Personal Training: Ethics/Scope Of Practice Articles

Legal & Risk Management By Sean Riley, MS, JD The Legalities of Emergency Care Understand your risks and responsibilities. As a personal trainer, you work with a variety of populations, from seniors to athletes. This diversity perpetuates a number of legal issues, particularly with regard to emergency care. With the senior population, you must be able to identify the symptoms of, and remedies for...

Legal & Risk Management By Sean Riley, MS, JD Respecting Your Boundaries Always remember, your job is to design exercise programs-- not to treat, diagnose or prescribe. Study after study has demonstrated that regular physical activity is important to good health. In an attempt to promote clients' well-being, personal fitness trainers (PFTs) may find themselves involved in activities that can blur...

Do You Know & Practice Your Code? The IDEA Codes of Ethics T he fitness industry has been bruised, but fortunately not broken, by unscrupulous, unthinking "professionals" over the past few years. Lately, a string of negative publicity has put the industry back under scrutiny. Last summer there was the big splash in Newsweek about Mike Torchia, the Hollywood, California, personal trainer who boa...

Legal & Risk Management By Sean Riley, MS, JD Why You Need Legal Education You have a vital role to play in guaranteeing the quality of your profession. S Switch on your television set in the middle of the day and you are guaranteed to find three things: soap operas, talk shows and courtroom programs. The fairly recent proliferation of the last type of programming is just one indication that A...

In our last two columns, we discussed the importance of molding your personal vision and purpose into a mission that reflects your values. This revamping of who you are and where you want to go in life and business can be reinvigorating. However, one of the most critical elements to leading a successful life lies in having a positive attitude.

As the U.S. and other countries search for new ways to reduce healthcare costs, the need to improve disease prevention and management strategies grows stronger.