Sarah Orman
(she/her)
Exercise Physiologist, Studio Manager + Group instructor
Sarah is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist. Her clinical approach is grounded in evidence-based, trauma-informed care, with a focus on supporting the whole person across all stages of life.
Sarah has worked across high-level sport, menstrual health and education, developing a broad understanding of the relationship between physical health, movement, behaviour and wellbeing. She utilises contemporary research to support people with complex health presentations that have traditionally had limited access to conservative, movement-based care.
Sarah has a particular interest in eating disorders and the relationship people have with movement and their bodies. She joined the Butterfly Foundation’s Eating Disorder Professionals Registry in 2023 and was the first Exercise Physiologist in South Australia to receive this recognition. She supports people experiencing maladaptive or compulsive movement, movement avoidance, body image concerns, RED-S and complex relationships with exercise.
Sarah has completed training in CBT-T, SEES and Autonomy in Movement, which she incorporates into her work to help people develop safer and meaningful relationships with movement. She works primarily with people seeking a whole-person approach to movement that considers physical, emotional and social wellbeing.
Sarah particularly enjoys working with neurodivergent people, people living with an eating disorder, people living in larger bodies, the LGBTQIA+ community and people from diverse cultural backgrounds. She also works with people navigating co-occurring physical and psychological conditions, including persistent fatigue and pain, hypermobility, autoimmune conditions, metabolic conditions, anxiety and depression.
Her passion for individualised and person-centred care was further shaped by her Honours research, which focused on adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and investigated the role of Exercise Physiology in psychological, psychosocial and physiological outcomes. Her clinical interests have also developed through working with people experiencing complex conditions such as POTS, chronic pain and ME/CFS, where she recognised a need for specialised movement support in Adelaide.
Sarah works collaboratively with multidisciplinary care teams to ensure movement is integrated safely and purposefully into each person’s broader health and wellbeing goals. She is a member of Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA), the Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED), the POTS Clinician Directory and the Butterfly Foundation. In 2026, Sarah accepted the role of Co-Chair of ANZAED’s Movement and Exercise Special Interest Group. She has also had the opportunity to present on her areas of clinical interest at state, national and international conferences.
Alongside her clinic consultations, you’ll also find Sarah teaching in The Gym, or buzzing around on manager duties – often with a coffee in hand. Outside of work, Sarah can usually be found attending a Pilates class or climbing a wall (bouldering – it’s a sport). Her downtime involves reading a good book alongside her cat, Sal, while holding a cup of tea in a ceramic cup she likely made herself.
Skill set: Eating disorders, chronic pain (special interests in fibromyalgia and endometriosis), chronic fatigue (including post-viral fatigue), POTS, hEDS, menopause, post-operative pelvic rehabilitation, PMOS, and much more.
Locations: Norwood + The Gym