Exercise as Medicine—Evidence for Prescribing Exercise for the National Health Priority Areas: An Umbrella Review

Sport and exercise medicine: leading the race towards net zero

“…Many pharmaceuticals—particularly opioid painkillers—are also overprescribed in musculoskeletal medicine. By contrast, exercise programmes remain underused throughout medicine7 and appear to help for the majority of musculoskeletal complaints, along with preventing and treating diseases such as cardiovascular, cancer and psychiatric conditions 7…”