It’s a fact of life that we slow down and get more sedentary with age, but as we get older exercise can become even more important.
Exercise doesn’t mean you’ve got to suddenly take up running or pump it out at the gym, but it does mean that incorporating gentle movement every day can make a big difference to your overall health.
However, many older people often start to avoid exercise for different reasons – whether it’s because of health problems, weight or pain issues or concerns about falling.
If you haven’t been exercising for some time, turning to a professional who can prescribe exercises to suit your needs and level of fitness is a good idea. But which professionals can help? While physiotherapists often develop exercise programs to rehabilitate an injury, an exercise physiologist is a specialist who can develop an exercise plan to help you with your current and ongoing goals.
Exercise physiologists can work with you to develop a balanced exercise plan that can work with any health restrictions you have to help build strength, balance, flexibility and cardio stamina.
How do accredited exercise physiologists differ from other exercise professionals such as personal trainers?
They can treat and work with all types of people, those who want to improve their health and wellbeing to those, unfortunately, suffering from a chronic illness.
Accredited Exercise Physiologists are different as they possess extensive knowledge, skills and experience in clinical exercise delivery and can provide health modification counselling for people with chronic disease and injury.
Envigor has partnered with Achieve Exercise Physiologists to offer our clients access to skilled exercise professionals who can help you stay active at home.
Achieve Exercise Physiologists’ Director Troy Burgess says that he became an exercise physiologist after a family member passed away from a health problem that could have been prevented.
“I felt helpless knowing at the time that it was too late and that I couldn’t help them change anything. Part of the reason I pursued this career and started Achieve was to provide a service to help others prevent health conditions from affecting them and their family and friends,” says Troy.
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