HCM Handbook editorial director, Liz Terry and Kath Hudson predict key trends, influences and opportunities set to shape the sector, including vagus nerve resets, diagnostics and social prescribing.

As Technogym celebrates its 40th anniversary year, its founder talks about his passion for spreading the message of wellness worldwide

A new policy recommends exercise to ease the pain of some forms of arthritis

Exercise should be considered as a core treatment for those suffering from arthritis caused by wear-and-tear.

How can operators ensure members feel a continual sense of improvement that keeps them coming back for more?

In the UK, NICE no longer recommends graded exercise therapy for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and ME

In a controversial U-turn, the UK’s National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has gone back on its previous recommendation of prescribing exercise therapy for people suffering from ME or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).

Letters from the HCM mailbag. This month, Sir Muir Gray and James Swinnerton

The Global Wellness Institute’s Move to be Well: The Global Economy of Physical Activity report uncovers the activity segments that can deliver and monetise more participation. Leonor Stanton takes a look at the data for HCM.

Formerly the UK’s secretary of state for health, now mayor of Greater Manchester, Burnham has ambitious plans to normalise physical activity and place it at the heart of primary care

10 million users in 14,000 facilities worldwide use Technogym's mywellness cloud to manage their fitness and wellbeing. We talk to operators who are benefitting from this tech

The average age of onset for depression is now 14. Can exercise turn the tide?

A recent report has found that having good cardiorespiratory fitness may cut the risk of death in men who suffer from depression or anxiety by up to half

In a recent clinical report, the American Academy of Pediatrics has acknowledged the importance of exercise in obesity prevention and the reduction of many chronic diseases among children. In doing so, it has advised pediatricians to take a more proactive role in promoting and prescribing exercise.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellent (NICE)’s new guidelines for commissioners regarding exercise on referral schemes have been praised by ukactive as helping to ‘drive forward the evidence base for physical activity.’

People facing discrimination because of their size may be more likely to put on weight, according to a new study published in the journal Obesity.

The NHS should look to prescribe walking as a medical treatment for certain patients, according to a GP whose practice has yielded positive health benefits from exercise on recommendation.

Software provider Refer-all, which specialises in solutions to enhance the efficiency of exercise referrals from GP to leisure provider, has launched a new foundation designed to support leisure providers as they seek to work more closely with local authorities in the area of public health.

On his dream for the fitness industry

A leading leisure industry medical advisor has said doctors need to ditch concerns about hurting obese patients’ feelings and be more proactive in prescribing exercise and weight management programmes.

Fitness levels, not age, should be used to determine whether older people should undergo surgery, according to a new study

Women with type 2 diabetes have to work harder than men to get the same results in certain exercises, new research suggests

A panel of experts has drawn up new guidelines to specifically help diabetics whose condition may limit vigorous exercise.