WHAT WE DO

 All Full of Life Fitness Services will be provided by a Licensed Physical Therapist certified by the American Physical Therapy Association as a Certified Exercise Expert for Aging Adults. 

All sessions will be provided in the client’s home for up to three times a week as is necessary to achieve the personal fitness goals set by the client in consultation with the providing therapist. Services may continue for as long as the client and/ or the therapist deem necessary in order to achieve and maintain the highest level of function.

This will include a medical history review, general strength, flexibility, functional mobility, endurance, balance and postural assessments. 

It is necessary to obtain an overall assessment of a clients current status, in order to identify areas of impairment that may be interfering with the achievement of the clients personal fitness goals. 

 Your Full of Life Fitness PT will prescribe a program of exercise that may include strength training, flexibility exercise, endurance training, agility, balance activities, and postural exercises, as needed and indicated in the initial consultation and ongoing assessments. 

This may include instruction in safe functional mobility. Your Full of Life Fitness Physical Therapist may also provide assistance with an exercise program previously prescribed by another physical therapist for which the client requires supervision and revision.

 Your Full of Life Fitness Physical Therapist will provide continued assessment of your progress and help with the establishment of new goals as the client’s level of fitness improves. Your therapist will also be able to perform screening tests to monitor a client’s risk for falls.

Goals may include: 

• Return to participation in a sport or form of recreation once enjoyed
• Safe negotiation of stairs or other barriers enabling visits to the homes of family members or friends, places of recreation or places of worship
• Safe mobility in and around your home environment
• Reducing your risk for falls
• Improving overall strength to promote independence at home
• Decreasing fear and improving confidence in your functional mobility
• Walking further distances with less pain
• Managing pain and stiffness associated with arthritic conditions
• Slowing the progression of chronic debilitating diseases such as Parkinson’s Disease , Rheumatoid Arthritis, COPD, Diabetes, and Heart Disease

 Your Full of Life Fitness PT will provide the information and tools necessary to promote safe and consistent participation in the prescribed program of exercise. 

Changes in a client’s condition may require the care of another health care professional such as  Occupational Therapist, Speech Therapist, Visiting Nurse or Doctor in which case the appropriate referral will be advised.