New health centre in Capital

Burjeel Hospital, a pioneering healthcare and wellness facility in Abu Dhabi offering advanced and world-class services across specializations, has joined hands with American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), to launch Burjeel Fitness Center, a first of its kind health club in the region combining fitness regime with medical expertise.

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Published: Fri 4 May 2012, 1:16 AM

Last updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 1:57 PM

As part of Burjeel Hospital’s effort to promote ACSM’s Exercise is Medicine initiative and bring the practice to the UAE, the Burjeel Fitness Center will have certified health and fitness professionals who will complement the doctors by supervising patients based on the exercise prescription and developing evidence based progressions in the exercise programmes to ensure the prevention, treatment and management over 40 common chronic conditions.

Resources such as educational materials and action guides will be provided to patients to further encourage them to move towards a healthier life.

The services at the Burjeel Fitness Center comprise of activities for various intensity levels including post-rehabilitation programs, weight-loss programs, functional training programs, group exercise and yoga.

The programme will work closely with Burjeel Hospital physicians.


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