What is Exercise is Medicine
Did you know just 30 minutes of physical activity a day can improve things like mood, focus, and that students who engage in regular physical activity have been linked with having a higher GPA? The InMotion Center offers free appointments to help you learn how to incorporate physical activity into your routine and direct you towards your goals.
Exercise is Medicine provides you with 3 FREE appointments, all with a certified Personal Trainer:
- 45-minute Exercise is Medicine consultation
- 45-minute Health and Wellness assessment
- 60-minute Personal Training session
To sign up, or if you have been referred by a provider, fill out the referral form here and a member of the admin team will reach out to you.
A Vital Sign for Health
Physical inactivity is a fast-growing public health problem and contributes to a variety of chronic diseases and health complications, including heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, depression and anxiety, arthritis, and osteoporosis. In addition to improving a patient’s overall health, increasing physical activity has proven effective in the treatment and prevention of chronic diseases.
The goal of the EIM initiative is to increase visibility about the importance of physical activity and to advance the notion of exercise as a 'vital sign' in the medical community.
A key component of EIM involves calling on health care providers, regardless of specialty, to review and assess every patient’s physical activity level at every visit. The EIM initiative aims to have physical activity recorded as a vital sign during patient visits and to encourage able patients to meet the minimum requirement of 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity per week. Patients should then be provided exercise counseling or a formal prescription to certified health and fitness professionals and/or programs. Office visits should conclude with exercise clearance.
