Exercise

Exercise can be of benefit in any situation from a lack of fitness, obesity, medical conditions (acute and chronic) and from a physiotherapy viewpoint injury rehabilitation. exercise covers a huge range of different levels of activity from simple one muscle/joint movements to whole body activites and sport and all inbetween. Everybody from the youngest child to the oldest grandparent can benefit from some increase in their level of activity and this can bring about massive lifestyle benefits. Physiotherapists prescribe exercises across the whole range of medical conditions and the programme will tend to be progressive and ultimately patient controlled through self motivation and time input. The best way to describe the physiotherapist role in exercise is as a facilitator to give the patient the knowledge to help themselves improve, heal and return to a reasonable standard of living.