Wellness Morning Activities
SAL-VAGE Fun Run/Walk (TICKETED EVENT)
Date: Saturday 4 October 2025
Time: 7:00am for a 7 :30am start
Location: Adelaide Riverbank Lawns
Cost: $50.00 per person
Course Length: 5km Run or 3km Walk
Note: This event is open to family and friends of registered delegates. All abilities and ages are welcome.
From arteries to asphalt—gather your colleagues, family and friends for a healthy dose of cardio as we come together in Adelaide for the SAL-VAGE Fun Run/Walk. Run 5km or walk 3km along the banks of the beautiful River Torrens/Karrawirra Pari - start your day off right!
The fun run has been organised as an initiative by a group of ANZSVS members (SAL-VAGE). SAL-VAGE aims to advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI).
All profits raised will go towards supporting the Vascular Foundation. Tickets can be purchased at the time of registration. If you wish to add a Fun Run ticket to your registration, please email vascular@surgeons.org.
The Art of Recovery: Rest for Resilience (TICKETED EVENT)
Date: Saturday 4 October 2025
Time: 9:00am – 10:00am
Location: Room L3, Adelaide Convention Centre
Participants: Limited to 25pax
Facilitator: Jo Gibbs - Treat Healthcare
Cost: Complimentary for registered delegates
Please note: this session has limited capacity. If you register, we kindly ask that you attend to ensure places are not taken unnecessarily from other delegates.
Hospital environments are fast-paced, high-stakes, and often physically and emotionally demanding. Long hours, high cognitive load, and constant decision-making under pressure and uncertainty can lead to fatigue, stress, and burnout. Yet, sustained performance and safe patient care depend not only on knowledge and skill, but also on a clinician’s ability to physiologically and cognitively recover.
The Treat (Therapeutic Relaxation and Enhanced Awareness Training) ‘Rest and Recovery’ sessions have been delivered to thousands of healthcare staff and teams in hospitals, Safer care Victoria, and Beyond Blue for over a decade. The Rest and Recovery session is specifically designed to support healthcare staff manage internal and external pressures and maintain their sense of wellbeing. Grounded in current research, this evidence-based session introduces practical tools to reduce physical and cognitive fatigue, manage stressful thinking, and promote emotional regulation.
Participants will engage in guided techniques such as progressive muscle relaxation, constructive rest and shoulder/trigger point release that target the body’s stress response—supporting nervous system regulation, attention, and recovery. These sessions offer a rare opportunity to downshift, physiologically reset, and build lasting habits that help protect against vital exhaustion.
No prior experience is needed. You are welcome to lie down comfortably during the whole of this session. This is protected time to pause, rest and restore after a busy few conference days and evenings!
Tickets can be added at the time of registration. If you wish to add a ticket to your registration, email vascular@surgeons.org.
