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Thanks to Anne for this weeks report FINDING THE RIGHT DOSE OF EXERCISE
Sam Arthur is an exercise physiologist. This means that he is a clinical personal trainer for people who have health conditions. There is no manual therapy and other allied health professionals diagnose the issues which need assisting. As Sam confirmed in his presentation, each health professional has a part to play. So how did Sam take up this profession? Initially his interest was as a personal trainer and he felt there was more he could do so he enrolled at Deking where he did a 3 year undergraduate degree in Exercise Science and followed it up with 2 years Postgraduate.
Sam's practice is private, one which customises a program for each patient. While hospital systems offer generic solutions, he emphasised that he differentiates based on a variety of criteria.
An exercise physiologist can deal with exercise oncology, diabetes and chronic fatigue syndrome. Sam deals with chronic health issues. In the case of the application of exercise for cancer, it counteracts cancer treatment, to benefit patients. In the case of diabetes, exercise representing lifestyle change, deals with insulin resistance and the goal is to reduce the doses of insulin. An aging population can apply weight training to improve your quality of life.
A patient should feel comfortable with the allied health professional. Each session should encourage the patient to implement useful exercises at a pace suitable for the diagnosed condition. A typical session lasts for forty-five minutes.
A point of interest raised by another of our members was that of long COVID, which can be treated in the same manner as chronic fatigue syndrome. Progress can be measured by level of pain, mobility, strength and response to treatment.
The two primary goals which Sam specifically mentioned-
1. To make people as fit as possible
2. To seek out what people can tolerate.
Tonight's presentation was both educative and definitely expanded the options available from allied professionals. The health condtions mentioned opened my eyes as to the range of possible rehabilitation treatments on offer. I would like to thank Jil for bringing Sam to us. It was an engaging session.
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