Dear Fitness Professional;
Since 1995 I’ve had the good fortune to lecture and write on the topic of rehabilitative exercise to surgeons, physicians, physiotherapists and fitness professionals around the world.
Wherever I’ve spoken, I’ve always been impressed by the dedication of fitness professionals to help their clients who have been discharged from active treatment but want to continue their journey to improved health through exercise.
In addition to the dedication of these fitness professionals, is their concern to make sure they don’t make their clients worse through inappropriate exercise. This website is designed for this group of fitness professionals.
Where Problems arise for Fitness Professionals.
Problems can arise with post rehab clients for one of three reasons;
- You prescribe inappropriate exercises based on the client’s medical or health profile, specifically their condition, stage of healing and concurrent medical management.
- You prescribe appropriate exercises but at an inappropriate dose (intensity, volume)
- You prescribe exercises that the client cannot technically and safely execute (perform).
The mandate of Fitness Professionals in post rehab exercise is to;
- Identify inappropriate exercises for their clients based on their diagnosis, stage of healing and concurrent medical managment.
- Identify and prescribe all exercises at a safe and appropriate dose based on the client’s medical and health profile.
- Ensure that every client is instructed on how to perform every exercise with perfect technique.
- If a client is unable to technically perform an exercise perfectly, then it should not be prescribed to the client.
Postrehabexercise.com
This website was designed to help Fitness Professionals gain competency in working with post rehab clients and specific conditions.
We offer online narrated lectures that can be viewed from any computer in the world, twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.
If you’re interested in learning more about working with rehab clients, then I invite you to set up access to the remainder of this site by creating an account.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to working with you in the future.
Terry Kane, Physical Therapist
“Although exercise is important in rehabilitation, inappropriate exercise can cause permanent disability, even death. The key is knowing what exercises to avoid and those that are safe to do at each stage of tissue repair and maturation. Knowing the difference between appropriate and inappropriate exercise is the science of rehabilitative exercise.” – Terry Kane
