Non-Surgical Weight Loss

Get your health on track with tailored dietary advice.

At LapSurgery Australia we believe in providing the best possible care for our patients. That’s why our team includes an accredited dietitian.

Research shows that most people can’t stick to diets in the long term. So our dietitian focuses on creating a plan for your nutrition that you can stick to.

The right combination of nutrition can help to promote fullness and so, along with listening in to the body’s hunger signals, it is often possible to lose weight without excessive hunger or restrictive dieting.

Move forward with the help of our exercise professionals.

At LapSurgery Australia our goal is to offer a fully integrated model of care to help you to improve your health and assist with weight loss. This is why we have a qualified, experienced exercise professional to help you reach your goals to lead a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle.

Our physiotherapist is different to personal trainers or gym instructors. They are university qualified allied health professionals, who specialise in the prescription of exercise for various health issues including pre-existing conditions. This expertise enables you to reach your health and wellness goals efficiently, effectively and safely.

Why choose our program?

• Qualified professionals: Our exercise professionals are university trained, accomplished, competent, proficient, knowledgeable and experienced.
• Personalised one-on-one care: Our exercise professionals will work with you to develop a detailed treatment pathway with clear goals and outcomes. They are experts in helping address any barriers to physical activity that you might experience and work in collaboration with you to devise a program that you are confident you can achieve.
• Holistic care: Your exercise team will collaborate with your medical team to ensure the best possible approach to your treatment and/or recovery. This will also ensure that every member of your healthcare team is on the same page.
• Safe and Non-judgmental environment: You can have increased confidence from knowing your health professional is providing a safe program and helping you to perform it with good technique in a non-judgmental environment.
• Lifelong Health: We value long-term/lifelong health improvements not simply just “quick fixes”.

Proven benefits of physical activity:

• Reduced weight and/or minimised weight gain
• Reduced waist circumference
• Increased energy levels and reduced fatigue
• Reduced risk/symptoms of chronic diseases. eg. type 2 diabetes, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, heart disease
• Mental health benefits like decreased anxiety and depression
• Increased strength and mobility
• Improved function in those with chronic musculoskeletal conditions (eg. osteoarthritis)
• Increased bone density

Change your habits and thinking to make reaching your goals easier.

We know that habits can often get in the way of making changes to your lifestyle. Our experienced psychologist can help you to find out why you have struggled to make changes in the past and how work through this to reach your goals.

Using evidence-based psychological techniques, our psychologist can help you to set meaningful goals and achieve them. She can also help with managing mental health conditions, emotional eating, motivation and more.

Call us today to book in for a psychological review.

Many of our patients have difficulty losing weight which is why we can now investigate your metabolism with our new ECAL indirect calorimetry technology. ECAL is the world’s first Energy Testing System designed specifically to aid practitioner management of Chronic diseases such as Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes.

Using ECAL we can gather key physiological data that allows us to:

• Perform a valid, reliable and accurate assessment of your metabolic profile
• Classify your metabolism as slow, normal or fast
• Determine if you are burning fat to generate energy.
• Assess your mitochondrial function
• Determine the success or failure of your diet, exercise or lifestyle changes

What Does the Test Involve?

The test itself is a 5-minute breath test. You will be asked to relax and breathe into a mouth piece for around 5 minutes. The ECAL machine will measure the levels of carbon-dioxide you are breathing out which will be used in calculations to determine your metabolic profile. Your session will also involve an assessment before the test and a summary of the results of the test and recommended actions. The test results are processed immediately.

How Does It Work?

ECAL uses indirect calorimetry, the gold standard for assessing human metabolism. Information gathered from ECAL includes daily energy requirement at rest in calories, how this energy is being produced (whether from fat or carbohydrate), and the efficiency with which cells use oxygen for energy production. Such technology was previously only available to elite athletes and academic researchers but is now available to the public at LapSurgery Australia.

Contact us for more information about ECAL.

Our specialist weight loss GP can help you to supplement lifestyle changes with medications for weight loss. In the past few years, new weight loss medications have been approved which can reduce appetite or increase feelings of fullness.

Call us to book an appointment with our specialist GP and find out if medication is the right option for you.

Whether medication, a gastric balloon or surgery is the better path depends on your health, your goals and how much weight you are looking to lose. Our GLP 1 medication vs bariatric surgery guide explains how the newer prescription medications compare with surgical options, and your doctor will talk through what is suitable and safe for you at your consultation.