Professor Dawn Skelton debunks the myth of exercise at the recent annual Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ISCP) Conference 2013
It is now commonly accepted that exercise reduces falls, but not all exercise does and some types of exercise may be risky for certain older people. Services commonly cherry pick the bits of an intervention that they can run cheaply with limited staffing, but what of the risks that this might pose to the older adults, or indeed the revolving door of people returning to services again later? Recent reports by the Royal College of Physicians and the Department of Health give recommendations, but how many services follow these? Do they consider the vital transition onto other community led services that allow the evidence around duration and progression of exercise to be reached? This lecture hopes to debunk some myths and ensure greater consistency of evidence based exercise delivery.
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