I received another email asking how to start teaching fitness education courses.

I think that this is the third one I have received.

I am guessing it is a sign that I need to do a blog post on it.

So let’s give this a go.

Where it All Started

Way back in 1997, I graduated from university.  I got my Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology from Simon Fraser University.

While I was working in a physical therapy clinic, I realized that I had not learned much about practical skills while in school.  I learned quite a lot about anatomy, biomechanics, physiology, etc.  But I did not learn much like this: you have this injury or problem, so do this exercise.

I learned a lot about the exercise side of things on the job, from the physical therapists I worked with, from other Kinesiologists, and from my own research.

My boss at the time saw all of the work that I was doing and asked if I wanted to do an in-service for the physical therapy clinic.

I said, “Sure” and gave it a go.

I worked on a presentation about exercises with the stability ball for clients with injuries.

I was worried about presenting in front of all the physical therapists. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to answer their questions.  I worried if they would like what I had to present.  I worried if they would care about what I had to present.

My worries were wasted, as the in-service went well and was well recieved by all.

I found that I really enjoyed the research, turning the research into practice, and the teaching side of things.

Since I already had the first presentation done, I contacted the university I graduated from and asked if they would like me to present a two-hour course to the Kinesiology students at Simon Fraser University.

The university like the idea and so did the students.  We set aside an evening and I presented the same course that I had presented at the physical therapy clinic.

The students had fun.  I had fun.  I really enjoyed presenting and wanted to find out how I could do more.

That led to all of my courses and then to the creation of Exercises For Injuries.

I think now I have 14 main courses with a focus on exercises and injuries.  I can’t remember how many courses I have taught and how many fitness professionals have attended, but I still look forward to each presentation that I do.

It’s funny to look back at the two pictures above.  In the one at the very top, you can see me demonstrating some of the exercises to the students.  In the one just above this, you can see me chatting about the shoulder.  Even way back then, I was excited about the shoulder.

Let me share some tips with you on how to get started teaching fitness education courses.

#1 – What Is Your Specialization?

You need to focus on something.  As you know, mine is exercises and injuries.  There was a time that I lost focus and started doing all kinds of fitness education courses.  Doing everything will end up spreading you too thin and makes it difficult for people to know what you are best in.

You need to find out what your specialization is.

You can do this by:

1. Looking at the clients that you love working with.
2. Figuring out what aspect of fitness excites you most.
3. Deciding what part of fitness you want to be the leader in.

After you have done this, it will be easier for you to determine who you can approach to help out.

#2 – Do Some In-services

Now that you have your specialization, you can ask some fitness centres, physical therapy clinics, or recreation centres if they would be interested in an in-service on your specialization.

Let’s say you love dumbbell training.  You like thinking of different and unique ways to use dumbbells to exercise with.  You find most people use dumbells for boring bodybuilding exercises but you have developed ways that you can use dumbbells that are exciting, fun, unique, different, and which lead to faster results.

You can approach a fitness centre and ask if you could talk to the person in charge of staff education.  When you meet him or her, introduce yourself, let them know your specialization, share your idea with them, and ask if you could do a free in-service for their staff one evening.  Most fitness centre managers are always looking for fun and exciting things for their staff  – especially if it does not cost them anything.

Yes, at the start, you will have to do things for free or for a small honorarium.

Doing a few in-services at no charge will give you practice on presenting, will give you a chance to test things out, and will allow you to get feedback from people so that you can improve.

If I were to do it over again, this is how I would start.

From this point, you can have your own weekend courses or present at conferences.

Let me know if you want me to talk about the next step in presenting fitness education courses.

Rick Kaselj, MS

P.S. – If you want to check out the fitness education courses that I present:

==>  Fitness Education Courses

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I am so excited to have this international presenter come to Vancouver and share his knowledge with the fitness professionals out here!

It’s Nick Tumminello - he is one of the heavyweights in the fitness industry.

Nick promises to deliver the “mother load” of courses and to give us an amazing weekend of learning and hands-on practice.

Click here to hear what Nick has in store for you at the seminar in Vancouver in November.

This is what Nick Will Be Covering During the Weekend:

The Secret Training Continuum for Maximal Client Results and Performance

As a trainer and coach, do you ever ask yourself:

• Are the techniques that I am using the best they can be?
• Are the exercises I am using leading to maximal performance?

