Exercise 4 Health is a bespoke funded exercise program that enables people with long term health conditions to improve their lifestyle and provide a better quality of life.
Sessions are delivered with consideration for all conditions that are declared upon referral.
Underpinning all of our exercise programs is a fantastic community that creates friendships, networks and wonderful support.
Exercise 4 Health is a low intensity, low number, indoor and outdoor exercise initiative developed to support those with a long term health condition allowing people to lead a healthier and more fulfilling life.
Operating over eight week windows, which we refer to as “blocks” individuals can access eight funded sessions from a total of twelve dates.
All Exercise 4 Health sessions are kept to minimal numbers to ensure that each participant can benefit from high quality exercise and lifestyle support.
This is a funded community group exercise referral program that has been developed to support people who meet the below criteria:
– It will support and benefit those who are completely new to exercise and have a long term health condition.
– It will support and benefit people returning to exercise following a period of absence due to ill health.
– It will support and benefit people that need to make changes to their lifestyle for health reasons.
– It will support people that have been referred by their medical professional.
– It will support people that have been signposted by another organisation or referred by their support group.
– It will support those who act as a carer for an individual with a long term health condition.
Individuals can access EIGHT free sessions to enable them to kick start new health behaviours whilst receiving ongoing support with nutrition and sleep.
We define a long term health condition as a health problem that requires ongoing management over a period of years or decades and is one that cannot currently be cured but can be controlled with the use of medication and/or other therapies.
Examples of Long Term Health Conditions include:
Diabetes, Cardiovascular (e.g. Hypertension, Angina), Chronic Respiratory (e.g. Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)), Chronic Neurological (e.g. Multiple Sclerosis), Chronic Pain (e.g. Arthritis),Post-COVID-19 syndrome, Other Long Term Conditions (e.g. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Cancer), Mental Health Conditions (e.g. Depression, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, PTSD).To access funded sessions you need to complete the referral form and then book the session you wish to attend via our bookings page.
All of our exercise sessions are based around functional exercises that focus on working multiple muscle groups or systems of the body at the same time.
You or your medical professional will need to complete our referral form which can be found here.
All exercises are adaptable and you will receive a demonstration of an adapted exercise to fit your specific needs, if you have a very specific need please speak to the lead coach.
Yes, you receive 8 sessions for free that can be used in accordance with your needs across single eight week block.
Sessions are delivered every Sunday and every second Wednesday with all sessions planned into our booking calendar which can be found here.
Sandymoor Ormiston Academy, Wharford Lane, Runcorn, WA7 1XU
WEDS – 6.45PM UNTIL 7.45PM
SUN – 10AM UNTIL 11AM
EVERY SUNDAY
WEDNESDAY 13TH JULY
WEDNESDAY 27TH JULY
WEDNESDAY 3RD AUGUST
WEDNESDAY 24TH AUGUST
