Exercise is Medicine® created the Rx for Health series to provide essential guidelines on exercise for sedentary individuals and those with various chronic diseases and medical conditions. An extensive group of ACSM subject matter experts (including research scientists and clinicians) contributed to the development of this series.
These handouts are designed to be used by health care providers and exercise professionals to support their physical activity recommendations to patients/clients. Each handout can printed and given to a patient or scanned into the electronic health record (EHR) to be added to the after-visit summary (AVS).
We hope these materials will support your efforts to guide and inspire your patients and clients to become more physically active and achieve the numerous benefits associated with an active lifestyle.
Foundational Exercise Rx
- Sit Less. Move More.
- Being Active for a Better Life
- Being Active as We Get Older
- Staying Active When Frail
- Being Active as a Teen
- Being Active with Your Young Child
Special Health Alert
- Returning to Physical Activity After COVID-19 Greek Version
- Being Active During the Coronavirus Pandemic Greek Version
- Keeping Children Active During the Coronavirus Pandemic Greek Version
Exercise Rx for Medical Conditions
- Alzheimer’s Disease Australian Version Greek Version
- Aneurysm
- Asthma Greek Version
- Atrial Fibrillation Greek Version
- Bleeding Disorder
- Blood Lipid Disorders
- Cancer Greek Version
- Chronic Kidney Disease Greek Version
- Chronic Liver Disease Greek Version
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) Greek Version
- Depression and Anxiety Greek Version
- Heart Failure Greek Version
- Heart Valve Disease Greek Version
- HIV/AIDS Greek Version
- Hypertension
- Fibromyalgia Greek Version
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Low Back Pain
- Mobility Limitations Greek Version
- Multiple Sclerosis (Australia) Greek Version
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Overweight/Obesity Greek Version
- Pacemaker
- Parkinson’s Disease Greek Version
- Peripheral Arterial Disease Greek Version
- Prediabetes
- Pregnancy Greek Version
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Type 2 Diabetes