30. Is It Safe To Exercise In ED Recovery? - Alanah Reilly

How do you know if you're exercising for the right reasons? Engaging in joyful movement is an important part of overall wellbeing. However, many people struggle with their relationship with exercise in eating disorder recovery, and it may feel compulsive or driven by feelings of guilt or anxiety.

In this episode, Kiah and Meg chat with exercise physiologist Alanah Reilly about:

1. Alanah's philosophy for finding your version of joyful movement
2. How to know if you're exercising for the right reasons
3. When is it unsafe to exercise in ED recovery?
4. How do you find an exercise physiologist that is experienced in this area?
5. Alanah's top 3 tips for anyone who is healing their relationship with exercise

Alanah Reilly (nee Dobinson) (she/her) is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP), clinical supervisor, and the founder and director of Autonomy in Movement. This passion is a far cry from her past life as a typical ”gym bro”, where she lived an obsessive and judgemental lifestyle revolving around food, exercise and appearance. It was only when she completed her final year university practicum at a youth mental health space inside a local hospital, then subsequently sought reception work at an eating disorder clinic to learn more about the problematic diet space, that she realised this lifestyle may not be serving her anymore. That there were alternative ways to live life that could help, not harm, her’s and other’s self worth, wellbeing, sporting performance and quality of life.

Alanah occupies multiple privileges and uses these as platforms to help amplify the voices and experience of others. Alanah practices from a “whole-person”, social justice, trauma-informed, size-inclusive and evidence-based framework, and positions the individual as the expert of their experience and herself as a collaborator walking alongside them.

You can find Alanah on Instagram at @alanah.reilly.exercise.phys.

Additional links:

• SEES website: https://www.safeexerciseateverystage.com/about-sees
• AIM website (resources, bookings, contact): https://autonomyinmovement.com.au
• ESSA website (find an Accredited Exercise Physiologist): https://www.essa.org.au/find-aep/

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