Working with Celeste and Lift is an investment in my future wellbeing and healthy ageing that I will never regret.
Catherine Reilly
A gradual path back to movement you can trust
Accredited exercise physiology in Marrickville for back pain, arthritis and persistent pain — evidence-based, carefully paced, flare-up aware.
Book Consultnew to training
everyday athlete
Exercise as medicine
for chronic pain
Exercise Physiology for
Why Exercise Helps
The evidence for movement and pain
Movement is one of the best-evidenced treatments for pain
When pain has stuck around for months or years, rest rarely fixes it — and often makes things worse. The research is consistent: graded, appropriately dosed movement is among the best-evidenced treatments for persistent pain, helping to retrain a system that’s become protective and rebuild what your body can do.
Exercise Physiology for
Exercising Safely
Pacing and progressing without fear of flare-ups
Start small. Build slowly. Keep going.
We start well within what your body can handle and build gradually, so your system learns that movement is safe. You’ll learn to pace — doing enough to progress without tipping into flare-ups — and what to do on the days pain is louder, so a bad day never has to become a bad month.
Exercise Physiology for
Alongside Your Medical Team
Working alongside your GP, specialist or pain program
Allied health, working as it should
Exercise physiology sits inside your care team. We work alongside your GP, specialist or pain program, plan around your medications and flare patterns, and report progress where it’s useful. Medicare and DVA rebates may apply for eligible care plans.
Exercise Physiology for
Returning to Training
Rebuilding a life that’s bigger than the pain
Confidence comes back one session at a time
Expect gradual wins that add up — sitting, standing and walking with more ease, returning to the activities pain took off the table. When you’re ready, sessions progress toward independent exercise or personal training, at a pace your system can trust.
Training that gives back more than it takes
Physically, expect gradual, cumulative gains: more ease in everyday movement, better tolerance for activity, and strength built one manageable step at a time.
Just as importantly, expect to be believed. You’ll work with an EP who takes your pain seriously and plans around it — pacing, adjusting and celebrating progress that’s real for you.
Every pathway in
However you arrive — referred by your GP, self-directed or through the NDIS — the care is the same: evidence-based, personalised and unhurried.
GP & specialist referrals
Bring your referral and we'll take it from there — Medicare and DVA rebates may apply for eligible care plans, and we report progress back to your doctor.
NDIS participants
Personalised exercise physiology for NDIS participants — building function, independence and confidence at your pace.
Not sure where to start?
Book a free consult and we'll map out the right pathway for your condition and goals — exercise physiology, personal training or a mix of both.
Your team of ESSA-accredited EPs ready to help rebuild better bodies.
Tim Bailey-Coles
Exercise Physiologist
BExSc(Hons), MClinExPhys, AEP, AES
Celeste D'Amico
Exercise Physiologist
B.HlthSc(SpExSc), M.ClinExPhys, AEP, AES
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your studio
Your premium training space in Marrickville
12/76B Edinburgh Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204
View MapNo queues for equipment. No distractions. Just you, your EP, and the tools you need to get back to your best. Our Marrickville studio is purpose-built for focused, one-on-one exercise sessions.
Happy Lifters
Sometimes people say things about our service, studio and smiley faces. We're super proud to show them off.
Tim is a delight, is very clever and knowledgeable, is genuinely interested in my progress
Jaculin Kearney
I couldn't be happier with my choice to join Lift. … I'm still thrilled with the results. 10/10.
Greg C
If you want results and a few laughs along the way, Tim’s your guy.
Kimberlie van Oudheusden
If you are looking for a trainer who is at the highest level, look no further than Kris & the Lift Inner West team.
Jason Urbanowicz
Have been training with Kris over the past year, he is absolutely fantastic!
Alex
Kris is great … after the 8 weeks, I went from 20% body fat to 16.8%.
Flo F
Jeremy O'Connor
GET STARTED
Book a consult
A free phone call is the easiest first step.
We'll talk through where you're at, what you're working towards, and whether a personal trainer or an exercise physiologist is the right fit.
No pressure, no commitment.
— Free initial phone call
— No lock-in contracts
— Medicare, DVA & NDIS eligible
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