Group Exercise Flashcards
1
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What are the benefits of group exercise?
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Get results Competition Motivation Social interaction - supportive Seeing hope Increases wellbeing
2
Q
What are some issues of group exercise?
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- Variability of the individual
- Monitoring effects - movement analysis - most watch all patients and need to know them
- all progress at different rates
- need to assess patient at each class
- should be two people running class
3
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Considerations of group exercise:
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- safety
- instructions
- need to demonstrate exercise on yourself or someone else
- correct movement
- consider different communication issues
- be visible to all of the class - do in circle
4
Q
What is group exercise good for?
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Falls prevention MS Depression Osteoporosis OA Rehab Antenatal and post natal Lower back pain
5
Q
What is the criteria for group exercise?
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Patient needs to agree Patient need to be committed Follow up assessment needed What happens at the end? > should look into public initiatives to sign post patients to places after
6
Q
What are the principles of groups exercise?
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Know aims Use your voice Position yourself Know names Plan Sequence - easy to hard, type of exercise Warm up and cool down
7
Q
What are the kinds of class?
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Education
Exercise
Hydrotherapy
8
Q
How can patients be group in exercise?
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Circuit One group- all together Pairs Teams Small groups - 8/10 Large groups
9
Q
How to patients attend group exercise?
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Strict selection criteria Referral Physio pre assessment clinic Gp referral Consultant referral but must still assess
10
Q
What is group exercise?
A
Delivering physio to a group of individuals
