My purpose in writing this manuscript is to help exercise physiologists see the big picture and their role in healthcare.Įven with the recent interest in exercise is medicine it is more than reasonable to conclude that the majority of the academic exercise physiologists are not interested. Responsible, why have they failed so miserably in promoting the beneficial effects of regular exercise for the promotion and quality of health? Why havent medical doctors used exercise to help their patients improve their health and longevity? Why is the medical profession so dependent on traditional drugs to prevent and treat illnesses? Answers to these questions as well as more related questions and answers from an exercise physiologists point of view will be presented in this brief article. If medical doctors are responsible for administering drugs to pharmacologically benefit their patients, shouldnt they be responsible for prescribing exercise medicine? If they are Physical inactivity is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes, and low cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong independent predictor of all-cause mortality.į EXERCISE IS MEDICINE, then exercise is a drug (1). Who Is Responsible for Prescribing Exercise Medicine? Tommy Boone, PhD, MPH, MAM, MBA Board Certified Exercise Physiologist
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