In this two-day course, Nick Tumminello will provide a comprehensive overview of his approach to getting client results and improving performance.

Over the 14 hours of hands-on learning, Nick will take you through his unique approach to working with his clients and athletes.

Nick will share with you the 5 areas of training that are misunderstood when training clients but are essential to getting maximal results.

1. Joint mobility to achieve performance improvements
2. Self myofascial release (SMR) for accelerated recovery and improved movement
3. Easy-to-follow dynamic warm up system to ensure optimal performance every time you train
4. Smart and effective abs exercises for increased strength and performance, and
5. Joint friendly strength exercises for maximal results

This is not your regular normal weekend course.

This course will challenge your learning from regular fitness education courses and you will leave having discovered new and unconventional techniques and exercises that you won’t see anywhere else. These techniques will ultimately lead to improved results and performance with your clients.

‎What will be covered in the course:

• Timing and technique for self joint mobilization for personal training and sport performance
• Assessment of joint mobility to quickly increase functional ranges of motion in the body
• What trainers and coaches are doing to causing injury and dysfunction using SMR
• SMR progressions and regressions for all levels of clients and athletes
• 10 key factors to designing an effective no stretch time efficient warm up
• Popular warm up exercises that are dysfunctional and why they should never be used
• A 3D approach to abdominal training
• Understanding of which type of corrective exercise protocol will work best and which won’t
• The best exercises for bad knees, shoulders and back.

INSTRUCTOR – Nick Tumminello

Coach Nick Tumminello is the owner of Performance University – Speed Strength & Conditioning in Baltimore MD, where he works with a variety of clients from professional Bodybuilders and Figure Models to athletes from the NFL and NBA. He is a nationally recognized coach and educator who is known for his innovative exercises and smarter approach to strength & conditioning.

DATE: Saturday, November 19 & Sunday, November 20, 2011

TIME: 8:45 am to 5:00 pm (14 contact hours over 2 days)

LOCATION: Vancouver College – (Cartier & WEst 38th Ave) – Vancouver, BC, Canada

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS: 1.4 NSCA CEUs (J1098), 14.0 BCRPA CEC, 14.0 BCAK CEC, 14.0 CMTBC CE/PD, 14.0 CSEP PDC.

COST:

- $449 plus HST

To register, click the “Add To Cart” button  ==>

To download a flyer with all the details of the course, click here .

Important Things to Remember,

• This is the first time Nick has come to Vancouver
• This will be the only time Nick will be coming to Vancouver to present this seminar
• Nick rarely does full weekend seminar.  He usual only does 2 hour talks at various conference

Look forward to seeing you there.

Rick Kaselj, MS

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I have a guest video blog post for you today.

It’s from Justin Price.

Justin answers the most common question he is asked during his courses and at the conferences he presents:

What Causes Over-Pronation?

In the video, Justin shares with you:
- What over-pronation is
- What causes over-pronation
- How the shoes you are wearing can be making your pronation worse
- The influence of gluteus maximus on pronation
- How the illiotibial band and tibia affect pronation

Here is the “What Causes Foot Over-Pronation?” video from Justin Price.

Justin Price will be coming to Vancouver to present his course for the first and only time in March of 2011.

In this course, Justin will focus on Day One on the assessment side of things, and on Day Two he will focus on what exercises to give based on the assessment.

I selected Justin as one of the international experts to bring to Vancouver because I have learned a lot from him when it comes to lower body assessment, and his assessments of the foot have been very helpful.  Plus, I find his corrective exercises very unique and quite different from others I have seen.

That’s it for today.

On Wednesday, I will have a very exciting announcement for you – I can’t wait to tell you about it!

Rick Kaselj, MS

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Exercise Rehabilitation of the Ankle and Foot

DESCRIPTION:

OBJECTIVES:

Exercise Rehabilitation of the Hip

DESCRIPTION:

OBJECTIVES:

I hate to say it, but in 2011 we will see more stupid fitness toys.

Yes, that is Prediction #9 for 2011.

#9 – Stupid Fitness Toys

 
Stuff like this:

This stuff cracks me up, but I also shake my head when I see this kind of stuff.

Every week there seems to be a new fitness gadget out there for people to buy to help them with their fitness goals.

The general public is not the only group that are obsessed with new fitness gadgets.  Fitness professionals and associations are as well.

