Pre-exercise Screening
Thursday July 21, 2011 – Thursday July 21, 2011
UniSA City East Campus, Playford Building
Description:
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Pre-exercise screening creates a foundation for safe, effective and client focused training.
Considering the increasing health needs of the population, and the opportunity for these needs to be addressed in fitness settings, being able to identify the level of cardiovascular and metabolic risk of new clients will ensure that exercise programming can appropriately match those needs, as well as facilitate well educated referrals to medical and allied health practitioners.
A brand new Screening tool has been developed that can be specifically used by the fitness industry, by a collaboration between Fitness Australia (FA), Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA), and Sports Medicine Australia (SMA).
This is the first workshop of its kind in Australia to train and equip you to use this screening tool. At the workshop you will learn:
The process taken to develop the screen to ensure its specificity to the Australian Fitness Industry- The extensive background to each of the questions to ensure you understand their implications
- How to conduct each of the measurements and tests included in the tool
- how to apply the results obtained based on various case studies.
- How to refer when appropriate – to the right practitioner, and in the most effective way.
The workshop will be headed by Professor Kevin Norton, who was the chair of the development group of the tool. He will be supported by a number of Exercise Physiologists, including Nicole Lewis and Belinda Norton (from the University of South Australia), Dr Nathan Harten (iNform Health and Fitness Solutions) and Max Martin (Corrective Exercise Australia).
To ensure the broadest access to this workshop possible, the it will be worth 6 CECs, and the registration cost has been kept to a minimum due a subsidy by Fitness Australia.
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When: Thursday 21st July
Time: 9am (registrations) for 9:30 start – 4pm
Where: University of South Australia – City East Campus. Playford Building – Level 6, Room P6-19
Catering: mid morning and afternoon tea provided. Can bring lunch or purchase from near-by cafes (Uni Cafe + Rundle Street, etc)
CECs: 6
Cost: $45
Allow time to find carpark and room!
TAFE SA say no to crunches!
It is with much excitement that I can share with you that today I had a meeting with the lecturers from TAFE SA’s Fitness program. The meeting occurred at their request, as thy wanted a review of the evidence of the risks and benefits of different forms of core/abdominal/trunk training.
After viewing the evidence, and much discussion about practical delivery of this information, a consensus was reached that the material delivered to Cert 3 and 4 students would need to change to take into account the large body of evidence pointing to crunches and sit-ups as exercises that fail the risk-to-benefit test.
We discussed practical, useful, and functional ways to challenge the core/abs, and even to achieve that desired six-pack!!
I’m very excited, and feel privileged to have been able to be a part of such a meeting, and to be able to facilitate the technical discussions that were had. I think this is a huge step forward for our Industry. I also really appreciate the open and flexible attitude of the TAFE lecturers who are obviously very interested in providing the best possible information to their students!
Putting the ‘Allied’ into ‘Allied Health’ Part 2
I have received some interesting responses to my previous post on this topic- unfortunately most of them have been of horror stories of practioners that people know of who practice like my friend the Osteopath. I guess it was an oversight of mine not to give a specific example of a client who has been fortunate enough to be handled by true ‘Allied Health Practitioners and had a positive outcome. The truth is I could write about at least fifty of my current or past clients, but I think it would be appropriate if I detailed the experiences of the client I was referring to last time.
The brief back ground of this client is as follows:
- Woman, early fifties, 20+kg overweight, has recently torn her left tibialis posterior tendon (overuse, with flat feet and excess wieght being causative factors). She was also experiencing low back pain and SIJ pain due to compensatory gait patterns. She hopes to reduce her foot pain sufficiently within 2 months as she is travelling to Europe for 6weeks with her family.
She decided to continue see me and her Podiatrist, and upon the Pod’s advice, saw an Orthopaedic Surgeon who has a typically conservative approach. The surgeon has advised staying off her feet as much as possible, losing some weight and wear the Podiatrist’s brace religiously. He has advised surgery if no improvement is seen.
