Presented by Dr Richard Antbring – Specialist Registrar in Sport & Exercise Medicine
Multiple dates available from Oct – Jan
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Moving Medicine, developed by the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine in partnership with Public Health England and Sport England, was officially launched by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, on 16th October 2018 at the 7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress in London. The online resource has been developed to assist physical activity conversations between healthcare professionals and their patients by adopting a motivational interviewing framework and evidence-based recommendations specific to their conditions.
27% of the general population are classified as ‘inactive’, meaning they do less than 30 minutes of physical activity (such as walking) per week. 33% of children do less than ½ recommended physical activity for their age. The inactive are at high risk of developing long-term health conditions, a situation that is worsened by the fact that when they develop illness they generally become even less active. In children and young people physical activity plays an important role in preventing the onset of mental health illness and improves the mental health, quality of life and self-esteem in children with long-term conditions. The literature across childhood long-term conditions, like the literature across adult long-term conditions points overwhelmingly to the benefit of physical activity over risk. Healthcare settings consequently provide a unique opportunity to support understanding and awareness of, and greater engagement in, physical activity amongst some of the least active members of our population.
A person-centred, collaborative, non-judgemental conversational style which helps a person explore and talk about their reasons for change whilst strengthening their confidence or ‘self-efficacy’ seems more likely to move a person to become more ready and take action. Rather than telling people that they should become more active, Moving Medicine recommends talking with them in such a way that they end up telling themselves that a more active lifestyle would be better for them. For instance, rather than jumping in with suggestions about how to become more active, time spent getting people to talk about things like what’s important to them, how they might best get started, or who they might like to do an activity with, can make them more likely to change their behaviour.
Join one of these webinars for an introduction on the importance on physical activity and how Moving Medicine can help you to improve your patients’ activity levels and health