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Ever wondered how it feels to live with a spinal cord injury? Or what it’s like to use a wheelchair every day? Curious about how a brain injury can affect someone’s day-to-day life? We discuss all this (and more!) in our second season of the podcast, titled ‘Be Stories’.  Gain valuable insights into the world of NDIS support work, and learn what you definitely shouldn’t say to a person living with disabilities! We chat about the perks of living with disabilities (convenient parking is one of many) and discover more about the challenges our guests have faced and overcome. We feel so privileged to be given the chance to discuss life and disability with these incredible people. Get ready for a stream of honest and eye-opening conversations – with a lot of laughs along the way!  P.S. This podcast contains a number of shameless plugs for exercise physiology, the most fantastic industry in the world. And no, of course, we’re not biased… Tune in to hear our amazing guests talk about their experiences of disability. Subscribe now  

Ever wondered how it feels to live with a spinal cord injury? Or what it’s like to use a wheelchair every day? Curious about how a brain injury can affect someone’s day-to-day life? We discuss all this (and more!) in our second season of the podcast, titled ‘Be Stories’.  Gain valuable insights into the world of NDIS support work, and learn what you definitely shouldn’t say to a person living with disabilities! We chat about the perks of living with disabilities (convenient parking is one of many) and discover more about the challenges our guests have faced and overcome. We feel so privileged to be given the chance to discuss life and disability with these incredible people. Get ready for a stream of honest and eye-opening conversations – with a lot of laughs along the way!  P.S. This podcast contains a number of shameless plugs for exercise physiology, the most fantastic industry in the world. And no, of course, we’re not biased… Tune in to hear our amazing guests talk about their experiences of disability. Subscribe now

In the very first episode of ‘Be Reel’, season one of UNAWARE with Be Physiology, Harry and Aj break down their experiences working with spinal cord injury. The guys compare and contrast their understanding of spinal cord injury using the film ‘Penguin Bloom’, released in 2021 and starring Naomi Watts. Penguin Bloom portrays the true story of Samantha Bloom, who after a freak SCI accident in Thailand, suffers a T6 spinal cord lesion.   This episode breaks down what spinal cord injury is, injury classifications, post-injury hospital rehabilitation and release, professional relationships with SCI clients, and of course, typical exercise goals and treatment!   Find out more on the podcast at www.bephysiology.com.au/podcasts or on Instagram @bephysiology.   Let us know if there’s something you’d like to add or to share, or if you disagree with a comment we made - we want to learn with you and continue the conversation and bring awareness to the people around us, so reach out on the channel you prefer!   Coming up in episode two, we talk about down syndrome and the film Peanut Butter Falcon. Subscribe to be the first to listen!    Love, Harry and Aj Accredited Exercise Physiologists [email protected]

Welcome to episode two of Be Reel, where Harry and Aj take you through the heartwarming story that is Peanut Butter Falcon, starring Shia Lebouf and Zack Gottsagen. Zak (played by Gottsagen) is a rare and accurate portrayal when it comes to characters living with a disability – and that’s because Gottsagen has down syndrome. The guys talk about societal pressures that impede exercise participation for persons living with down syndrome, the physiological disadvantages that come with DS, our at-work experiences and plenty more! Find out more on the podcast at www.bephysiology.com.au/podcasts or on Instagram @BePhysiology.  Let us know if there’s something you’d like to add or to share, or if you disagree with a comment we made - we want to learn with you and continue the conversation and bring awareness to the people around us, so reach out on the channel you prefer! Coming up in episode three, we talk about muscular dystrophy and the film The Fundamentals of Caring.  Subscribe to be the first to listen!    Love, Harry and Aj Accredited Exercise Physiologists [email protected]

It’s episode 3! Harry and Aj provide their insight on the extremely important carer-client relationship and they do so after watching the ever-hilarious Fundamentals of Caring. Fundamentals of Caring is the story of Trevor (Craig Roberts) who is living with muscular dystrophy, and his fresh-to-the-job caretaker Ben (Paul Rudd). The guys give this podcast the ol’ two-prong attack and concurrently discuss MD as a condition, how well MD is represented in the film, and plenty more! Find out more on the podcast at www.bephysiology.com.au/podcasts or on Instagram @BePhysiology.  Let us know if there’s something you’d like to add or to share, or if you disagree with a comment we made - we want to learn with you and continue the conversation and bring awareness to the people around us, so reach out on the channel you prefer! Coming up in episode four, we talk about polio and the film 'Breathe'.  Subscribe to be the first to listen!    Love, Harry and Aj Accredited Exercise Physiologists [email protected]

