Cedar Springs Austin adds balanced exercise to their treatment of eating disorders.

AUSTIN, Texas - Aug. 5, 2013 - PRLog -- To fully address an eating disorder and restore a balanced life, omission of exercise is far from an ideal solution. Rather, the practice of exercise must be redefined and carefully restored, in order to treat the whole person and forge a new norm for a healthier outlook. To that end, Cedar Springs Austin, an eating disorder treatment center located in the Westlake Hills, now offers a therapeutic treatment program which addresses those patients whose disorder expresses itself inthe form of excessive exercise.

Often, those who suffer from an eating disorder and related body dysmorphism not only have an unhealthy relationship with food, but adopt an equally distorted perspective with regard to exercise. For such cases, the path to a healthier lifestyle involves far more than addressing diet and unhealthy eating habits. Instead, it requires a look at the overall regimen of a given person. Far from a removal of poor habits, the trained professionals at Cedar

Springs seek to create reasonable expressions of exercise in each patient, gradually implementing a healthier routine, tailored to the individual. Adrienne Goodwin (LMFT, LPC, Cl-CPT), fitness coordinator for Cedar Springs and their innovative new program, proclaims, "My priority is to create a safe and productive atmosphere in which patients are provided the opportunity to discuss and educate themselves about healthy movement." Alongside Dr. RonThompson, a psychologist and consultant for this unique treatment, Goodwin fosters positive self-image in patients, which aids in combatting media influence, learning the warning signs that signal one's fitness goals have become disordered and building
new goals and values for exercise activity in a patient. By so doing, Cedar Springs Austin is restoring and often rebuilding healthy lifestyles from the havoc an eating disorder can wreak upon a life.

"Learning how to properly care for the body both emotionally and physically is an essential life skill that plays a critical role in building trust in the treatment process and lasting recovery," Goodwin explains. Thanks to Cedar Springs and the new fitness program, such lasting recovery is more accessible to residents of Austin and its surrounding regions.

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