Keep Fit: Marginal Ideas in Contemporary Therapeutic Exercise

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aut.relation.journalQualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Healthen_NZ
aut.relation.pages12
aut.relation.startpage1
aut.researcherNicholls, David
dc.contributor.authorNicholls, Den_NZ
dc.contributor.authorJachyra, Pen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorGibson, BEen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorFusco, Cen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorSetchell, Jen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-11T02:50:28Z
dc.date.available2019-04-11T02:50:28Z
dc.date.copyright2018-01-25en_NZ
dc.date.issued2018-01-25en_NZ
dc.description.abstractExercise has a long history as a therapeutic modality and has existed, in some form, in all cultures throughout recorded history. In recent years, therapeutic exercise has taken on new significance as a relatively low cost medical intervention designed to improve people’s health and well-being and reduce the downstream effects of comorbidity. Drawing our inspiration from Foucault and Deleuze, we argue that seeing therapeutic exercise as primarily ‘medical’ carries with it consequences – some recognised, others unseen – that are problematic and worthy of consideration. Our focus is on the acts of marginalisation, exile and exclusion implicit in the quotidian practice of therapeutic exercise, and how these acts mediate people’s daily lives. In the paper we explore how therapeutic exercise is being instrumentalised, normalised and constrained, arguing for much greater critical attention towards its putative ‘goodness’ and virtue as a health intervention.
dc.identifier.citationExercise and Health, 10:4, 400-411, DOI: 10.1080/2159676X.2017.1415220
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/2159676X.2017.1415220en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn2159-676Xen_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/12435
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)en_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2159676X.2017.1415220
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dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectTherapeutic exercise; Play; Foucault; Deleuze
dc.titleKeep Fit: Marginal Ideas in Contemporary Therapeutic Exerciseen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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