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Exercise Therapist
Exercise is one of the best and healthiest ways to cope with stress. People often go on walks, play basketball, go swimming, or attend yoga classes to counteract the negative health effects of stress.
Exercise programs are often recommended for people struggling with emotional problems, such as an eating disorder or severe depression. In the case of an eating disorder, an exercise therapist would recommend a regiment that would best suit a patient since those suffering from eating disorders can be undernourished. The treatment prescribed by exercise therapists is designed to empower people to overcome emotional problems which often result in destructive behaviors.
Exercise therapists spend a considerable amount of time assisting people recovering from eating disorders. Since those recovering from eating disorders suffer from severe depression or emotional problems, exercise therapists attempt to show their clients how they can be healthy and not be ashamed of their bodies. Exercise therapy is one of the best therapies used to illustrate this concept.
Exercise is frequently used as an outlet for anger, frustration, and depression. Since exercise therapists work closely with many patients overcoming eating disorders, they emphasize how exercise can be used as an outlet for sadness and emotional suffering. Exercise can also be used to express feelings. As a result, exercise therapists working with shy patients may recommend certain exercise routines as a way to communicate bottled up emotions.
Exercise therapists not only help people understand the emotional basis for their eating disorders, they also help their patients adapt realistic perspectives on their bodies. In other words, if a patient only weighs 100 pounds and complains that he or she is fat, the exercise therapist helps reverse this perspective. If body image perspectives are not changed, unhealthy practices often continue. To do this exercise therapists rely on movement therapy. Therapists will recommend a type of exercise for the patient, such as yoga or waling, in order to get the patient to associate exercise with health rather than weight loss. During movement therapy, exercise therapists frequently recommend alterations to exercise programs.
Exercise therapists assist many people overcoming eating disorders reverse the negative attitudes they hold toward their body images. If this change can be made, patients are more than likely to recover and live happy and healthy lives. Those interested in working as an exercise therapist should complete a degree in movement therapy. It is also helpful to take psychology, fitness, and physiology classes. Certain exercise therapists complete the necessary training to be licensed counselors.
Exercise therapy is a great career for health and exercise enthusiasts, and those who believe depression and emotional problems can be treated through exercise and nutrition.
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