiring no steps from the rear of the building at the Prospect Court entrance, this is signposted with no street number.   There are 6 parking spaces here.   The front of the building at 56 Colbee Court has free parking and one step into the building.  All doors are power operated and will open for you.

Payments can be made on the day with Tyro (Eftpos and health funds).  Multipasses can be prepurchased  for group session.   Third party payments will need to follow the guidelines.