In response she has started a reduced calorie eating plan, hired an exercise bike and worn the brace day and night.
As a result she has already lost 3kg, her foot has improved dramatically and her back and SIJ’s are also feeling better. She has continued to train, and we have been able to do some pretty vigourous sessions with no risk to exacerbating her injuries. Due to the guidance of these two practitioners I have had the confidence to work her hard within safe boundaries.
This, so far has been a great situation for everybody. What would her experience have been like if she had gone to the Osteo, and removed herself from this colaborative network? Who knows.
What I do know is that in the future, I would do nothing different, my client would do the same and she will have every confidence in the advice I give in the future.
YOU are your body and mind
I just wanted to point you towards a brilliant post by in-house nerd, Scott Wood, on how we deal with our pain.
This post is a great little insight into some of our typical reactions, and could apply to how we respond to so many areas of our life! Understanding that ‘pain’ is the way our brain interprets a multitude of factors is a key step to start dealing with each of those factors to change the way we feel and hence what we experience. Obviously this will give you some very useful tools to be able to coach your clients through their rehab process.
I definitely recommend a read of it! – it was posted in our iNform blog and facebook page, so click on the links to read it!
Enjoy!
Max
The Swinging of the Pendulum – Filex2011 update1
True to form Filex2011 offered us a delicious smorgasbord of presenters and sessions, from yoga to plyommetrics, marketing to corrective exercise, from pre-choreographed group exercise to award winning researchers and professors, and everything in between to suit the fussiest of delegates. As I expected it brought the latest and greatest information in fitness and exercise, but I question if it was all delivered in a context that makes it useful for actual application.
its easy to get a crush on sexy new information
We need to be aware that its easy to get a crush on sexy new information that may make a lot of sense when presented by a dynamic, convincing and well meaning educator (or two). The question I always ask myself is: would I be comfortable to introduce this sexy young thing to my friends (colleagues) and family (business and clients). Continue reading
Flexibility – achieving great movement
Sunday February 26, 2012 – Sunday February 26, 2012
9 Kensington Rd
Description:
Workshop from 9:30 am – 4pm (please arrive at 9:15am for registration)
Registrations close on Wednesday February 22nd, 2011.
Crunches: An aptly named exercise
I don’t like abdominal crunches. I don’t prescribe them, and don’t like the fact they are still widely prescribed. I think they are, for most people, a bad exercise. There are three major reasons why. Continue reading
Tight hamstrings in horse-riding client!
Ok, so you you might not have a lot of horse-riding clients perhaps, but I was asked by a PT what I would do with such a client with chronically tight hamstrings. The answer actually fits for tight hamstrings in general, so I thought it would be worth while posting. hope it helps!
“Now in regards to your horse riding client (I’ve had a couple of these too!), as a general rule of thumb, a tightness is a compensation/protection due to a weakness somewhere else, and we find that in hamstrings this is related to glut (max and med) weakness > which is often due to poor core function. Especially in a horse riding position, where they are often holding a half squat position, where the core and hips have to absorb a lot of forces. So if they are weak in this chain/pattern, then the hamstrings tend to overwork and end up getting tight as a result. So I would ensure good core and glut function, and then progress adequately into positions that create a similar demand (eg. Bent over cable rows, deadlifts, etc) – but ensure you have good function first, otherwise you risk feeding the problem!”
The 6 Traits of Great Health Professionals
I gained my certification to practice in the health and fitness industry from University. That does not mean I discriminate against those who went to TAFE or a private education company- Rather, I believe that no matter how you got qualified, you are only at the embrionic stage of your education in this fantastic profession.
I was fortunate to learn this very early. As I was finishing my degree I landed a job with iNform Health and Fitness Solutions- an Exercise Physiology and Personal Training studio with a reputation for being leaders in the field in staff continued education. I quickly learnt that relative to my new colleagues, I knew very little! Continue reading
