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Category: Exercise Dos and Don’ts

Athletes, Eating Disorders and Incorporating Exercise into Treatment

Young athletes have been especially effected by the pandemic

Travis Stewart, LPC, NCC – Director of Business Development and Marketing, McCallum Place Historically, eating disorder treatment programs have avoided incorporating exercise into treatment with the goal of helping patients [...]
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Male Athletes & Eating Disorders: When is it Time to Consider Treatment?

Picture of Male Athletes with Eating Disorders

Travis Stewart, LPC, NCC – Director of Business Development and Marketing and Riley Nickols, Ph.D., CEDS McCallum Place In recent years more male athletes have begun to talk openly about [...]
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How to Build a Healthy Relationship with Exercise While in Recovery

For most people, exercise is an important component of living a healthy, satisfying life. Being physically active can improve your brain health, reduce the risk for disease, and strengthen your [...]
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Physical Activity Attitudes and Beliefs Among Women with Eating Disorders

Physical activity is promoted by healthcare professionals and media alike as a way of improving mental and physical health. However, when suffering from an eating disorder the use of physical [...]
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Attitudes & Actions of Women Dealing with Eating Disorders

Research shows that between 30 and 80 percent of individuals with an eating disorder (ED) engage in excessively high levels of physical activity [1], [2]. While excessive exercise can create [...]
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Compulsive Exercise & Anorexia: A Dangerous Combination

Anorexia and compulsive exercise often go hand in hand. Tragically, they can be a dangerous (or even deadly) combination. But what is the driving motivator behind compulsive exercise in anorexics, [...]
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Disordered Exercise, Eating Disorders and Sports Therapy

Disordered exercise is one possible symptom of an eating disorder. This symptom is most common in individuals with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. While exercise is beneficial for mental and [...]
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Exercise and Poor Body Image

Woman with an eating disorder doing compulsive exercise

Exercise is important for physical and mental health [1]. But what happens when exercise becomes harmful? Exercise can be damaging physically and emotionally if it becomes abusive [1]. It can be [...]
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Exercise and Eating Disorder Recovery

Woman receiving her therapeutic potential ofr her eating disorder by running

For as long as I can remember, I have been a runner. Even in my heaviest stage, junior year of high school, I still ran. While my daily jogs were [...]
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The Thin Line Between Dieting, Exercise & Eating Disorders

Yoga People working on Treatment Options of Excessive Exercise

Contributor: Staff at McCallum Place We all miss gyms and restaurants. Getting a good sweat in with professional fitness equipment and dining out are two things we generally took for granted [...]
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Anorexia Information
September 24th, 2020
Compulsive Exercise & Anorexia: A Dangerous Combination
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Body Image Issues
September 3rd, 2020
Disordered Exercise, Eating Disorders and Sports Therapy
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Body Image Issues
August 6th, 2020
Exercise and Poor Body Image
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Exercise Dos and Don'ts
July 8th, 2020
Exercise and Eating Disorder Recovery
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