Breast Cancer Recovery Exercises After Reconstruction
The recovery from breast cancer often involves reconstructive surgery that can impact muscles and movement elsewhere in the body. As a certified personal trainer, working [...]
Success in Cerebral Palsy Strength Training: CP Means “Continual Progress”
For many able-bodied clients, the goal of strength training is simply to improve appearance and increase strength. Such has not always been the case for [...]
Plant-Based vs DASH Diet for Heart Disease: Are They One in the Same?
Heart disease is the #1 killer in America. There seems to be a cloud of misleading myths circulating around the disease. It used to be [...]
The Osteoporosis and Cancer Connection
Cancer treatment and recovery pose many challenges for a fitness client, including an increased risk for bone loss. Knowing the risks as well as the [...]
The Dangerous Difference Between Ketosis and Ketoacidosis
With the ketogenic diet being among popular "weight loss" diets today, learning how the fat-fueled process of ketosis is different from the potentially deadly [...]
Training the Diabetic Client
The effects of diabetes may be ameliorated by a well-designed exercise program, giving personal trainers an opportunity to do more for these clients than improving [...]
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – What Fitness Professionals Need to Know
Because the symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), can be exacerbated by exertion, there are key points every fitness professional can keep [...]
Medication and Exercise: Interactions and Implications
Millions of Americans currently take prescribed medications to manage various chronic conditions making it imperative for personal trainers to understand medication side effects and how [...]
Exercises for Personal Trainers Working with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Clients
People diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) are often overlooked as candidates for a solid and rewarding fitness program. For many years they have been told [...]
Lymphatic System Logistics for Exercise
The lymphatic system is tied to the optimal functioning of almost every aspect of the human body. It plays a role in injury and muscle [...]