Client-Centered Exercise Prescription

• Main Author: Griffin, John C. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Champaign, IL Human Kinetics 2015
• Edition: Third Edition
• Subjects: Exercise therapy; Exercise; Physical fitness; Personal trainers; Exercise Movement Techniques; Patient-Centered care; Physical fitness > Physiology
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 Client-Centered Exercise Prescription, Third Edition With Web Resource, emphasizes a personalized approach to exercise in which unique programs meet the interests and needs of individual clients. This resource will help you to prescribe exercise and guide clients in adopting, enjoying, and maintaining active lifestyles. Client-Centered Exercise Prescription, Third Edition, expands the role of the fitness professional from simple exercise prescription to include activity counseling, design modification, exercise demonstration, functionally integrated exercise, injury prevention, and follow-up monitoring for a variety of clients. Central to the book are seven client-centered models for each major fitness component that serve as a template of options for each decision in the prescription process: activity counseling, musculoskeletal exercise design, exercise demonstration, cardiovascular exercise prescription, resistance training prescription, muscle balance and flexibility prescription, and weight management prescription. The text explains the vital role that functionally integrated exercise plays in improving performance and maintaining musculoskeletal health and teaches how to recognize muscle imbalance and prevent complications. Fitness professionals will learn to make informed, client-centered decisions and address the following issues: · Establishing rapport and increasing adherence by prescribing exercise programs that match clients desires, needs, and lifestyles · Understanding clients unique psychological needs and using that information to keep them motivated · Monitoring clients needs both as they are originally presented and as they evolve over time · Applying strategies for treating and preventing overuse injuries so that clients avoid injury and frustration, thereby avoiding withdrawal from the program