Carcassonne. A sports activities coach alongside hospital sufferers with weight problems

“Our method is a part of a context of weight problems which is rising quickly on the earth, in France and in Aude. The administration of this pathology have to be a tripod consisting of a medical therapy or surgical procedure, dietary monitoring and a resumption of bodily exercise. Till now, one factor was missing within the hospital: sport”explains Dr. Sixte-Henry Sondji, visceral and bariatric surgeon.

Weight problems is a public well being subject. Based on an Obépi examine relationship from 2021, in France, 47.3% of the inhabitants is chubby or overweight. Or practically one in two French individuals. A pathology that may have an effect on life expectancy, result in main illnesses comparable to sort 2 diabetes, hypertension or sleep apnea syndrome. Sport is likely one of the levers within the battle towards this illness. The Carcassonne hospital heart and the Metropolis have simply signed a partnership settlement geared toward facilitating the journey of sufferers with weight problems. Thus, freed from cost, the hospital makes obtainable, as soon as each two weeks, a devoted room for initiation classes on the resumption of bodily exercise for these sufferers.

First session on Tuesday, September 6

All offered by a specialised educator paid by the city corridor. That is coach Jean-Jacques Curier: “I will likely be their launching pad. My function is to accompany them and provides them a style for bodily exercise in order that in the long run, they are going to grow to be extra unbiased. I’ll present them that it will also be a supply of delight. Properly In fact, firstly, we’ll go gently by adapting to the bodily situation of every affected person”.

The primary 45 minute/one hour session will likely be held on Tuesday, September 6 with 4 sufferers within the hospital’s rehabilitation room. A 96 m2 room with quite a few tools: quadriceps chair, bicycle, stepper with handlebars, parallel bars, ultrasound machine, fitness center ball, and so on.