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Making supervised exercise interventions accessible and affordable is the whole point of F&H Exercise Specialists. For a lot of people, HSA and FSA dollars are how that happens.

Under IRS Section 213(d), exercise programming can qualify as a reimbursable medical expense when prescribed for a diagnosed condition, in person or via telehealth.

Have an HSA or FSA and a condition like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, or heart disease? You may qualify.

Reach out or book a free consultation, and we'll help you find out.

Eligibility varies by plan. Always confirm with your administrator.

#HSA #FSA #ExerciseIsMedicine #ChronicDiseaseManagement #ExercisePhysiology #SaltLakeCity by @functionhealthspan

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Modern medicine is brilliant at treating. It was never really built to manage.

Treating is episodic. A problem appears, it's addressed, and you're discharged. That's exactly what you want for a broken bone or a surgery.

But chronic conditions, aging, and recovery don't have a discharge date. They're managed, continuously, for years. And exercise is one of the most powerful management tools there is. The system just has no structured way to hand it to you.

That's the space Function & Healthspan works in.

Over the next few posts, we'll break this down across three areas of care: chronic disease, healthy aging, and life after physical therapy.

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#ExerciseIsMedicine #ExerciseTherapy #ChronicDiseaseManagement #HealthyAging #PostRehab #SaltLakeCity #ExercisePhysiology by @functionhealthspan

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There's living a long time, and there's living well the whole way through.

Lifespan is how many years you get. Healthspan is how good those years feel. Strong, steady, and able to do the things you love.

That's what we care about most at Function & Healthspan. We help you build your healthspan, and the research says the years tend to add up, too.

For those who qualify, pre-tax HSA or FSA dollars can help cover it.

If that's the kind of aging you want, reach out or book a free consultation.

Eligibility varies by plan. Confirm with your administrator.

#Healthspan #HealthyAging #Longevity #ExerciseIsMedicine #ExercisePhysiology #SaltLakeCity by @functionhealthspan

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Most providers will tell you to exercise for high blood pressure, but not many help you actually do it.

Regular exercise is one of the most proven ways to lower blood pressure. People who stay active have roughly 25% lower stroke risk and 20% lower heart disease risk than those who don't.

At Function & Healthspan, an exercise physiologist builds the right program, monitors your response, and coordinates with your provider, so you get the benefit without having to guess.

And for those who qualify, pre-tax HSA or FSA dollars can help cover the cost when hypertension is diagnosed and your provider prescribes it, with a Letter of Medical Necessity.

Message me or book a free consultation.

Not medical advice. Work with your provider and do not change medications on your own. Eligibility varies by plan.

#Hypertension #BloodPressure #ExerciseIsMedicine #HeartHealth #ExercisePhysiology #SaltLakeCity by @functionhealthspan

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3 months ago

On a GLP-1? Don't let the muscle go with the fat.

Medications like semaglutide, tirzepatide, and liraglutide work, but a large share of the weight lost can be muscle, which quietly weakens your strength and metabolism and makes the weight easier to regain.

That's exactly what we're here for. At Function & Healthspan, we build supervised resistance training around your medication to protect muscle, strength, and metabolic health while you lose fat, and to help you hold the results after you stop.

One more thing worth knowing: if your GLP-1 was prescribed for a diagnosed condition, your program may be HSA or FSA eligible with a Letter of Medical Necessity.

Message us or book a free consultation, and we'll build the plan around you.

Not medical advice. F&H does not prescribe medication. Eligibility varies by plan; confirm with your administrator.

#GLP1 #ResistanceTraining #WeightLoss #ExerciseIsMedicine #ExercisePhysiology #SaltLakeCity by @functionhealthspan

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A breakdown of a 2026 review that was published just a few days ago in the American Journal of Health Promotion on supervised exercise as a treatment for chronic conditions.

Across heart disease, diabetes, cancer survivorship, pulmonary disease, and older adults, supervised exercise improved outcomes and kept people engaged, with adherence over 80 percent, well above exercising alone. It was cost-effective across conditions, with savings often reported within the first year.

The review also lays out what needs to change:
1. Make supervised exercise part of standard chronic-disease care
2. Build real referral pathways, expand coverage beyond cardiac and pulmonary rehab
3. Use telehealth to reach rural and underserved patients, and remove cost and transportation barriers for the people who need it most.

To be clear: these numbers come from published research, not from my own clients or results. Delivering supervised, evidence-based exercise like this is the mission behind Function & Healthspan and extremely relevant to what we are aiming to accomplish.

