Prescribing Exercise for Common Conditions

The exercise prescriptions listed below are provided by the American College of Sports Medicine as part of its Exercise is Medicine™ program. These articles focus on exercise in specific conditions and are intended to be printed out for your patients in order to help improve their health and quality of life.

Exercising With Visual Impairment: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with visual impairment.
April 14, 2010
Exercising With Valvular Heart Disease: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with valvular heart disease.
April 14, 2010
Exercising With Polio or Post-Polio Syndrome: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with polio or post-polio syndrome.
April 14, 2010
Exercising With Peripheral Arterial Disease: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with peripheral arterial disease.
April 14, 2010
Exercising With a Pacemaker or Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
April 14, 2010
Exercising With Osteoporosis: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with osteoporosis.
April 13, 2010
Exercising With Muscular Dystrophy: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with muscular dystrophy.
April 13, 2010
Exercising With Mental Retardation: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with mental retardation.
April 13, 2010
Exercising Following Lung or Heart-Lung Transplantation: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients following lung or heart-lung transplantation.
April 13, 2010
Exercising With Lower Back Pain: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with lower back pain.
April 12, 2010
Exercising While Losing Weight: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients while they are losing weight.
April 12, 2010
Exercising With Hearing Loss: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with hearing loss.
April 12, 2010
Exercising With Hyperlipidemia: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with hyperlipidemia.
April 12, 2010
Exercising With Frailty: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with frailty.
April 12, 2010
Exercising With End-Stage Metabolic Disease: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with end-stage metabolic disease.
April 09, 2010
Exercising Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
April 09, 2010
Exercising With Cystic Fibrosis: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with cystic fibrosis.
April 08, 2010
Exercising With Chronic Restrictive Pulmonary Disease: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with chronic restrictive pulmonary disease.
April 08, 2010
Exercising With Chronic Heart Failure: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with chronic heart failure.
April 07, 2010
Exercising With Cerebral Palsy: Prescription for Health This quick guide from the American College of Sports Medicine will help you recommend the right exercise for patients with cerebral palsy.
April 07, 2010

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