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Exercise prescription: bridging the gap to clinical practice
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  1. Philip Glasgow
  1. Correspondence to Professor Philip Glasgow, Sports Institute Northern Ireland, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim BT37 0QB, UK; philglasgow{at}sini.co.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2014-094485

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    Exercise works, exercise is medicine—this is something most readers will attest to. Exercise is the first line of intervention for many clinical presentations and has been repeatedly shown to outstrip pharmacological and surgical approaches to the management of a wide range of medical, musculoskeletal and psychological conditions. Whether we are physiotherapists, physicians, sports scientists or other sport and exercise medicine practitioners, we regularly prescribe exercise programmes to patients with a host of different symptoms.

    Getting the right prescription

    While not a panacea, exercise is an intervention that has a role to play in every aspect of sport and exercise medicine. In a sense our first question when considering treatment options should be, ‘What type of exercise should I prescribe?’ rather than ‘Should I prescribe exercise?’ But what guides our decision-making in determining the nature, type and volume of exercise for our …

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