Chapter 1: Role and Scope of Practice for Personal Trainers Flashcards
Health benefits of exercising
Children: improved bone health
Adults: lower risk of all-cause mortality
LOTS OF BENEFITS
Key risk factors for chronic disease
Tobacco Use Poor Nutrition Lack of Physical Activity Excessive Alcohol Use * Sedentary behaviors (prolonged sitting) will one day join the list
Definition of Scope of Practice
Legal range of services that the professionals can provide in their field, the settings in which these may be provided, and the guidelines and parameters that need to be followed
Actions within Scope of Practice for Personal Trainer
- Assessing exercise limitations that exist.
- Finding the possible risk factors through assessments
- Referring clients to the appropriate medical professionals through allied healthcare.
- Referral to someone who may help with diet and nutrition plans.
- Following the guidelines for programming clients programs that are set throughout this book.
- Using exercise programs to help clients for the betterment of their overall health.
- Designing programs for clients once they are released from rehab
- Using coaching techniques to support your clients through changing behaviors.
- Providing advice on the general health and wellness for people.
- Documentation of the progress and reporting it to the right professionals with the permission of the client.
- Helping clients to adhere to the programs set by their physical therapists or physicians.
Actions outside Scope of Practice for Personal Trainer
- Diagnosing any illnesses or diseases for clients
- Prescribing diets or nutritional supplements for clients.
- The treatment of injuries or diseases or even the rehab of an injury.
- Monitoring the clinical progress of medically referred clients.
- Counseling clients.
Trainer’s main responsibility is…
Protect the public from any kind of harm when training them
Most important thing to develop first with a client
Rapport (trust)
Clients will usually have someone who is responsible for general medicine care, who is called a…?
Primary care physician
If referred by their pysician, personal trainers should obtain _____ from the client?
A written permission
Stimulate specific points on the body using thin, stainless steel needles, electrical stimulation, and etc. to treat issues including chronic pain in the low-back, neck, and due to osteoarthritis
Acupuncturists
Responsibilities include injury prevention, emergency care, and therapeutic intervention
Athletic Trainers
Cares for patients neuromuscular system through adjustments (cannot prescribe)
Chiropractors
Counsel clients on nutritional issues and healthy eating habits
Dietitians
Trained to work with individuals with chronic diseases where exercise training has been shown to be of therapeutic benefit
Exercise Physiologist
Helps clients identify and achieve desired health-behavior changes
Health Coaches
