Physiotherapy & Eating Disorder Recovery
Movement professionals (such as physiotherapists) are well placed to assist people with eating disorder recovery, and significantly reduce their risk of relapse (according to the SEES Guidelines by Dobinson, Cooper & Quesnel, 2019). ​Integrating my understanding of the body and movement, and understanding of eating and exercise disorders, I work with people using weigh neutral evidence-based guidelines to help you improve your relationship with exercise and improve your relationship with your body, with or without a formal eating disorder diagnosis.
Moving towards safe & intuitive movement...
A non-exhaustive list of what weight-neutral eating disorder physiotherapy might look like:​​
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Discussing or doing...
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Principles of intuitive movement
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Benefits of intuitive movement
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Importance of rest & recovery
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Diet culture myths about exercise/movement
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How your eating disorder may be influencing your movement choices​
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Co-creation of life-enhancing movement goals
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Identification of alternative, life-enhancing motivations for exercising beyond ED-motivation
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Guidance of safety around exercising throughout the recovery process
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Exploration and trials of different forms of movement in order to create an intuitive movement menu
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Embodying of intuitive movement in real time
