If Kieser is good enough for the Cats it’s good enough for everyone in Geelong, says manager Richard Wallace.
“We’ve got players using the facilities with referrals from their medical team,” the Belmont physio says.
“The next person to get on the machine might be an 80-year-old lady.”
After 15 years in physiotherapy, including a stint as Western Bulldogs rehab manager, Richard returned to Geelong when Kieser opened at Newtown nearly four years ago.
“We used to take some Bulldogs players into the South Melbourne Kieser centre and I could see the difference it made to their strength and performance.”
Swiss boxer Werner Kieser invented the rehabilitation method in 1966 after using strength training to overcome injury.
Today, more than 600 members of all ages practice Kieser’s method at the Geelong centre, to recover from injuries and to become healthier.
The program also helps prevent injuries reoccurring by strengthening weakened muscles.
“We’re particularly well known for our spinal program,” Richard says.
“A growing weight of evidence shows that an increase in muscle mass and bone density directly correlates with living longer and happier.”
All instructors Kieser instructors are qualified in physiotherapy, exercise physiology or exercise science, Richard says.
“We get a lot of Deakin University graduates come and work with us as they’re very well trained.”
