[Collaboration with Health Insurance Unions] FRACTAL WORKOUT Launches Medical Fitness Course Using Designated Exercise Therapy Facilities

Fractal Workout Inc. has launched a medical fitness course at its "FRACTAL WORKOUT" personal training gym for executives, located in front of Harajuku Station, with the intention of collaborating with health insurance unions.

As both a health promotion facility and a designated exercise therapy facility, FRACTAL WORKOUT provides exercise therapy for the purpose of treating diseases based on physicians' prescriptions. Under the MHLW (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) system, if exercise therapy prescribed by a doctor is conducted at a designated exercise therapy facility, facility fees may be eligible for medical expense deductions under certain conditions.

The course supports health insurance unions in guiding their members, introducing the facility on union websites, establishing referral paths from medical institutions, and organizing usage flows based on exercise therapy prescriptions.

Background of the Launch Health insurance unions often face challenges in determining how to provide continuous exercise opportunities for members after health checkups or health initiatives, beyond medical care and lifestyle guidance.

Busy individuals, including executives, directors, managers, and professionals, often find it difficult to maintain exercise programs at general fitness facilities even when doctors suggest the necessity of exercise therapy.

Designated exercise therapy facilities are positioned as suitable venues for conducting exercise therapy for disease treatment based on doctor's prescriptions. MHLW notifications indicate that target diseases include hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, and ischemic heart disease, where a doctor judges that exercise therapy is appropriate for the condition.

Leveraging its location in front of Harajuku Station, a private, by-appointment-only environment, and its operational system as a personal training gym for executives, FRACTAL WORKOUT is initiating collaboration consultations as a medical fitness course that health insurance unions can easily recommend to their members.

Positioning of the Course This course is not primarily aimed at preventive medicine or general health promotion. Exercise therapy as a designated exercise therapy facility is intended for individuals who have been diagnosed with a disease and for whom a doctor has judged that exercise therapy is appropriate.

Expected Collaboration with Health Insurance Unions FRACTAL WORKOUT offers the following collaboration consultation services for health insurance unions: - Development of facility guidance for members - Posting facility information on union websites - Explanation of usage flows as a designated exercise therapy facility - Organization of usage paths based on exercise therapy prescriptions - Consultation for facility usage following medical referrals - Preparation of referral destinations after interviews with industrial physicians/public health nurses - Organization of guidance methods for executives, directors, managers, and professionals - Guidance paths for medical expense deduction considerations

Features of the Personal Training Gym for Executives FRACTAL WORKOUT is a personal training gym for executives based in front of Harajuku Station. Instead of large-scale general fitness facilities, it provides a private, by-appointment-only environment where busy individuals, such as executives, directors, professionals, doctors, hospital directors, and managers, can easily sustain their programs.

Target Members - Individuals diagnosed with hypertension who are deemed appropriate for exercise therapy by a doctor. - Individuals diagnosed with dyslipidemia who are deemed appropriate for exercise therapy by a doctor. - Individuals diagnosed with diabetes who are deemed appropriate for exercise therapy by a doctor. - Individuals with ischemic heart disease, etc., who are deemed appropriate for exercise therapy by a doctor. - Others deemed appropriate for exercise therapy by a doctor based on their clinical condition.