I know, this is going to piss off a few people and probably a few fitness associations as well, but oh well.

I have been talking about this with a number of leaders in the fitness industry and thought it was time to say something about it.

Hey Fitness Professional, Do You have a Stupid Fitness Toy Problem?

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I know these days we all get lost surfing the internet.

A site I visit, and visit to often, is Pub Med.

Pub Med is a site that is full of the latest and oldest research.  I always go to take a look at what is new when it comes to exercise and injuries.

I know, kind of strange.

One injury I have been seeing more of is tendinosis.

Just last week I got an email from a fitness professional that does group fitness classes that has had 5 months worth of Achilles tendinitis issues from all the step classes she has been doing.  My guess, it is Achilles tendinosis.

So, I will call the increase in tendinosis as Prediction #7 in Exercise Rehabilitation 2011.

Tendinitis versus Tendinosis

The first step is to define what tendinitis is and tendinosis is.

Better yet, I found a table that describes it much better than I could.

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Prediction #6

I have been in the fitness industry since 1994.

A lot has changed during that time.

There have been funny pieces of exercise equipment that have come and gone, plus strange exercise fads.

With the new decade of the millennium, there will be more change and growth in fitness.

That leads me to my 6th prediction for 2011.

Decline of One-on-One Personal Training

We are going to see a decline in personal training.

Many people have tried personal training and have not gotten the results they wanted or expected from personal training.

For many, the cost of one-on-one personal training is way out of their budget.

People will still want personalized service that provides results, but they will get this from being in a group setting.

Customers will start seeing the benefits of the group.

Clients will quickly see that in exercising with others, exercise is more fun, it makes it easier to exercise, it makes you more accountable, and leads to better results.

The type of group training that will grow in 2011 are boot camps.

Boot Camps are Giving Personal Training the Boot

In 2011, we will see boot camps overshadow one-on-one personal training.

The concept of boot camps is familiar to those in the fitness industry, but the public doesn’t fully understand what it is, how it works, and how it can benefit them.

Getting the word out about boot camps, peaking peoples interest in them, and having them give it a try, will be a big trend in 2011.

Already there are many fitness professionals that have successful boot camps, but there will be more opportunity as people get interested in the idea and begin looking for camps that are close to them.

If you are interested in starting a successful boot camp, check out this video:

==> CLICK HERE to check out the successful boot camp video.

Most fitness professionals will try to go out on their own and will fail.  Those that do succeed are the ones that follow a system and surround themselves with other successful boot camp owners from around the world.  The video above is a clip from one of the successful groups out there.

What About the Exercise Rehabilitation World?

We will see an increase in group training as well.

Group training has been commonplace in physical therapy clinics and rehabilitation centres.

I know a number of trainers who have started to overlap exercise rehabilitation clients.

It has been done for years in cardiac rehabilitation.
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How Can Hip Injuries Be the New Injury of Choice?

Hip Fractures are on the Rise

Hip Pain and the Lower Back

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These prediction things are fun, but I do believe that this is where things are going.

I had a friend comment on my Facebook wall earlier this week that talked about the stupid trainer; plus I remember 3 blog posts in 2010 where bloggers talked about the stupid personal trainer.

In 2011, we will see the further end of the stupid trainer.

I am not sure what it is in health and fitness, but personal trainers being treated as the bottom of the barrel, or the weakest link in the system, seems to be common place.

Knowledge is on the Rise

I have been teaching fitness education courses since 1999.

Way back in the day, I would see many personal trainers with just their certification.

Yes, those online or two day certifications.

Now it is becoming more and more of a rarity.

More people with advanced university education, like a Kinesiology, Human Kinetics, or Physical Education degree, are entering into personal training.

This is a good thing overall but a degree is not everything, it is a nice start.

A Degree Does Not Mean You Are a Smart Personal Trainer

I remember training a new personal trainer and asked where his biceps was and he pointed to his quadriceps.

Yes, the trainer had a degree.

Just like with every profession, you get the full spectrum of people.

Some people lead the profession, some follow the profession, some are lost in the profession, and some should go into management.

I think a degree gives you a very solid foundation to build on your personal training career but what is more important is constantly learning, improving your skills, and gathering experience.  This can be done with or without a degree.  Some of the personal trainers I look up to in my area do not have a degree.  They have a passion to specialize in an area, and they have learned everything they can in this area.

