This continuing education course reviews the evidence indicating how exercise can benefit cancer survivors, as well as many of the challenges specific to working with this population. You will learn how you can best support cancer survivors in finding an exercise program that meets their needs, or even get started on developing a program yourself. You’ll gain an understanding of the symptoms and side effects and how to connect with the cancer support community. Research supports the benefits of exercise for clients who have cancer, and this will show you how to leverage the research for programming.
There are an estimated 1 billion obese persons worldwide across all groups in society. This course gives you the opportunity to look at existing research on core training and apply Pilates techniques and principles to a demographic that desperately need to be introduced to the powerhouse. You’ll review available research on Pilates and core training and explore possible solutions for training the obese client. You’ll find out what you need to know prior to working with obese clients, review some sample exercises and learn how to apply Pilates principles to the client.
“The knee bone’s connected to the thigh bone; the thigh bone’s connected to the hip bone; the hip bone’s connected to the back bone..." With 206 bones in the human body, that song could go on for quite a while. Bones serve a number of important roles, and this continuing education course will give you a better understanding of what those roles are and how to maintain healthy bones.
Through this course, you’ll gain knowledge on bone architecture and growth and become familiar with the research on exercise, nutrition and bone health. You’ll also learn the roles of calcium and vitamin D in maintaining optimum bone health, as well as discover the factors that place women at an increased risk for osteoporosis and bone injuries and how an increase in bone health will decrease the chances for injury or disease in women. So much great information in just one course!
High-protein diets—and their promises of muscle gain, weight loss and improved health—appeal to a wide diversity of people, from athletes to dieters. But how much and what kind of protein is best? This continuing education course will answer these questions, and many others. You’ll review protein function; learn about the latest research on the health benefits and risks of a high-protein diet; and gain practical tips on how to choose protein sources and appropriately answer clients’ questions. This course will help change the way you and your clients view protein forever.
There have been many myths, truths and controversies regarding stretching, and this continuing education course will attempt to clarify these issues with existing evidence-based science. You’ll obtain an understanding of the differences between stretching and warm-up, and gain a clearer, evidence-based picture of the benefits and myths surrounding stretching. You’ll be able to describe in detail the determinants of flexibility, define the different stretching methods to increase flexibility, and design a stretching regimen for your clients that incorporates the latest research and guidelines. This course will give you further insight into the uncertainty that exists about some proposed benefits of flexibility.
