A family owned business

Lee and Maria established Make a Difference health and fitness in 2006 with a shared vision to provide a unique service combining fitness and natural therapies.

What do we believe in:

• evidence and research based treatments: not quick fixes
• everyone’s an individual
• a realistic and achievable approach
• the fun and social side of fitness
• qualifications, continuing education and professional registration are important!

There’s no one size fits all system or program with us. We take the time to to get to know you and everyone who comes to see us gets an individual program or treatment.

Ready to make a change? Come and have a no obligation chat to see how we can help you.

Lee Smith

I’m a people person and I like to make fitness fun and enjoy seeing you make progress with your fitness.

“My clients tell me that seeing me is not just about running marathons or triathlons. It’s about functional fitness, which is useful in every day life. It’s improving your everyday life by increasing your energy, reducing pain, increasing mobility, and improving well being, strength, and mood. It might be keeping up with the grandkids or running around after your own kids or even increasing the golf handicap.

I enjoy seeing people improve their fitness. I’ve always had a keen interest in exercise and love road cycling and mountain biking.

I am a fully qualified Personal Trainer, registered with Fitness Australia since 2006.

Company

Lee And Maria decided to combine their professional services in order to provide their clients with a one stop health and fitness solution.

They are able to offer one-on-one health and personal fitness training in a fully equipped private studio in Cooroy on the Sunshine Coast as well as being able to help you with all your dietary and naturopathic needs, Niblett Technique and relaxation massage.

Maria Sturre

Maria Sturre is our fully qualified Naturopath and Niblett Technique specialist

Natural therapist Maria Sturre loves helping clients get your vitality and energy back.

“I had always had a curiosity about herbs and ancient herbal wisdom, so in 2004, I followed my dream and qualified as a naturopath.  Before that I was in the pharmacy field for three years, and worked as a massage therapist for two years. All up, I have worked in the health field for 19 years.

In that time I managed to fit in two children, so I understand the challenge of keeping a young family healthy, with strong immunity to withstand infections and bugs we are exposed to.

Wanting to be healthy and eat healthy stemmed from my mother being a nurse and growing up on a farm. We never had junk food and rarely would go into town for fish and chips. Most of what we ate was grown on the farm, including our own home-grown, grass-fed beef.

During childhood I enjoyed long distance running and 100 and 200 metre sprints. I played netball and hockey and even won awards. Now I enjoy mountain climbing and walking.

One of my passions is to garden, to self-sufficient and provide my clients and my family with home grown medicinal herbs. This dream has come true in the last two years, since we purchased our home and place of business on acreage in Cooroy. This is where I run my naturopathy clinic as part of Make a Difference health and fitness.

I believe in dreaming big and so should you with every aspect of your healthy life.”

Maria is a member of the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society (member number 21535).

What Drives Us

We are called Make a Difference Health & Fitness for a reason.  Our aim is to make a difference to your health and fitness by helping you to achieve your goals in a safe and effective way.