Getting Out of Your Chair
Getting Out of Your Chair
According to your LIFE score, you said you do not intend to start regular physical activity in the next 6 months. That is fine, because everyone makes changes in their own time.
However, your doctor and the Project LIFE team want to make sure you know about how being more physically active can help you.
Think about how being physically active can be helpful. Please list up to 10 ways physical activity is helpful. Think about the ways you may get helped right away and in the future. You may have heard these on the news, read about them, or heard them from friends.
1. ___________________________ 6. _________________________
2. ___________________________ 7. _________________________
3. ___________________________ 8. _________________________
4. ___________________________ 9. _________________________
5. ___________________________ 10. _________________________
If you listed 10 ways, that’s great. You are well informed. But did you know there are many more ways physical activity can be helpful? Turn this page over to see a much longer list of ways you may be helped by being physically active.
Find 4 more ways of being helped that are important to you but you did not know before.
1. ___________________________
2. ___________________________
3. ___________________________
4. ___________________________
Your doctor strongly encourages you to think about how being more physically active can help you. Most people can improve their health a great deal by taking a walk for 30 minutes a few times a week. If you want more information on how to start doing more physical activity, ask your doctor.
Hundreds of research studies show how physical activity has dozens of health benefits. It improves many systems of the body and reduces risks for important mental and physical illnesses. Here are some of the ways being physically active can help you.
Ways Physical Activity Can Help You
Helpful things you can get right away:
1. more energy/vitality
2. helps with balance/falling
3. feel better
4. get stronger
5. sleep better
6. better attitude/mood
7. better circulation
8. improves flexibility
9. can reduce pain
10. feel better about yourself
11. blood sugar control
12. reduces stress
13. cholesterol control
14. reduces anger, anxiety, depression
15. can help quit smoking
16. can help maintain diet
17. improves blood flow to brain
18. breathe easier
19. more energy to play with
grandchildren
Because of all these ways physical activity can be helpful, doctors now realize that being physically active is one of the most important things you can do for your health. We understand that you are not ready to increase your physical activity now, but please think about how physical activity could help you.
Good news about moderate physical activity. Did you know you can enjoy many ways of being physically active without working up a heavy sweat? The recommendations for physical activity have changed. The new recommend-ations can be done by everybody, because they focus on moderate amounts of physical activity on a daily basis. Walking, stationary bicycling, house work and yard work are all moderate activities. Being active can be an enjoyable part of your day. Here is the current physical activity recommendation:
“Every adult should get 30 minutes or more of moderate-intensity
physical activity throughout the day, on most, if not all, days of the
week. Strengthening weak muscle groups should be a part of that
activity.”
This means you don’t even have to do all 30 minutes at once. You do not have to wear special clothes, use special equipment or spend a lot of money to get the ways physical activity can be helpful.
PROVIDER’S USE ONLY
As your health care provider, I strongly encourage you to plan to be more physically active. I may ask you at your next visit if you are ready to begin. Based on your health status and history, the most important benefits of physical activity for you are:
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Provider’s Signature
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Rev. 03/04/02
LIFE Counseling Protocol No. 1 pg. 1
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Patient’s Name Date
Helpful things you get later:
20. maintain independence
21. improves quality of life
22. live longer
23. walk unassisted
24. household chores easier
25. gardening/yard work easier
26. dress, shave, groom, self
27. travel outside local area easier
28. look better
29. blood pressure control
30. strengthen bones and joints
31. lower risk of heart attacks & strokes
32. reduces risk of colon and breast
cancers
33. reduces risk of getting diabetes
34. strengthens immune system
35. improves health of arthritic joints
36. helps weight loss
37. reduces body fat
38. reduces depression and anxiety
39. makes your heart stronger
LIFE Counseling Protocol No. 1 pg. 2
Rev. 03/04/02
Rev. 03/04/02
LIFE Counseling Protocol No. 1 pg. 3
Adapted with permission from PACE
Adapted with permission from PACE
Adapted with permission from PACE
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