Hola,
I have a dilemma. When working in the states as a trainer and receiving clients from physical therapy or from the athletic trainer, I was always given very explicit instructions for what the client should focus on and what they should avoid. They had also pretty much always already received home exercises in the earlier phases of their rehab.
Now I live in Spain and run a personal training studio in a little town of 16,000 people. At least in my town (perhaps Barcelona and other places with more "wordly" influence things are better), the physical therapists are pretty much just masseuse. They do not precribe any exercises.
So my problem is that I get clients post ACL surgery or with disk herniations, etc. that have not done a proper (at least in my opinion) recovery and are not ready for a personal trainer. I have connected with local sports medicine doctors to give me some guidance but most of the time I am left on my own. Most people are just told to walk and swim.
The clients come to me because they are released from therapy but given no further instructions (besides the swimming) and instinctually they know they are missing a step in the recovery.
This problem will not go away and I see an opportunity to fill this gap. Currently I turn away clients when I feel that I would be breaching my duty and take on the ones I feel comfortable with.
So I have three questions:
-What further education can you suggest for me?
-Online I found a course called "Medical Exercise Specialist". Do any of you have experience with it? The website is
Welcome to PostRehab Online.
-Do you know any physical therapists who would like to come and work here with me?
UConnJulie, you want to do a few month stint here in sunny Catalunya?
Thanks for your advice. I appreciate any insight you might have.
Salut,
Kaisa