exercise & movement
Exercise & movement with bradley rugg
Bradley has advanced knowledge in exercise prescription and promoting physical activity. He draws upon both his physiotherapy MSc, and sport rehabilitation BSc(Hons) knowledge to ensure his patients receive the most tailored and effective exercise prescription.
Bradley has spent much of his career within the military where he was responsible for rehabilitating injured military personnel back to full fitness. His injury rehabilitation pathway would be tailored to every military personnel including Royal Marines, RAF pilots, or Army infantry soldiers. His military practice also involved time with the Help for Heroes charity, giving him greater depth and understanding of personalised care. Since Bradley transitioned into private healthcare, his rehabilitation patients frequently include chronic pain and fibromyalgia, post-surgery, return to sport, osteoarthritis management, and many more.
Exercise and physical activity are vital to longevity when it comes to health. Exercise therapy is at the core of most physiotherapy treatments, and is a core component for many gold-standard treatment pathways.
However, this doesn’t make it easy. For this reason, Bradley uses Physitrack for all of his physiotherapy patients. Physitrack is a digital solution for patient engagement that encompasses clinical home exercise and education prescription, and outcome tracking. Every patient gets access to the Physitrack patient app. Patients will receive a code which is unique to them. Here will be a tailored exercise programme complete with videos and audio, educational content, and outcome measures. You will also be able to message Bradley if required through the app. Click here to see Physitrack’s video tutorial.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
This will be tailored to your individual goals, needs, and personal preferences. Physical activity should not be made to be overwhelming.
Exercise therapy is consistently recommended in all injury management guidelines. As well as having effects on local tissue, physical activity will also have positive effects on mental health, weight management, brain health, reducing risk of conditions such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and more. Exercise and physical activity has many secondary and tertiary benefits which go far beyond just local tissue change.
This depends on the individual patient and their goals. Physiotherapists can do a lot more than prescribe exercise.
Physitrack is one of the market leaders for digital home exercise prescription, education prescription, and outcome tracking. Physitrack has also been scientifically proven to increase home exercise adherence and patient confidence!