Exercise is Medicine® created the Rx for Health series to provide essential guidelines on exercise for sedentary individuals and those with various chronic diseases and medical conditions. An extensive group of ACSM subject matter experts (including research scientists and clinicians) contributed to the development of this series.
These handouts are designed to be used by health care providers and exercise professionals to support their physical activity recommendations to patients/clients. Each handout can printed and given to a patient or scanned into the electronic health record (EHR) to be added to the after-visit summary (AVS).
We hope these materials will support your efforts to guide and inspire your patients and clients to become more physically active and achieve the numerous benefits associated with an active lifestyle.
Foundational Exercise Rx
- Sit Less. Move More: English Version Spanish Version
- Being Active for a Better Life: English Version Spanish Version
- Being Active with Your Young Child: English Version Spanish Version
- Being Active as a Teen: English Version Spanish Version
- Being Active as We Get Older: English Version Spanish Version
- Staying Active When Feeling Frail: English Version Spanish Version
Exercise Rx for Medical Conditions
- Alzheimer’s: English Version Spanish Version
- Aneurysm: English Version Spanish Version
- Asthma: English Version Spanish Version
- Atrial Fibrillation: English Version Spanish Version
- Bleeding Disorder: English Version Spanish Version
- Blood Lipid Disorders: English Version Spanish Version
- Cancer: English Version Spanish Version
- Chronic Kidney Disease: English Version Spanish Version
- Chronic Liver Disease: English Version Spanish Version
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD): English Version Spanish Version
- Depression and Anxiety: English Version Spanish Version
- Heart Failure: English Version Spanish Version
- Heart Valve Disease: English Version Spanish Version
- HIV/AIDS: English Version Spanish Version
- Hypertension: English Version Spanish Version
- Fibromyalgia: English Version Spanish Version
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): English Version Spanish Version
- Low Back Pain: English Version Spanish Version
- Mobility Limitations: English Version Spanish Version
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): English Version Spanish Version
- Osteoarthritis: English Version Spanish Version
- Osteoporosis: English Version Spanish Version
- Overweight/Obesity: English Version Spanish Version
- Pacemaker: English Version Spanish Version
- Parkinson’s Disease: English Version Spanish Version
- Perimenopausal Years: English Version
- Peripheral Arterial Disease: English Version Spanish Version
- Prediabetes: English Version Spanish Version
- Pregnancy: English Version Spanish Version Hebrew Version
- Rheumatoid Arthritis: English Version Spanish Version
- Type 2 Diabetes: English Version Spanish Version
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