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- Price
- CHF 60–130
- Next appointment
- Available Fri, 16 Oct
Exercise therapy
Exercise therapy is targeted, supervised training: endurance, strength and flexibility, matched to your complaints and what you can manage. The aim is to become more active step by step and to stay that way.
- therapists
- 2
- session length
- 30–60 min
Therascout does not diagnose. Have new, severe or persistent complaints checked by a doctor first. In an emergency: 144
Origin and approach
Exercise therapy is offered in physiotherapy practices (for example as medical training therapy), in clinics and in group programmes. Regular exercise acts on body and mind; how much depends on the complaint.
What a session is like
Length: 30–60 min- You start by assessing complaints, goals and what you can manage.
- You train under supervision, alone or in a group, and increase the load slowly.
- You get a programme for home so that exercise becomes part of daily life.
Exercise therapy: what is it used for?
- Chronic pain: exercise programmes improve pain and function somewhat.
- Low mood: exercise eases depressive symptoms; the studies are often small.
- Cancer-related fatigue and period pain; there are positive studies here.
In ME/CFS, graded exercise programmes are no longer recommended.
How well is the effect supported?
Complaints for which this method is commonly used, sorted by the state of research. The rating shows how well the effect is supported, not whether it will help you.
What do the dots mean?How to read the rating
- Established
- recommended in guidelines, well studied
- Partly supported
- effect shown in studies, with limitations
- Limited evidence
- few or weak studies
- Hardly studied
- used, but hardly or not studied
The rating covers the research, not the therapist.
- Partly supported
Chronic pain
Exercise programmes can improve pain and function somewhat. The effects are small to moderate and vary between studies. Harm is unlikely.
- Partly supported
Exhaustion and fatigue
In cancer-related fatigue, aerobic exercise reduces tiredness. In ME/CFS, graded exercise programmes are no longer recommended.
- Partly supported
Low mood and depression
Exercise eases depressive symptoms, according to Cochrane about as well as psychotherapy. However, the studies are often small.
- Partly supported
Menstrual complaints
Regular exercise, including yoga, can clearly reduce period pain. The evidence is of low quality.
Therapists: Exercise therapy
Costs and health insurance
- Basic insurance
- Basic insurance if prescribed by a doctor (as physiotherapy), otherwise supplementary insurance.
- Supplementary insurance
- may cover additional services, depending on your policy.
- Your insurer
- Each profile shows which insurers recognise the therapist.
- Practice prices
- See prices in each practice profile.
Good to know
- With a doctor's referral, exercise therapy can be billed to basic insurance as physiotherapy; classes without a referral are usually self-paid.
- With heart disease, severe pain or marked exhaustion, check with your doctor first how much exercise is right for you.
Training and recognition in Switzerland
Exercise therapy is led by physiotherapists, sports scientists and movement therapists with a federal diploma. With a doctor's referral basic insurance pays, otherwise supplementary insurance sometimes does.