American Acadamy of Health, Fitness, and Rehabitation Professionals

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I am inquiring about experiences with local health clubs having their personal

trainers go through and acquire the " Post Rehab Conditioning Specialist

Certification " . We have a few personal trainers in our area who are looking to

do observation hours at our clinics, however I am very skeptical of this entire

process. According to the Website these the training is entirely DVD based and

sessions are being billed and reimbursed by several insurance companies.

This rings of non-rehab trained personal acting as fully trained and licensed

rehab professionals.

I am all for a " bridge " program to get patients from formal rehab into a health

club/fitness setting properly such as the MOG (Medically Oriented Gym). In this

model the Therapist monitors, reports to physician, and sets training plans for

the non-rehab patient (either post discharge rehab patient or the non-rehab but

medically compromised patient).

Thoughts?

Jeff Brown PT

Director of Rehabilitation

Decatur Memorial Hospital

Decatur, Illinois