Move
Smarter.
For people who want to move better, feel better, and stay on top of their health.
Experience is the difference.
Fifteen years coaching across hospital rehabilitation, elite sport, ADF veteran health, and private practice means I understand the full picture of what a body can do, what breaks it down, and what keeps it going. That combination matters for someone training for long-term health. The clinical background tells me what to protect and the coaching experience tells me how to work with people from all walks of life. Together, they mean we can find a good balance where your program fits in with your life, not the other way around.
Services
Work with Sam
Whether you’re dealing with pain or injury, managing something like body composition, bone health or metabolic health, chasing a performance goal, or training now for lifelong health, there’s a way to work together.
1:1 In-Person Coaching
Face-to-face coaching at Edge Training in Prahran, starting with a full assessment and building into a personalised program with ongoing coaching that adapts as you do.
Small Group Training
Train in a pair or a three at Edge in Prahran, with the same assessment-first coaching behind it and a program that still fits each person individually, at a smaller cost per session.
Telehealth Coaching
Everything the in-person experience offers, wherever you are, with video consultations, remote check-ins and a program that adjusts in real time without any compromise on quality.
Online Programming
A custom training block built around your goals with no ongoing sessions required, delivering 6 to 12 weeks of structured, evidence-based work through the app for strength, rehab, running or general fitness.
Injury Rehab
Pain and injury management that starts with the assessment rather than the prescription, using evidence-based exercise therapy to get to the actual source and build your capacity to stay out of it.
Program Review
If you’ve got a program but something isn’t clicking, this one-off audit reviews your current training and gives you specific recommendations, with rewrites where they’re needed, all in a single session.
Medicare, DVA, TAC, WorkCover, NDIS and private health rebates may apply for eligible clients and services. See how funding works.
Ready when you are.
Book a session in person or by telehealth, or send an enquiry if you’d rather talk it through first.
Coaching
The coach behind MotusIQ
Built on over 15 years of coaching experience.
I’m Sam Rooney, Exercise Physiologist and Strength and Conditioning coach, based at Edge Training in Prahran.
Over 15 years I’ve coached people from hospital rehab to Olympic competition and everything in between, and that range is deliberate. Working across those environments taught me that the clinical and performance sides of coaching need to talk to each other, and that the people who get the best results are the ones whose program is built around them specifically rather than around a template.
I completed the ALTIS Apprentice Coach program at the EXOS facility in Phoenix, Arizona, and hold a Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation and a Bachelor of Sport Coaching and Exercise Science.
I work best with people who want to understand what’s going on, not just get through a session. If you’ve had enough of vague advice and want a plan actually built around you, this is the right place.
What I work with
Exercise physiology in Prahran, for whatever your body and mind are dealing with.
Based at Edge Training in Prahran, with clients from Windsor, South Yarra, Toorak, Armadale and across Melbourne, while telehealth covers everyone else Australia-wide.
If something else is going on, send an enquiry and I’ll tell you straight whether I’m the right fit.
Rebates & referrals
Medicare, DVA, TAC, WorkCover, NDIS and private health.
You don’t need a referral to book, but if you have one your sessions may be partly or fully funded, and here’s how each pathway works.
Medicare (CCMP)
Your GP can refer you for exercise physiology under a GP Chronic Condition Management Plan, the new name for the old EPC care plan, with a Medicare rebate on up to five allied health sessions per calendar year.
DVA
DVA-referred veterans are welcome, and I’ve worked extensively in ADF veteran health, so this is familiar ground rather than a side offering.
TAC
If you’re recovering from a transport accident, sessions can be funded through TAC with a valid claim.
WorkCover
If you’re returning from a work injury, WorkCover claims are accepted with a valid claim number and referral.
NDIS
I work with self-managed and plan-managed NDIS participants, so get in touch and we’ll check how your plan fits.
Private health
If your extras cover includes exercise physiology, you can claim part of your session cost back through your fund.
Two things worth knowing: a session can be claimed through Medicare or private health but not both, and if you want to claim your first session I need your referral before it, so reach out first and I’ll help you get it sorted.
Client extras
A couple of extras, if you want them.
Nothing here is required, because everything you need is already included in your sessions, and plenty of clients simply walk in for their appointment the same way they would at any clinic. These are perks my coaching clients can take up if they’re useful.
Edge Training · Prahran
25% off a gym membership
If you’d like to train at Edge between our sessions, coaching clients get 25% off a membership, and in some cases I’ll cover the cost myself, so it’s always worth asking.
P3 Recovery · Port Melbourne
Essential membership for $29 a week
If saunas, ice baths and recovery tech are something you enjoy, coaching clients get P3 Recovery’s Essential membership for $29 a week instead of the usual $49.
FAQ
Good questions, straight answers.
Do I need a referral to see an exercise physiologist?
No, anyone can book directly. A referral only matters if you want your sessions funded through Medicare, DVA, TAC or WorkCover, and I need it before your first session if you want to claim that one, so it’s best to reach out first and I’ll help you get it organised.
What’s the difference between an exercise physiologist and a physio?
Physios specialise in diagnosis and hands-on treatment, especially in the acute stage of an injury. Exercise physiologists can diagnose some conditions too, and the bigger difference is in the treatment, which for an EP draws on movement and lifestyle together, so exercise, behaviour change, nutrition and mental strategies all get used where they’re needed. With 15 years across hospital rehab and strength and conditioning, I work exactly at that intersection.
Can I use my Medicare care plan?
Yes, just ask your GP about a GP Chronic Condition Management Plan (CCMP), which gives you a Medicare rebate on up to five allied health sessions per calendar year. Keep in mind a session can be claimed through Medicare or private health but not both.
How do telehealth sessions work?
Sessions run over video with the same assessment-first approach, and your program is delivered through the app with check-ins in between, so distance doesn’t change the standard.
Where are you located?
Inside Edge Training at 22 Cecil Place, Prahran, just off Chapel Street. Clients come from Windsor, South Yarra, Toorak, Armadale and across Melbourne. Telehealth covers everyone else, Australia-wide.
If your question isn’t here, send an enquiry or book a session and ask me directly.
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