Every tissue in the body is made up of millions and millions of cells. Sometimes these cells are damaged and don’t function well and result in things like injury or disease. In most cases when this happens you go to your doctor and are probably prescribed medications that help you manage the symptoms of these problems. But imagine if you could improve how these damaged cells function with other types of treatment?

A treatment like exercise. And not just any exercise, but a certain type, a certain intensity, a certain amount, just as if it was prescribed to you by a specialist and handed over to you like medicine. 

This is exactly what an exercise physiologist does. We use up to date evidence to give you an exercise prescription designed to alter the physiology of your body to help improve your health condition or injury. We understand the science behind how the body works on many different levels and we know exactly which type of exercise, how much of it and what intensity you should be doing to improve those little damaged cells that are impacting your life. 

When you have a chronic health condition it isn’t as simple as ‘do more exercise’. There are certain adaptations we need to achieve, or things that need monitoring to keep you safe and this is why an exercise physiologist is the most appropriate allied health professional to asses and prescribe a tailored exercise program for complex chronic health conditions.

So next time you hear someone say ‘what’s an exercise physiologist?’ you’ll be able to say ‘they are specialist who use exercise as medicine to help people who have health conditions improve how the body functions so they can live a better life.