Imagine a client who wants to make long-term behavioral changes to improve his or her health. This client may not be interested in being told how to do a specific exercise or what exactly to
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How Tight Hips Can Cause Knee Pain
To help you understand how tight hips can cause knee pain you must first appreciate that the knee seldom works in isolation.¹ For example, activities that often cause knee pain like squatting,
What Is Functional Anatomy?
Most textbooks on traditional anatomy tell us that ‘Muscle A’ goes from ‘Bone 1’ to ‘Bone 2’, and when it contracts it pulls these two bones together. For example, a text of this type might explain
What Personal Trainer Certification Is Best?
What Personal Trainer Certification Is Best For Me? You have made the decision you would like to begin a career as a personal trainer. You know that to be taken seriously and establish credibility as
Call for NETA Certification Board Applications
NETA is currently accepting applications to fill several upcoming vacancies on the NETA Certification Board (NETA-CB). The purpose of the NETA-CB is to advance the field of health, wellness, and
Is Your Ab Routine Hurting Your Back?
What does your abdominal training routine or the exercises you recommend for your clients look like? Are the techniques you choose helping your abs look good while inadvertently hurting your lower
Can Better Posture Make You Happier?
As a fitness professional trained in musculoskeletal assessments, you are already aware that a client’s posture holds clues about their structure and movement potential. However, have you ever
Are Your Mental Habits Making Your Pain Worse?
People faced with the day in day out experience of ongoing muscle and joint pain often develop mental habits to help them cope that can actually make their condition worse.1 Emotions such as anger,
Benefits of Becoming a Corrective Exercise Specialist
Research shows that 90% of people report painful and limiting musculoskeletal conditions affecting the success of their workouts.4 In response to this need corrective exercise is booming with fitness
Instructor burn-out? Stuck-in-an-exercise-rut? Here’s how to break it!
We’ve all been there. The moment where what you believed to be your life’s calling becomes mundane. Instructor burn-out, over-training, stuck-in-an-exercise-rut; it goes by many names – the feeling as
