Moving Medicine Consensus Statement- It’s safer for people with long-term conditions to be physically active
- Date Published
- Nov 2021
- Publisher(s)
- Moving Medicine
- Document Type
- Report
- More Info
- https://movingmedicine.ac.uk/riskconsensus/
- Themes
- COVID-19 Recovery, Health & Wellbeing*, Physical Activity, Under Represented Groups*
- Sub Themes
- Physical Health, Specific Conditions
- Geographic Area
- National
- Lifestages
- Adults
It’s safer for people with long-term conditions to be physically active. Findings from the development of a consensus statement by Moving Medicine.
The benefits of physical activity for people living with long term conditions are well established. However, the fear of increasing symptoms or worsening long term problems commonly stops people from moving more. Many healthcare professionals also feel unsure about what advice they should give to people living with symptomatic medical conditions.
To help address concerns around risk, Moving Medicine led the development of a consensus statement to help us understand what safety advice healthcare professionals should give to people in clinical practice. Here are the results.