We take a slightly different approach to episode 4 in our breakdown of 2017’s Breathe. Set mainly in 1960’s Britain - when polio was still rampant – Breathe follows the story of Robin Cavendish (Andrew Garfield), who after being diagnosed with the condition, dedicates his life to medical innovation. Using this as our soundboard, we go on to discuss current innovations in the medical field that may one day transform the lives of many. We want to hear from you if there’s something you’d like to add or to share, or if you disagree with a comment we made - we want to learn with you and continue the conversation and bring awareness to the people around us, so reach out on the channel you prefer! Coming up in episode five, we move away from physical disability to talk about autism and the film Please Stand By.    Subscribe to be the first to listen!    Love, Harry and Aj Accredited Exercise Physiologists [email protected]

Man alive, it's episode number 5! We shift away from physical disability in this episode and get deep into the world of autism. As portrayed in Please Stand By (2017), autism certainly has the potential to be a peculiar and vastly misunderstood condition. We do our best to describe autism, and just how variable an autism diagnosis is, as we unravel Dakota Fanning's character, Wendy, in this film. We also talk through what our role is when working with a client who has autism and we speak very honestly about the lessons we’ve learned after one or two (maybe more…) naïve errors. We want to hear from you if there’s something you’d like to add or to share, or if you disagree with a comment we made - we want to learn with you and continue the conversation and bring awareness to the people around us, so reach out on the channel you prefer! Coming up in episode six, we break down our first international film, 100 meters, a (true) story of Ramón, a Spanish man who is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.  Subscribe to be the first to listen!    Love, Harry and Aj Accredited Exercise Physiologists [email protected]

We're back with episode number 6 to talk about multiple sclerosis or MS.In this episode, we show off our (not so) cultural nous by breaking down our first international film for the Be Reel season: 100 Meters.100 Meters is the story of Ramón, a Spanish man who, after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, is told he is not capable of completing an Ironman, and from this film we talk about how MS affects the body, evaluate Ramón’s training regime and discuss how exercise treatment may or may not differ from what is seen in the film. We want to hear from you if there’s something you’d like to add or to share, or if you disagree with a comment we made - we want to learn with you and continue the conversation and bring awareness to the people around us, so reach out on the channel you prefer! Coming up in episode seven, we segue from autism to discuss how families adapt when supporting someone who is living with a disability using the film What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Subscribe to be the first to listen!    Love, Harry and Aj Accredited Exercise Physiologists [email protected]

In this episode, we segue from autism to discuss how families adapt when supporting someone who is living with a disability. Using the film What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Harry and Aj discuss how this effect is portrayed on screen and how it does and doesn’t match up to their experiences. What's Eating Gilbert Grape stars Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio, and is a 1993 coming-of-age film that we recommend watching (or rewatching). There are difficult scenes to watch, some scary, some frustrating, but there are also some moments of compassion and humour. We want to hear from you if there’s something you’d like to add or to share, or if you disagree with a comment we made - we want to learn with you and continue the conversation and bring awareness to the people around us, so reach out on the channel you prefer! Subscribe to be the first to listen!   Love, Harry and Aj  Accredited Exercise Physiologists [email protected]

Capping off the final episode of series one of UNAWARE the Podcast, we sit down to chat about a stroke.With 50,000 Australians suffering a stroke every year, it is obviously such an important condition to try and understand a little bit better.After watching the French film The Butterfly and the Diving Bell, which depicts life after a severe brain stem stroke, we relate our experiences and see if the movie weighs up in comparison.Get listening and let us know if you agree or disagree with what we discuss! Subscribe to be the first to listen!   Love, Harry and Aj  Accredited Exercise Physiologists [email protected]

In our first season, BE-REEL, we’ll be reviewing films of all different genres and overlaying our experiences as exercise physiologists to bring awareness to how disabilities are portrayed, whether that is good, bad or anything in between. We’re going to say some stupid things, we’re going to be honest, but we’re not trying to offend anyone, we just want to bring awareness to what’s happening in the world around us all. Subscribe to be the first to listen!