• As a fitness professional, you are well aware of many of the benefits of exercise in preventing chronic disease. But physical activity offers much more than prevention alone.
  
• Exercise can also be a powerful complement to traditional medical intervention and, in many instances, may allow a physician to significantly reduce a patient's drug dosage or eliminate the need for medicine altogether.
  
• You can play an integral role in educating your clients about the medicinal benefits of exercise and how they can speak with their primary care physicians about physical activity.

Exercise is Medicine® Health and Fitness Professionals' Action Guide High Resolution (for printing) Low Resolution (for online viewing and e-mailing) Action Guide Supplemental Materials How to Work with Health Care Providers Introductory Letter to Health Care Providers Health and Medical Questionnaire Fitness Assessment Form Informed Consent Form Cancellation Policy Form Starting an Exercise Program Handout Your Prescription for Health flier series (Information and recommendations for exercising safely with a variety of health conditions)

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Exercise is Medicine and the 2012 ACSM Health & Fitness Summit & Exposition

Exercise is Medicine is proud to be a part of ACSM's 16th Annual Health & Fitness Summit & Exposition.  Held March 27-30 in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Health & Fitness Summit & Exposition is ACSM's signature fitness conference, giving students, fitness enthusiasts, personal trainers, certified professionals and others an excellent opportunity to learn the lasted in science and practice for health and fitness.

In addition to the latest in translating science into practice, heart pumping workouts and excellent networking opportunities, this year's Summit will include an Exercise is Medicine programming track and an Exercise is Medicine Credential pre-conference workshop.

Not ready to register? Learn more about the Exercise is Medicine Credential.

Exercise is Medicine Resources for Health and Fitness Professionals

• Action & Promotion Guide

• Keys to Exercise Video Series

• Public Service Announcements

• Exercise is Medicine on the Fly: Combating the stresses of travel with physical activity

• Physical Activity Guidelines

• Physical Activities with a Disability

• Videos from ACSM's YouTube channel
• Video and resources from the United States Professional Tennis Association

• Exercise is Medicine with Robert Sallis, M.D., DVD

• Additional resources for health and fitness professionals

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