Ways to move with health conditions
Finding the right type of physical activity that you enjoy doing, can be done conveniently and that offers the right benefits for your individual situation is important. There are lots of organisations that have information about being active with a number of different health conditions.
Falls prevention
The Camden Integrated Primary Care Falls Service provides two levels of falls prevention exercise groups:
- Staying Steady
- clinical referral scheme for physical activity
Long-term health conditions
The Stronger My Way campaign from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has advice to help you maintain and improve your physical strength. It's for those suffering with long-term health conditions who might being struggling with physical or mental health symptoms.
Mental Health
For those with mental health conditions or symptoms, the charity MIND has information on how exercise can help you. Their Healthy Minds in Camden project has lots of courses, workshops and activities, including yoga and badminton. There are also resources on the Mental Health Camden website.
Neurological conditions
Local Exercise Groups for Stroke and Neuro Conditions (LEGS) run supported exercise classes led by a physiotherapist for people who have a neurological condition or have had a stroke.
Specific health conditions
You can find advice on ways to move with:
- cancer from Cancer Research UK
- kidney disease from Kidney Care UK and from Kidney Beam
- COPD or respiratory conditions from Asthma + Lung UK
- stroke from Stroke Association and from Different Strokes
- arthritis from Versus Arthritis
- diabetes from Diabetes UK
- multiple sclerosis from the MS Society
- Parkinson's disease from Parkinson's UK with a resource and YouTube videos, and from Reach Your Peak
- cardiovascular conditions from the British Heart Foundation
Adult Weight Management
Arsenal in the Community
The Shape Up programme is a free, 12 week adult weight management programme for men that includes physical activity. Not only will we try to help you lose at least 5% of your bodyweight, but we will also help you to build a sustainable healthy lifestyle so that you can keep the weight off for life. Arsenal in the community also run Shape Up Sisters, an adult weight management programme for women.
For more information visit the Shape Up page on the Arsenal website or contact us by calling 07352 742 013. You can also contact Lee Kelleher at lkelleher@arsenal.co.uk or Rhys Radcliffe at rratcliffe@arsenal.co.uk.
More Life
More Life is a free, tier 2, 12-week weight management programme available to Camden and Islington residents via referral or self-refer. A psychologically informed 12-week programme, where participants have access to weekly, 1 hour group-based weight management sessions at local community venues, face to face, or online via Zoom. Participants are supported to make gradual changes, by a dedicated weight management practitioner.