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Box of Books Sale

I was cleaning out my basement yesterday.

Yes, I know, a very fitting thing to do on Boxing Day.

I was cleaning it out because we have decided to take on the basement.

With our second child, my office has been bumped out of one the bedrooms and into the basement.

So we will work on building an office for me in the basement for 2011.

While I was digging in things, I came across of box of my books.

The books in the box are:

Since I am clearing out the basement so we can start working on the basement, the box of books has to go.

It would be a huge waste if I just chucked them into recycling.

Each of the books regularly sells for:

• $26.73 (including taxes and shipping) if you live in Canada or the USA
• $36.46 (including taxes and shipping) if you live outside of Canada or the USA

If you are interested in the books, I will sell them to you less than my cost to get them printed.

I am selling each of them for:

• $9.95 (including tax and shipping) if you live in Canada or the USA
• $19.95 (including tax and shipping) if you live outside of Canada or the USA

Plus if you order them, I will send you the digital copy of the book as well so you can have it on your computer for reference.

So this is the deal

1) If you would like to order one or more of the books from the “box of books”:

SOLD OUT if you live in Canada or the USA

SOLD OUT if you live outside of Canada or the USA

2) In the Comments/Special Delivery Instructions, let me know which of the books you would like.

3) I will put the books in the mail by the end of the week.

4) I will send you the digital version of the books that you ordered by early next week.

5) This is how long it should take to get to you after it has been mailed:

• Canada – 3 to 5 business days
• USA – 7 to 10 business days
• International – 10 to 20 business days

6) The books in the box will be this price until Friday. After that, that is it.

Thanks for helping me out.

Rick Kaselj, MS

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Injury-Free Running

DESCRIPTION:
Within a year, 65% of runners will be injured to a point where they will need to reduce their training. This 7-hour session will allow participants to develop an understanding of the mechanics involved in running, how to assess the runner, training and recovery techniques and dynamic warm-up exercises. In addition, exercise rehabilitation of common running injuries like IT band syndrome, hip flexor tightness, plantar fasciitis and shin splints will be covered. This course is designed for fitness and rehabilitation professionals that would like learn how to train their clients to run injury-free. Join Ironman finisher and outdoor adventurer, Rick Kaselj, as he helps to keep you and your running clients injury-free.

OBJECTIVES:

• The mechanics of running
• How to assess runners
• Run training and recovery techniques
• Dynamic warm-up exercises will be discussed and demonstrated
• Exercise programs for IT band syndrome, hip flexor tightness, plantar fasciitis and shin splints

Please note: During the class we will perform running and joint assessments. It is important to wear clothing that allows for an accurate running assessment and joint assessment. Please wear shorts or biking shorts, and a t-shirt or sports top along with running shoes.

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Prediction #1:

Exercise Rehabilitation on the Rise

In 2011, we will see more and more people with injuries heading to fitness professionals for help.

Experts in Exercise Rehabilitation

Consumers will be looking for people that are experts in exercise rehabilitation.

They will look for, and demand that, the fitness professional knows their injury, understands what their injury is, knows what to do about it and can help them over come it.

If you do not know, they will move onto the next fitness professionals.

If you do know what to do with injuries, it will lead to a long term client.

You will be able to help them overcome their injury and things will progress to you helping them with other health and fitness goals – like weight loss, fat loss, increase energy, increase strength, training for a dream and increasing flexibility.

Exercises Rehabilitation is the Answer

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17 Strategies to Getting Medical Referrals Using Social Media

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Online meeting places and community sites are often thought of as places to put goofy pictures that your friends can see. But nowadays, the use of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, forums and blogs can be an effective and inexpensive way to increase your profile, helping you build relationships with your clients and making it easier for potential clients to find you and see how you can help them with their injuries.  In this idea packed video presentation, the fitness professionals will get an action list of how they can use social media to get more exercise rehabilitation clients.

OBJECTIVES:

I was trying to think about what to write about today.

At first I did not know what to write, but as I reflected on the week before the ideas started coming in.

Last Weekend with Mike Robertson

The feedback from last weekend has been incredible.

My and Mike’s Facebook pages were plastered with all kinds of kind words from people that attended.

I do enjoy bringing the best to Vancouver to help trainers, coaches, and therapists learn from the best.

Mike Robertson is one of the best.

