What criteria do you use to measure a person's 'health fitness'?

What criteria do you use to measure a person's 'health fitness'?

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The criteria to measure a persons health fitness is actually fairly complex. All athletic endeavors are based on a combination of balance strength and flexibility. When we judge someone from an orthopedic standpoint for fitness, we're looking for a balance of all of those activities and all of those balances. From a general medical standpoint, I rely very much on the internist to help us with determining the cardio-logic standpoint, kidney standpoint, liver functions, and getting the patient in good general health, prior to us seeing them as a sports medicine or orthopedic surgeon.