Exercise Referral Scheme
ACTIVATE Health Scheme is a 12 week support programme designed to introduce you to how regular physical activity can benefit your particular medical condition(s) and general health.
You probably know there are many benefits to participation in regular physical activity, but if you have a restrictive medical condition, or have been inactive for a long while, it is difficult to know where and how to begin. What exercise is safe? And what is recommended for you to get the best results?
The Activate Health scheme is all about answering these questions and giving you the advice and support necessary to make regular physical activity part of your lifestyle.
The Activate Aim
The aim of Activate is to help inactive people become regularly active. If you follow the advice given and stick with it, the three months on the scheme will be sufficient time for you to feel the associated health, fitness and ‘feel good benefits’ that being active brings.
At the end of the scheme you should hopefully feel good and be equipped with the knowledge necessary to carry on exercise independently.
Getting Started: Referral
Patients are identified by their local health professional as suitable for referral to Activate. Alternatively if you are currently inactive and feel you have the medical need to see an exercise specialist – speak to your Bracknell Forest GP or practice nurse about potential referral.
GP’s surgeries outside of Bracknell Forest may not be eligible to refer patients to Activate – please check with Activate office before making a referral.
As a patients referred to Activate you must be prepared to take stock and address your current levels of physical activity whilst on the scheme. Activate is about supporting you in getting active and staying active, and helping you reach your health and fitness goals - will power is required!
To ensure sufficient help and support is given to all participants over their 12 weeks on Activate - numbers on the scheme are limited at any one time. Following the receipt of referral forms in the Activate office, there is usually a waiting time of 6+ weeks before the first consultation. Limited capacity means participants will only be accepted onto Activate once.
Exercise Consultation
Following referral a free 1:1 exercise consultation is arranged for you. This will take place at either Bracknell Leisure Centre or Edgbarrow Sports Centre with a clinical exercise consultant. The consultant’s role is to educate and give advice on physical activity, especially specific advice linked to health problems. They also help you decide what type of activity is best for you and how best to start out.
What type of exercise you do whilst on Activate, how often and how hard depends on a number of factors. These include lifestyle, how physically limited you are, what can be afforded, time available and of course what you feel you would enjoy. The end result of a consultation is a game plan that marries up ways of overcoming any barriers with preferred, but realistic activity choices. For example, one exercise choice is to attend council Fitness rooms under direct supervision at subsidised rates. Other choices include free supervised Health Walks or, alternatively activities carried out independently by you at normal cost. Whatever the plan contains – you will need to commit to starting and sticking with it. The Activate team will do their best to make sure this happens by offering support and follow up over the 3 months.
If you feel we could help you or you want more information about the Activate Referral Scheme please do not hesitate to give our office a call on 01344 482255.
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