How to Refer to the Kidfit Exercise Physiology Services

If you are an individual or have a client who you feel would benefit from Exercise Physiology Treatment or advice, Kidfit Exercise Physiology Services specialise in helping parents and or children recover from pain and injury, increase their motivation and compliance with physical activity, exercise safely, and manage and prevent health conditions such as depression, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis and asthma.

What is involved in a Kidfit Exercise Physiology Service Consultation?

• Initial consultation
  • family physical activity behaviour
  • current medications 
  • injury  history
  • current barriers to physical activity participation
• Healthy lifestyle goals for both parent and child
  • Short and long term
• Initial exercise assessment
• Exercise and physical activity programming that fits into your family life and promotes family attachment to physical activity and play
• Integration to local 0- 2 years, 2-5 years, 5-12 years  programs that promote parent physical activity and social connection and movement and language development for babies.
• Delivery of  Specific Program Safety Guidelines
• Follow up 1 month, and 3 months later
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• Why are Kidfit Exercise Physiology Services Important?

   

  • In order to develop programs for parents that can be incorporated into daily living, it is necessary to be aware of the barriers that can prevent parents from accessing some health services
  • Often it is difficult for parents to attend health services with their children. At Kidfit we provide programs that incorporate your child into your program so as your child is learning from your own physical activity program whilst parents are able to obtain the required amount of physical activity for themselves.
  • We also provide home visit services for parents who may not have transport and assist parents with accessing their local recreation services and programs that may be within walking distance.

   

  How can families access Kidfit Exercise Physiology Services?

  Bulk Billed - Enhanced Primary Care (EPC) Patients:

  Parents of children and some children (children with diabetes, asthma, depression, obesity)  are able to access treatment through the EPC System under a Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Allied Health (Individual) Medicare Item.

  All Exercise Physiology services under the enhanced primary care plan (EPC) are bulk billed provided the patient is eligible for the Chronic Disease Management Item.

  Patients are considered eligible for the Chronic Disease Management Items if their GP has completed the following items in the previous 2 years:

  ·         a GP Management Plan (Item 721 or review item 725 or 732) and

  ·         Team Care Arrangement (Item 723 or review item 727 or 732)