Safe exercise at every stage. Alanah Dobinson, B.ClinExPhys (Hons.)
Up to 80% of individuals with an eating disorder engage in excessive compulsive exercise, with these individuals at increased risk for both disability and death. Harmful exercise engagement often precedes the onset of the eating disorder and is one of the last symptoms to subside.
Alanah Dobinson is a clinical exercise physiologist with a special interest and considerable experience in the physical and psychological issues of eating and weight concerns. This webinar gives dietitians a thorough understanding of:
The psychological relationship between compulsive exercise and an eating disorder
Diagnostic criteria in relation to eating disorders
How physical ill-health is exacerbated by exercise
The case against exercise abstinence for these clients
What is “dangerous” exercise
Practical questions to ask clients in relation to exercise, and how safe, guided and graded exercise engagement can help
SEES – Safe Exercise at Every Stage for eating disorders
Contraindications to exercise
Tips for creating an effective plan for your client and reducing harm
Alanah works at the Centre for Integrative Health in QLD. She has training in Mawdsley Family based therapy and cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders. Since 2012 she has been head tutor for anatomy and physiology at QUT.