Patient Physical Activity

Name
Institution

Client Demographics
Current and past exercise history (FITT)
 Frequency- three to five times a week
 Intensity – slow and easy
 Time - 15 to 30 minutes
 Type – Static stretching
Barriers Assessment
 Insufficient time to exercise
 Lack of confidence in his ability to be physically active
 Lack of self-motivation
Physical Activity of Choice: Stretching for Flexibility
The stretching program provides a patient with the ability to improve on their
muscle flexibility and enhance their physical fitness (Lee, Chu, Lyu, Chang &
Chang, 2018). Having tight muscles can cause undue strain on the neighboring joints
during normal daily function, or they themselves can become injured.
Risk factors for heart disease
Physical inactivity is one of the risk factors to heart disease as it contributes
to increased cholesterol levels in an individual’s body and also contributes to
high blood pressure. A recent study has shown that 12% of heart attack among
patients is caused by physical inactivity (Kisner, Colby & Borstad, 2017). With
exercise such as stretching for flexibility, it is possible to achieve an improved
rate in the reduction of heart attack and especially among the aged population.
Physical Limitations
The patient does not suffer any past injuries as observed from his medical history.
Therefore the only limitation to physical activity is lack of self-motivation and
believes in his ability to be physically active.
Current Health Condition
The patient, however, has however been experienced high blood pressure over the
last one year which can be attributed to lack of physical activity and the
increased weight. For the last two months, he has been able to add 8 kilograms a
rate which is alarming for his health status. The high blood pressure has not been
consistent however but has shown some signs of consistency in the last 2 months.
This is an indication that with improved physical activity and especially to gain
flexibility, this condition can be solved.
Components of the Flexibility Program Prescription
The flexibility program will offer the patient an opportunity to enhance his
physical fitness through stretching. Stretching for flexibility may not necessarily
be an essay physical activity but is much easier as compared to other activities
for cardiovascular fitness.
 Frequency – to achieve his goal, the patient to engage in stretching exercises
between 5 to 7 times per week. This will imply that the patient can exercise for a
minimum of five days a week through regular but simple stretching exercises.
 Intensity – the goal, in this case, is to improve flexibility and therefore a
range of motions would be critical to help the patient. In this case, he can
combine slow, easy and relaxed motions as they will contribute to muscle relaxation
and flexibility. Such motions are also easier for the patient to maintain and avoid
burnouts which may discourage him from the exercise.
 Time – continuity of essential in achieving flexibility goal and therefore the
patient should ensure that his flexibility exercises range between 30 to 40
minutes. By this time, the patient would have achieved most of the flexibility
goals in major body part and joints.
 Type –I would recommend both static and passive stretching flexibility
exercise types because at times the patient can do some of the exercises on his own
at his own chosen time and also at other times he would require assistance for more
complex stretching exercises.
I would also recommend the patient to adopt a daily workout technology application
which can be installed in his mobile device to help him with the physical exercises
as it has been designed with a range of activities which can help him achieve
improved flexibility.

References
Kisner, C., Colby, L. A., & Borstad, J. (2017). Therapeutic exercise: Foundations
and techniques. Fa Davis.
Lee, C. L., Chu, I. H., Lyu, B. J., Chang, W. D., & Chang, N. J. (2018). Comparison
of vibration rolling, nonvibration rolling, and static stretching as a warm-up
exercise on flexibility, joint proprioception, muscle strength, and balance in
young adults. Journal of sports sciences, 36(22), 2575-2582.