Diabetes Program
Providing Diabetes Program Services in Parramatta
Exercise is medicine for managing Diabetes
What we know about exercise for diabetes
- ✓ Every day, over 300 Australians develop diabetes
- ✓ Almost 1.3 million Aussies live with type 2 diabetes
- ✓ More than 1 in 6 females aged 15-49 diagnosed with gestational diabetes during their pregnancy
- ✓ Diabetes is the seventh most common cause of death by disease in Australia
If you have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes or prediabetes, consider the integral role of a diabetes exercise program in improving your blood sugar levels.
Certain exercises prove more effective in enhancing glycaemic control. This is why health professionals, particularly Exercise Physiologists, are looked to for providing evidence-based guidance to those with diabetes.
Exercise Physiologists will tailor an effective diabetes program based on your age, fitness level and coexisting conditions.
What we will do:
- Look at multiple available avenues to improving your metabolic markers
- Track your progress with baseline measures
- Keep you accountable with interactive programming
- Liaise with your doctor if applicable
You will walk away with:
- A plan of action
- Guided, achievable goals
- Interactive diabetes program
- Online access to your Exercise Physiologist
- Scheduled Follow-ups to track progress
This approach can result in:
- Improved glycaemic control
- Reduced reliance on medications
- Improved quality of life
- Improved body composition
- Increased exercise tolerance
- Prevention of chronic complications associated with diabetes (peripheral neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy, cardiac conditions)
T2D can be prevented or delayed with exercise for diabetes
Almost 60% of all cases can be delayed or prevented with diet and exercise.
- ✓ Exercising regularly has real-time improvements in insulin sensitivity
- ✓ Aerobic and resistance training improves the muscle’s glucose storage capacity, resulting in insulin-independent changes to blood sugar levels
- ✓ Generally, modest weight-loss of 5-10% body weight can have significant changes to insulin sensitivity
Structured exercise is more effective than unstructured.
An Exercise Physiologist will help you complete the correct exercise for diabetes.
What is HbA1c?
HbA1c, or glycated haemoglobin, is the main biomarker for those with diabetes. Instead of a daily reading, your HbA1c indicates blood sugar control over a few months.
Completing a combined intervention of diet and exercise is the most effective way of improving your HbA1c levels without medication.