Eating Disorder Rehabilitation Specialist
Advancing the role of rehabilitation in eating disorder care.
The Eating Disorder Rehabilitation Specialist (EDRS™) curriculum equips rehabilitation professionals with the knowledge, clinical reasoning, and practical skills needed to provide informed, compassionate, and individualized care for individuals with eating disorders.
REHABILITATION BELONGS AT THE TABLE.
Eating disorders can profoundly affect strength, bone health, cardiovascular tolerance, tissue integrity, pain, pelvic health, movement and exercise behaviors, and an individual’s ability to participate meaningfully in daily life.
The Body is Affected
Eating disorders can have significant physical and functional consequences—affecting strength, mobility, tissue health, pain, participation, and the ability to engage in daily life.
The context is different
Traditional rehabilitation approaches may need to be reconsidered when injury, movement, exercise, fueling, and recovery intersect.
Rehabilitation has a role
Rehabilitation professionals can bring a valuable perspective to the interdisciplinary treatment team—supporting function, participation, movement, and quality of life.
BUILT FOR THE REALITIES OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
Eating disorder care rarely fits neatly into traditional rehabilitation frameworks. EDRS™ was designed to help rehabilitation professionals navigate the complexity that arises when physical function, injury, movement, exercise behaviors, fueling, and recovery intersect.
Understand
Eating disorders, medical considerations, and the treatment landscape
Recognize
Physical, functional, and movement-related implications
Reason
Adapt rehabilitation thinking to the context of eating disorder care
Apply
Integrate clinical reasoning and practical skills into patient care
What you’ll learn
A comprehensive framework for understanding the intersection of eating disorders, physical function, movement, and rehabilitation.
Foundations
Understand eating disorder diagnoses, medical considerations, levels of care, the interdisciplinary treatment team, and the role of rehabilitation professionals in eating disorder care.
Physical & Functional Implications
Explore the physical and functional effects of eating disorders, including considerations related to strength, bone health, tissue integrity, injury, pain, exercise tolerance, and participation.
Clinical Reasoning
Apply screening, assessment, and clinical reasoning strategies to recognize when traditional rehabilitation approaches may need to be adapted within the context of eating disorder care.
Clinical Application
Integrate practical strategies for intervention, movement-based care, communication, and interdisciplinary collaboration to support function and meaningful participation.
DESIGNED FOR REHABILITATION PROFESSIONALS
EDRS™ is designed for rehabilitation professionals who recognize that eating disorders can change the context of rehabilitation—and want the knowledge and clinical reasoning to navigate that complexity as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team.
This course may be a fit if you…
- Work with individuals experiencing eating disorders, disordered eating, or related physical concerns
- Encounter situations where injury, movement, exercise, fueling, and recovery intersect
- Recognize that traditional rehabilitation approaches may need to be adapted to the clinical context
- Want to contribute your rehabilitation expertise more effectively as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team
The EDRS™ Course
A comprehensive curriculum designed to build knowledge progressively—from foundational understanding to clinical reasoning and practical application. Explore the core curriculum and optional pelvic health specialty below.
EDRS™ Core Curriculum
The core curriculum spans foundational knowledge, physical and functional implications, clinical reasoning, and practical application in eating disorder care.
EDRS™ Pelvic Health Specialty Add-On
Advanced pelvic health education for rehabilitation professionals who want to expand their application of EDRS principles to pelvic health.
Available as an add-on with purchase of the EDRS™ Core Curriculum.
Core Curriculum
Explore the areas of study within the EDRS™ Core Curriculum.
Foundations
The Scope of Eating Disorders
Eating Disorder Diagnoses
Bias, Weight Stigma, & Barriers to Care
MEDICAL & PHYSICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Medical Complications of Eating Disorders
Physical Health & Musculoskeletal Considerations
REHABILITATION IN EATING DISORDER CARE
Philosophy of Treatment in Eating Disorder Care
Interdisciplinary Treatment Team & Levels of Care
CLINICAL PRACTICE
Screening & Clinical Decision Making
Rehabilitation Assessment & Clinical Reasoning
Rehabilitation Intervention & Clinical Applications
Case Integration & Clinical Reasoning
Pelvic Health specialty add-on
Expand the EDRS™ framework with specialized education addressing pelvic health considerations within eating disorder care.
Available as an add-on with purchase of the EDRS™ Core Curriculum.
Prior Pelvic Health Training
This curriculum is designed for rehabilitation professionals who have completed foundational pelvic health education or training. The Pelvic Health Specialty Add-On builds on that foundation by focusing on the integration of pelvic health considerations within eating disorder rehabilitation; it is not intended to provide foundational pelvic health training.
PELVIC HEALTH IN EATING DISORDER REHABILITATION
The Scope & Impact of Pelvic Health Dysfunction
Pelvic Health Assessment & Clinical Reasoning
Rehabilitation Interventions & Clinical Applications
Case Integration & Clinical Reasoning