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Contact Details

Elmbridge Borough Council
Civic Centre,
High Street,
Esher,
Surrey,
KT10 9SD
Tel: 01372 474474
|General Enquiry

Exercise Referral Scheme

Why Exercise?

Almost everyone can do some level of exercise, which can have great benefits for your health.

Exercise helps to:

Reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, coronary artery disease, osteoporosis
Increase joint flexibility, muscle strength, bone density
Manage weight, Type 2 diabetes, disability
Improve self-esteem
Lower blood Pressure, total cholesterol levels, stress

What is Exercise Referral?:

The Exercise Referral project is a scheme organised by Elmbridge Borough Council's Leisure and Cultural Services, which enables healthcare professionals to refer patients for supervised exercise:

Gym sessions at:

Xcel Leisure Complex, Walton-on-Thames

Circuit classes at:

The Xcel Leisure Complex, Walton-on-Thames

In order to be accepted onto the exercise referral scheme, approval from your healthcare professional is needed, along with information regarding the reason for referral. All referring healthcare professionals need to be registered to the scheme. To check if a healthcare specialist is registered contact the |Health Development Officer

What do I do next:

Discuss your suitability for referral onto the scheme with your healthcare professional. If your healthcare professional (GP, physiotherapist, hospital specialist) is registered to the scheme and happy to refer you they will give you a completed referral form explaining why you need to join this scheme. You need to then make an appointment for an assessment by calling the |Health Development Officer. When attending your assesment you need to wear loose and comfortable clothing with suitable gym shoes, and don't forget to bring your referral form!

What happens at the assessment?

At the first appointment an exercise referral specialist assesses your fitness levels. These results, along with the reason for referral, enables a gym, or circuit programme to be designed for you.
You are then shown how to use the gym equipment or carry out the circuit exercises. Your programme will be designed according to your specific needs and ability so you should not feel out of your depth.
You can then attend supervised gym sessions for a reduced rate, or circuit classe,s at specified times.
At the end of approximately 10 weeks you are given a fitness reassessment and reduced rate membership of the gym is offered, or you can continue with your circuit classes.
You can also attend unsupervised swim sessions at the Xcel complex at a reduced rate.

Where can I go?

You can decide which location is most convenient for you:

Xcel Leisure Complex

Waterside Drive

Walton-on-Thames KT12 2JG

Telephone: 01932 260300

Supervised gym sessions on Tuesday and Friday between 11:30 - 14:30. Also on Sunday between 14:30 - 17:30.

Circuit class on Monday from 09:45 to 11:00

Is there an alternative?

|Yes... Elmbridge Healthy Walks

Useful Links

|BBC online -Latest health news from the BBC

|British Heart Foundation website