Activity and Health

Why is physical activity so important for your health?

Being physically active helps to keep you fit, whilst fighting off many diseases and health complications. It also plays an extremely important role in supporting your mental health.

Those who have been diagnosed with a health condition might be concerned about their ability to exercise. However, there are plenty of activities that can be modified to enable anyone to take part.

These pages will teach you about the benefits of physical activity. You’ll also learn how getting moving can reduce the risk, help you manage and even improve certain long-term health conditions.

At the bottom of each page, you’ll find resources, signposting opportunities and support in having conversations about the benefits of physical activity and its use in managing certain conditions. There are also e-learning pages available to assist with directive conversation support.

What are you looking for?

Guide to getting active with a health condition

Health and Social Care Resource Hub

What are the benefits of physical activity?

Are you living with a health concern or long-term condition?

Active Norfolk wants to support everyone to be able to benefit from a healthy and active lifestyle.

Does your health condition stop you from being active? Would anything help you to be more active?

As part of our work to understand how physical activity can be used to improve health, we are conducting a survey. This will investigate how mental and physical health concerns and long-term conditions impact physical activity levels in adults. It will also explore what we can do to help.

Working closely with partners across the health and social care sectors, we have created a short 10-15 minute survey. This looks at health conditions and also activity levels.

By taking part in the long-term condition health survey, you will also help us ensure that the voice of people living with long-term health conditions is heard when designing future care and support services. That therefore means your contribution can have a positive impact on others in Norfolk living with health concerns.

If you need any information about the survey, be sure to get in touch, and we’ll be happy to help.

Insight: Physical activity and long term conditions

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Exercises for people with a health condition

Get moving

How active should we be?

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