Within our society therapeutic exercise is becoming more in demand. People who have had surgeries, injuries or suffer from age related ailments need physical activities that focus on improving their balance, flexibility, and strength. This helps them progress to be able to live normal pain free lives. Athletes use therapeutic exercise to help them restore their physical condition to peak performance using muscle specific exercises.
More and more people are turning to personal trainers and online coaches to help them achieve this. Whether it’s working along side their sports team trainer, doctor or physical therapist, personal trainers can help individuals by motivating, teaching, and helping to restore and improve range of motion movement, function, aerobic conditioning, and strength.
After being assessed by a medical professional a treatment plan can be designed. Any exercise program needs to consider the following factors before beginning.
- Age
- Exercise goals
- Physical limitations
- Current activity levels
- Safety
- Progress of condition
- Potential risks
A therapeutic exercise program should include the prevention of further deterioration of the persons' condition, and the restoration and improvement of the following
- Performance – specific activity
- Balance, agility, and stability
- Flexibility, mobility, and range of motion
- Strength and muscle endurance
- Functional activity
- Coordination
Proper exercises will help foster healthy muscles, bones and joints in an individual and regular exercise will help enhance their ability to perform daily tasks. Our programs are designed so that you can do them at home or office with minimal equipment, or at a gym or sports field. In the case where the training is done virtually, video tutorials are provided for each exercise to ensure that they are done correctly. We will work with your medical professional or team sports specialist to make sure that any exercise program that you do is in line with the recovery program that has been set for you.