If you missed out on last weekend, here is a clip from it:

The Next Big Name

After hosting Eric Cressey and Mike Robertson for 2010, people have been asking about who I am going to bring next.

It is Justin Price.

He will be coming to Vancouver in March 2011.

Even Mike Robertson Had a Good Time in Vancouver

Since I know how it is to be a presenter and host courses, I do all I can to make it easy for people that I host to present fitness education courses.

I did the best I could with Mike as well, and it sounds like it turned out well.

Mike did a very kind review of his weekend teaching in Vancouver, CLICK HERE to read it.

So Many Thank You’s

I think my family are the only ones that know how much time I put into blogging, doing videos, and Facebook.

It is great to hear that it is helping people.

Please do keep letting me know what you would like me to write on and help with.

More Kind Words

With the end of the year coming, I have been marking Muscle Imbalances Revealed exams like crazy.

Trainers, coaches, and therapists have been trying to get in their CECs and CEUs before the end of the year.

This is what a few people have said about Muscle Imbalances Revealed:

“Great review about the lower extremity from many perspectives and how it all ties together.  It was great to learn different assessment and treatment techniques to use.”

Martha Andrews, PT, MA, MPT, CSCS, CPT

Physical therapist, exercise physiologist, Personal Trainer

Lansing, MI, USA

“I will use Muscle Imbalances Revealed to rehabilitate my clients to full functional capacity.  MIR has helped me look at the causes and not the symptoms, a holistic approach.”

Christina Holmes

Practicing Kinesiologist

Surrey, BC, Canada

I think that is it for this week.

Until next week.

Have a great weekend getting ready for Christmas.

Take care.

Rick Kaselj, MS

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I have been in the training and rehabilitation industry for 16 years.  I have a little experience.

I have done my bachelors and masters degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science. I have learned a little.

I spend thousands of dollars a year on research papers, books, DVDs, webinars, courses, and seminars.

I have a little experience and have learned a little, but I have to keep learning and experiencing to better help my clients, and to grow as a professional and help improve my body.

Looking at a course with Mike Robertson.  I could have said, yeah, I have more experience than Mike.  I have as much education as Mike, plus I do as much reading as Mike.

This would be a rookie move and a huge mistake from growing, learning, experiencing, and becoming a better trainer, coach, and therapist.

So why would I go to a course of a fellow fitness education colleague?

#1 – Repetition is Mastery

I do not have a photographic memory.  I need to see, hear, and practice things a number of times.  When I attend a course I am reminded of things that I know, but have forgotten, or have yet to master.

Going to a course allows you to learn in a variety of ways.  I learn by reading journals, listening to lectures, watching DVDs, and practicing in a live course.  I know in time doing all of this will lead to mastery.

#2 – Looking at things in a New Way

I have learned things one way.

I have my way of explaining things.

By learning from others, I learn new ways of looking at things and explaining things.

# 3 – Nuggets of Breakthrough Knowledge

I always learn something new.  It may be one thing, or it may be a new way of seeing an issue with a client.  For an example, let me share with you some of the nuggets I learned from Mike Robertson.

What I Learned from Mike Robertson in 16 Hours of Learning:

• 1.    Importance of psoas.
  2.    Blunders in plank exercises.
  3.    Hidden erector spinae function.
  4.    Assess the joint above and below an injury.
  5.    Question what you are doing when it comes to lumbar flexion.
  6.    The Kinetic Chain game.
  7.    Challenge what you do when you do core exercises.
  8.    They based hip machines on gross anatomy, not functional anatomy.
  9.    The Balloon stability game.
  10.    Importance of active and passive isolation assessment.
  11.    Most people get rotation from their lumbar spine.
  12.    Transversus abdominis strength versus trimming.
  13.    Importance of closed chain hip and knee movements.
  14.    Key cause of basketball injuries.
  15.    What postures are on the increase.
  16.    4 keys to sagittal plane force coupling.
  17.    What to do about posterior knee pain.
  18.    Why we all need to deadlift.
  19.    Importance of fatigue.
  20.    What is the importance of the 4th hamstring.
  21.    Importance of transverse of pelvis transverse rotation.
  22.    2 static assessments that I must do.
  23.    23 isolation assessments for movement dysfunction.

Sorry, this is the list that I learned from Day 1 of the course.

I have experience and knowledge, but I still have so much more to master and learn.  The best way to learn is from the best.

