Exercise prescription: bridging the gap to clinical practice.

Exercise works, exercise is medicine—this is something most readers will attest to. Exercise is the first line of intervention for many clinical presentations and has been repeatedly shown to outstrip pharmacological and surgical approaches to the management of a wide range of medical, musculoskeletal and psychological conditions. Whether we are physiotherapists, physicians, sports scientists or other sport and exercise medicine practitioners, we regularly prescribe exercise programmes to patients with a host of different symptoms.