Fitness Programmes

Fitness covers a broad spectrum of components and in reality fitness is task specific relative to individual requirements. There are 5 basic components of fitness:

Strength

Speeed

Skill

Stamina (endurance)

Psychology

The work of the physiotherapist  is to determine which components require attention and devise a treatment plan specific to those challenges.

Fitness is a very general term which not only applies to sports participation but virtually every aspect of daily living.

• Fitness to lift and carry in manual jobs
• Fitness to stand for shop assistants
• Fitness to carry a baby for young mothers
• Fitness to walk for elderly folk
• Fitness to bend, reach, twist in aging populations