1 – 7 September 2019
Active Against Asthma
If it weren’t for physical activity former squash champion Alexia Clonda would not be alive today.
Throughout her squash career she suffered from steroid dependency, life threatening asthma, in fact Clonda was the most severe asthmatic elite athlete at one time.
“Activity and being fit gave me another avenue to fight asthma, without fitness I would not have been able to cope with the asthma as I did. Activity was an absolute must”.
From sporting stars such as David Beckham to musicans as Pink, Asthma does not discrimination as to whom it affects.
Around 2.4 miliion Australians suffer from Asthma costing a staggering $28 billion in direct and indirect costs per annum. Australia has the highest incidence of a asthma per capita in the world.
This chronic, life threatening disease is the major cause of children’s admissions to hospital and absenteeism from school, as 1 in 4 children and 1 in 7 teenagers suffer.
Former squash champion Alexia Clonda’s own battle with the disease has been the motivation and driving force behind the founding of ATHLETES AGAINST ASTHMA specifically for a BE AWARE-BE ACTIVE AGAINST ASTHMA campaign.
Clonda believes that an Asthma Lifestyle Management program with the focus in areas such as breathing exercises, nutrition, exercise, attitude, stress and other lifestyle factors along with a Asthma Management Plan from your doctor.
Asthma wasn’t Clonda’s only health issue, a spinal fusion, bone tumour, chronic fatigue, lung damage, hip replacments, metal poisoning and a heart condition have had Clonda at deaths door. ” I have beaten them all, now it’s my mission to help other Asthma sufferers and people with health issues get quality and freedom back in there lives.”