Source: Abdullah K, Ablah E, Collie-Akers V, Whitsel LP. Supervised Exercise Interventions: Evidence, Outcomes, and Policy Implications for Chronic Disease Management. American Journal of Health Promotion, 2026.

#ExerciseIsMedicine #SupervisedExercise #ChronicDiseaseManagement #ExercisePhysiology #HealthEquity by @functionhealthspan

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3 months ago

Personal trainer or exercise physiologist?

Both have their place. A personal trainer is a great fit for generally healthy people working on overall fitness, strength, and performance.

An exercise physiologist is trained for something different, and that’s the work we do at F&H: programming for special populations. Stable cardiovascular and metabolic conditions, older adults building functional capacity and reducing fall risk, and people maintaining their progress after rehab.

At Function & Healthspan it goes a step further. We track health outcomes in HIPAA-compliant software and coordinate with your existing providers, so your program is built around your real health, not guesswork.

Free consultation at functionhealthspan.com

#ExercisePhysiology #ExerciseIsMedicine #ChronicDiseaseManagement #HealthyAging #FallRiskReduction by @functionhealthspan

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Hi, I'm Charles Hooper, founder of Function & Healthspan Exercise Specialists here in Salt Lake City. I'm an ACSM-Certified Exercise Physiologist with a degree in Health and Kinesiology.

The mission is simple. Outcome-focused exercise therapy that is affordable, and delivered in partnership with the providers already caring for you.

Before this, I spent time in a physical therapy clinic, where I kept seeing the same thing: people would finish their care, feel better, and then get sent off with nowhere built to help them keep going. I saw the same issue in traditional healthcare settings when patients got discharged upon completion of their acute treatments. I started F&H to be that next step, and to actually get to know the people I work with, their history, their goals, and what hasn't worked before.

Traditional healthcare is great at treating acute problems: the flare-up, the surgery, the injury. It was never built to manage the conditions people live with for years, or to help older adults stay ahead of decline. That ongoing work is where we come in.

We work with people managing chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, older adults focused on strength, balance, and independence, and people finished with physical therapy who need a next step.

We keep it affordable and coordinated by building real relationships with local providers. Outcome-focused care should not be a luxury.

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#ExercisePhysiology #ExerciseIsMedicine #ChronicDiseaseManagement #HealthyAging #SaltLakeCity #FunctionAndHealthspan by @functionhealthspan

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PT and OT are who you see after a fall. We're part of how you lower the odds of having one.

That's not a knock on therapy. It's how it's built. Physical and occupational therapy step in after an event and restore what was lost, then discharge you. Essential work.

But fall risk is something you can work on before anything happens, and keep working on for years. Strength, balance, and the functional capacity to get off the floor, out of a chair, and up from the car, built proactively and maintained.

That's healthy-aging programming, and it's a long game, not an episode.

Free consultation at functionhealthspan.com

#HealthyAging #FallRiskReduction #StrengthForLife #ExerciseTherapy #AgingWell #SaltLakeCity by @functionhealthspan

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4 months ago

Physical therapy gets you discharged. The question nobody answers: then what keeps the progress?

PT is focused and effective. It addresses a specific injury or diagnosis and, by design, ends when that's resolved. But the strength and mobility you rebuilt don't maintain themselves. Without a next step, a lot of people quietly slide back toward where they started.

Post-rehab support is that next step: supervised exercise programming that protects what you earned in therapy and keeps progressing it. Not a do-over, a continuation.

If you've been discharged and weren't sure what came next, this is it.

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#PostRehab #PhysicalTherapy #ExerciseTherapy #ExerciseIsMedicine #Rehabilitation #SaltLakeCity by @functionhealthspan

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4 months ago

A flare-up gets treated. The condition underneath it gets managed, or it doesn't.

Acute rehabilitation does exactly what it's built to do: get you through a specific episode, then discharge you. But the chronic condition driving things, like diabetes, hypertension, or heart disease, doesn't get discharged. It's a daily, weekly, yearly job.

Exercise is one of the most effective tools for that job. Not as a one-time prescription, but as ongoing, individualized programming that adapts as you do.

That's the part we handle: the management that picks up where acute care leaves off.

Free consultation at functionhealthspan.com

#ChronicDiseaseManagement #ExerciseIsMedicine #Type2Diabetes #HeartHealth #ExerciseTherapy #SaltLakeCity by @functionhealthspan

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