Exercise as Medicine

Accredited exercise physiologists (AEPs) are differentiated from other allied health professionals by their extensive knowledge, skills and experience in delivering safe, effective clinical exercise programs. AEPs also assist patients with changing unhealthy risk factors, such as inactivity to prevent the onset of chronic disease.

Exercise physiology referral form  

ESSA has developed an online Exercise Physiology Referral Form. The form is available in three formats to cater to GPs with programs that allow them to auto-populate, including Medical Director and Best Practice.

Please click the attachment required below. For more information on how to upload these templates to your medical software, please contact your local division of general practice.

Referral form (.RTF) for Medical Director - doc

Referral form (.RTF) for Best Practice - doc

Referral form (.PDF) for any medical software- patient auto-populate fields are not active. Please contact ESSA to obtain a workable template for your medical software. - doc

How can an AEP help your patient? AEPS are…

1.                      Specialist in exercise for rehabilitation

2.                      Prescribes exercise for better health and wellbeing

3.                      Prescribes exercise for chronic and complex medical conditions

4.                      Musculoskeletal rehabilitation

5.                      Work conditioning

6.                      Improvements in sports performance

AEPs are here to support you and committed to:

1.                      Improve quality of patient care

2.                      Improve patients self management

3.                      Incorporate more preventative services

There is now over 2,500 ESSA members nationally who are qualified to comprehensively assess an individual’s exercise capacity and can ensure that participation is safe and achieves the optimum outcomes for all sectors of the population.