Local
- Long Island Health Collaborative
- NCOA: Falls Free Long Island
- Workshops for the older person to help maintain balance and prevent falls and decrease arthritis pain
- YMCA
- YMCA branches are equipped for health and fitness activities, childcare and education, swimming, and water fitness, and more. The Y does not just strengthen bodies, it also strengthens community through programs that focus on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.
- Livestrong at the YMCA
12 week program with certified fitness instructors trained in cancer survivorship, cancer support
- Suffolk Y Jewish community center, Commack
- Provides a lot of fitness activities including gyms, classes for adults and elderly, as well as water aerobics
- Suffolk County Fitness Nutrition Resource
- A compilation of fitness and nutrition resources in Suffolk County, including Parks with Hiking Trails, Guided Trail outings offered, Town Parks and Recreation Departments, YMCA locations, Healthy Lifestyle phone apps, and online resources for nutrition and physical activity.
- Gyms - silver sneakers program
- Available for no cost for adults 65+ through Medicare plans, the Silver Sneakers program provides in-person classes designed for seniors as well as live online classes and workshops and on-demand video workouts.
- Exercise Science Inc.
- Exercise rehabilitation with exercise physiologist accredited by ACSM: facilities in Selden and Uniondale
- Senior centers Brookhaven Town
- A list of locations of senior citizen clubs for the Town of Brookhaven (must be a taxpaying resident of the town to join). Many offer exercise, yoga, and Tai Chi classes.
- Libraries offer yoga, tai chi and other fall prevention and exercise classes
- Call your local library or check their website!
- Suffolk County hiking and biking
- Long Island trails and hiking paths from beaches to woodlands, this website provides several of the breath-taking state parks in Suffolk County designed specifically for hiking and off-road biking. If you do not have access to a bike, there are locations to find a rental.
- Mall Walkers Club
Enjoy a morning of exercise, complimentary snack, blood pressure screening and an informative health lecture by a Stony Brook Medicine expert. Walking is a low-impact, low-risk and easy aerobic exercise that conditions your heart and lungs while engaging your whole body. And Stony Brook Medicine's Mall Walkers Club at the Smith Haven Mall offers the perfect weatherproof environment for walking — with a safe climate-controlled temperature, good lighting, a clean flat surface to walk on, convenient rest rooms and of course, lots of great stores to window shop.
Use mall entrance by the food court.
One Wednesday a month at 10 am. Presentations begin at 10:30 am.
For more information: Community Relations, (631) 632-6275. - Rock Steady Boxing
- Commack for patients with Parkinson’s, locations available on LI
- Enter your ZIP code to find a location near you at this link
- CLIMB: Concerned Long Island Mountain Bicyclists
- Water Aerobics/Aqua Fit Classes
- Water aerobics are very useful for seniors with arthritis as an exercise. Check the following links for classes near you, but inquire at your local gyms as well.
- YMCA water aerobics
- Gold's Gym
- LA Fitness Aqua Fit Class
List of certified trainers and exercise physiologists.
To find reliable trainers and/or exercise physiologists, check registry of exercise professionals US Registry of Exercise Professionals and look for those who belong to: NSCA National Strength and Conditioning Association and ACSM The American College of Sports Medicine and who have the following certifications: CSTS (Certified Strength Training Specialist), EP (exercise physiologist), CEP (Clinical exercise physiologists).
Exercise Physiologists (bachelor degree in exercise physiology or equivalent) and Clinical Exercise Physiologists (master degree in exercise physiology or equivalent) are trained to work with patients with injuries, chronic diseases, strokes and more complicated medical conditions. You can also look for them in the link of exercise physiologists certified by American College of Sports Medicine
