For Healthcare Professionals
Exercise-Focused Education & Coaching for Adults With Diabetes
Glucose Balance Training is designed to complement the care provided by endocrinologists, diabetes care and education specialists, and other healthcare professionals by helping adults with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes better understand how exercise may affect their glucose and become more confident being physically active.
GBT focuses specifically on exercise education, glucose-pattern awareness, practical activity planning, and helping individuals build sustainable exercise routines.
Our goal is to support your work—not replace it.
Who to Refer
Glucose Balance Training may be appropriate for adults with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes who are medically appropriate for exercise and who:
• Know they should exercise but are unsure how to begin
• Feel anxious about glucose changes during or after activity
• Have difficulty understanding how different types of exercise affect their glucose
• Want help recognizing their individual exercise-and-glucose patterns
• Need structure, education, and accountability to become more active
• Would benefit from a practical, personalized starting exercise plan
GBT can provide the exercise-focused support that is often difficult to cover during a traditional medical visit.
How GBT Supports Your Patients
GBT provides exercise-focused education and coaching that complements the patient’s existing diabetes care plan.
• Helps patients better understand how different types of exercise may affect glucose
• Encourages glucose-pattern awareness around physical activity
• Provides practical exercise planning and goal-setting
• Reinforces safe, gradual progression into regular activity
• Supports confidence and consistency with exercise
• Provides tracking tools and educational resources
• Encourages appropriate follow-up with the patient’s healthcare team when medical or medication questions arise
GBT does not diagnose, prescribe, or independently change medications or insulin. Medical decisions remain with the patient’s healthcare team
Scope of Practice
Glucose Balance Training provides exercise-focused education and coaching for adults with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.
GBT may include:
• Exercise education and activity planning
• Guidance for recognizing exercise-and-glucose patterns
• General education related to hydration, recovery, and exercise preparation
• Support for building a safe, realistic, and sustainable exercise routine
• Tracking tools and educational resources
• Communication back to the patient’s healthcare team when appropriate
GBT does not:
• Diagnose or treat medical conditions
• Prescribe or change medications
• Independently adjust insulin doses
• Provide medical nutrition therapy
• Replace diabetes self-management education and support, medical care, or the patient’s healthcare team
Medical decisions remain with the patient’s licensed healthcare professionals.
How to Refer a Patient
Referring to Glucose Balance Training is simple.
• Identify an adult with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes who may benefit from exercise-focused education and coaching
• Provide the patient with Glucose Balance Training information or direct them to the GBT website
• The patient can contact GBT directly to discuss the most appropriate starting option
• When appropriate, GBT can encourage the patient to remain in communication with their healthcare team regarding medical or medication-related questions
Program Options
Exercise Foundations — $75
One 60-minute individual session for patients who need education, confidence, and a practical starting exercise plan.
4-Week Glucose Balance Training Program — $200
More comprehensive one-on-one coaching for patients who need continued education, pattern recognition, accountability, and a personalized long-term exercise strategy.
Healthcare professionals do not need to determine which program is best. Refer the patient to GBT, and we can help them identify the most appropriate starting point.
Refer a Patient to Glucose Balance Training
If you have a patient who may benefit from exercise-focused education and coaching, Glucose Balance Training would be glad to support them as part of their broader diabetes care.
Questions about GBT or patient referrals? Contact Brent Wiley, Exercise Physiologist.