Exercise

On this page we will review how to use pedometers in clinical practice, look at writing exercise prescriptions, and then review other methods of encouraging patients to exercise.

Now that you have learned some about enhancing your patients ability to exercise, continue to the next section to read about nutrition's role in treating depression.

There is much evidence that exercise can be as effective as medication for treating depression.

(Photos8.com, Jogging Along The Sunset, photos8. Free License.

Obtained on June 21, 2009.)