Access Fitness is a sports club located in Adelaide and Tanunda, offering a unique and inclusive gym experience for people with permanent or temporary disabilities. It is the first gym of its kind in the area and is equipped with specially designed wheelchair and disability accessible equipment, as well as a physiotherapy treatment facility.
At Access Fitness, members are supported by a friendly, supportive, and fully qualified team. The staff not only provide outstanding guidance, but also the knowledge needed to help individuals achieve their personal goals. The gym is supervised and provides a social atmosphere, ensuring correct technique and offering assistance to help members carry out everyday tasks that maintain or improve their abilities and independence.
Access Fitness offers a range of services to cater to different needs. They have exercise physiologists who perform screening and risk analysis to ensure safe and appropriate exercise and physical activity intervention. The exercise physiologists tailor exercise programmes for individuals at high-risk of developing or with existing chronic conditions or injuries. They focus on exercise prescription, function, and provide advice, support, and positive lifestyle changes.
The gym also has physiotherapists who help individuals affected by injury, illness, or disability through movement and exercise, manual therapy, education, and advice. They take a “whole person” approach to health and well-being, considering the patient's general lifestyle. Patients are encouraged to actively participate in their own care through education, awareness, empowerment, and engagement in their treatment.
Access Fitness believes in accessible fitness for all, regardless of ability. They offer work conditioning and functional restoration programmes with a multidisciplinary approach to rehabilitation, providing clinically proven results. The gym also provides various information brochures on health and wellbeing, including topics such as cancer and the benefits of exercise, diabetes management, healthy eating, and weight loss.
Membership options at Access Fitness are flexible, offering 12-month memberships, 3-month memberships, and casual visits. The club has a convenient location, with allocated parking available at their Fullarton office. Opening hours vary, and appointments are necessary.
The team at Access Fitness is composed of experienced professionals, including exercise physiologists Adam Lidiard, Joshua Beagley, Samantha Schmidtke, Nick Thunig, and Karina Sapiro. They also have senior physiotherapists Angus Lally and Sooraj Venugopalan, as well as physiotherapist Christina Hwang.
For more information, individuals can contact the friendly staff at Access Fitness through their website or by phone. The gym has two locations, with the Fullarton office being located at 246 Glen Osmond Road and the Tanunda office at 2 Elizabeth Street. The Fullarton office also serves as the head office for Access Fitness.
Access Fitness is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment where individuals can work towards their fitness goals, regardless of ability.