Health Workshops

Movement Medicine offers a range of informative and motivating health workshops.

2009 Schedule

Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes 

This workshop provides information on the latest treatment strategies on how to prevent or manage diabetes and pre-diabetes. Learn everything you need to know and take home practical and easy-to-implement ideas that will help you to take control.

Cardiovascular Health

Learn everything you need to know about cardiovascular health. Get practical ideas on managing cardiovascular disease and learn how to reduce your chances of future events. This comprehensive workshop covers everything from understanding medications, to lifestyle changes and mental well being. A must see for everyone with cardiovascular disease.

Weight Loss

Learn about the most effective strategies for fat loss including practical ideas on how to keep it off. We discuss the latest advancements in exercise and nutrition as well as the role of medications and surgery. This workshop gives you the opportunity to listen to one of the region’s leading experts on weight loss discuss the most advanced strategies available.

Healthy Eating for a Healthy Heart

Simple, practical and scientifically-based diet ideas and cooking tips for a healthy heart. Learn how to lower cholesterol and blood pressure and get a better understanding of good fats, bad fats and fibre. Understand how to read nutritional panels and learn tips for shopping, cooking and eating out.

Exercise for Health

We believe that exercise is the most powerful medical treatment known today. It prevents and treats numerous health conditions simultaneously. It is important that the type of exercise is appropriate for your age and health status, and is something that you enjoy. Motivating and practical ideas to harness the benefits of movement.

Maintaining Motivation

Maintaining motivation is the key to success in making a lifestyle change. In this workshop you will experience a range of new and inspiring ideas to help you to get motivated and keep motivated in the long term. Our most popular session, this is one not to miss!

Quit Smoking

What most don’t appreciate is that smoking is an addiction. It can be difficult to stop even if you want to. We discuss the benefits and challenges of a range of quit strategies including nicotine replacement therapy, medications and cold turkey and offer realistic and practical strategies to quit.

Diet—GI, Carbs and Diabetes

Lower your glucose levels by learning about carbohydrates, calories and the glycemic load. This is a great session for anyone interested in understanding how to prevent or manage diabetes or learn about the G.I. diet. Accurate, scientifically-based and practical information.

Exercise Classes

Choose from our Gentle exercise class (Better Balance), Heart Health Circuit and Advanced Circuit class options. We can accommodate all experience levels, dicky knees, crook tickers, and those with two left feet. Have fun, you will not be disappointed. (45-60mins)

The workshops are all 1-2 hours in length, and are located at our main office at Suite 4, 132 Keira St Wollongong.

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Corporate Seminars

Our staff provide a range of inspiring and motivating health seminars which can be tailored to your organisations needs. We specialise in seminars with a focus on preventive health, work injuries, exercise, diet, motivation, and the management of health concerns such as diabetes, heart problems and cancer.

Our previous clients have included: Bluecope Steel, the Leukaemia Foundation, Breast Cancer Foundation, Illawarra Division of General Practice, RACGP, and Diabetes Australia to name a few.