
The Complete Guide to Exercise Referral
Working with Clients Referred to Exercise
- 272 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This book gives fitness professionals everything they need to know to manage a referred client, from fulfilling government recommendations to motivating and retaining clients. Exercise can help prevent and treat a wide variety of health problems, including obesity, heart disease and mobility disorders, and fitness professionals are increasingly working with referred patients as part of their treatment. Formerly published as Fitness Professionals: GP Referral Schemes, the updated edition of this established and definitive guide includes the latest information from sources such as NICE and ACSM as well as a new chapter on session plans to provide fresh ideas for working with your clients. Written by a highly experienced exercise professional, this book covers:
- Exercise guidelines for different medical conditions
- Strategies for working with exercise referral clients
- Approaches to activity and programme design health, safety and risk management
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Exercise referral developments
- Occupational description and qualification structure
- List of abbreviations
- PART ONE: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, EXERCISE AND HEALTH
- PART TWO: PLANNING TO WORK WITH REFERRED CLIENTS
- PART THREE: MEDICAL CONDITIONS, MEDICATION AND EXERCISE GUIDELINES
- PART FOUR: SUPPORTING AND WORKING WITH CLIENTS
- References
- Index