Rick Kaselj, MS

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Nine months of planning and preparation has arrived, and the Mike Robertson’s Bulletproofing Your Client’s Knees and Lower Back seminar is here.

It is so cool to be able to bring the best from around the world to the trainers, coaches, and therapists around Vancouver.

He had a great course planned with a big thick manual of what we were going to go through.

From the start of the course, he started delivering.

He started the day asking:

“What are the Top 10 Questions You Want Answered this Weekend?”

This is the list the group came up with:

• What to do about PFPS (Patella Femoral Pain Syndrome)?
• How to assess function movements?
• What to do about a posterior tilt?
• What are the best exercises for a disc herniation?
• How do you do core regressions?
• What can you do about SI (Sacroiliac) joint issues?
• When should you do rotation exercises?
• Keys to proper squatting.
• What are the key relationships between the knee and hip?
• How do you increase (gluteus maximus) function?

What trainer, coach, and therapist does not want to have one or more of these questions answered by one of the best?

So cool.

I am so excited for the weekend.

I am ready to learn and so is the small group of people, ranging from medical doctors to group fitness instructors, that have come from around the world to be here.

Having your questions answered from the best in the world in an intensive weekend seminar/course is so great.

I love bringing the best to Vancouver and can’t wait to bring more of them, like Justin Price.

I will have some more information on what I learned and some video clips from the course.

Here is a quick clip from today:

Rick Kaselj, MS

Yeah, it is Friday and I am doing my rambling.

I do like this post.  It gives me a chance to reflect on the week and see what has happened.  All of the good and bad.  Thankfully it is most often good.

Helping Out Strength Coach Podcast

I saw that the Strength Coach Podcast was having their 3 Year Anniversary Giveaway.

There was no way that I could not help out.

So I contacted Anthony Renna and he said it would be a huge help, and it would be something the thousands of strength coach listeners would benefit from.

Facebook Shout Out

I know some people get enough of me from my emails and blog, but many more people follow me on Facebook where I give even more information to help people out with their injuries.

It is so great to hear when the information that I am sharing helps others like the gang at Le Physique Personal Training.  They had some kind words to say about all I am doing on Facebook:

More Rave Reviews of Muscle Imbalances Revealed 2.0

Okay, I know, another raving review for Muscle Imbalances Revealed 2.0 – or as I call it, MIR2:

“Muscle Imbalances Revealed gives you a chance to learn from some of the very best in the world from the comfort of your own living room, on your own schedule.  Forget finding time to get away, costly travel expenses, flight delays, and hotel booking nightmares.  You can do it all from home!  Frankly, I have a responsibility to my clients to stay on the cutting edge of this industry, but I hate taking time away from them and my family.  With Muscle Imbalances Revealed I can stay at the top of my game without leaving my house.  This is simply a brilliant product that anyone looking to stay at the forefront of the fitness industry should watch.

Mark Young

Exercise & Nutrition Consultant

MarkYoungTrainingSystems.com

Last Weekend Presenting

Last weekend I did my last set of courses for the year.  It is always sad when this happens.  Before I wrapped up, I made sure I had things set up for 2011.  If you would like to see what fitness education courses I have coming up next, CLICK HERE.

Here are some of the kind words from the registrants:

“Exercise Rehabilitation of the Neck course is very well explained.  A lot of explanation, examples, and hands on practice.”

Elizabeth Szabo
Pilates Instructor and Personal Trainer
New Westminster, BC, Canada

“Exercise Rehabilitation of the Lower Back course is a very good hands-on course.  Will definitely recommend to colleagues / peers this course and resources”

With that being said, there is one more course left this year.  The Mike Robertson Bulletproof Your Client’s Knees & Lower Back course.

I am so excited about this and a lot of other people are as well:

I will do what I can to take some video from the weekend.

That is it.

We will see many of you tomorrow at the course.  I have to head off to get the handouts for the course, and I have one extra handout.  If you want to go, CLICK HERE and register.

Please do not hunt me down and call me at 10 pm tonight and ask if you can register.  That is not cool.

That is it, have a great weekend.

Rick Kaselj, MS

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I want to thank everyone that took the time to comment on the blog post ( What Do You Want From Me ).

I have read the comments and emails.  This is what people have asked for:

#1 – Client Case Study

What do you think of this:

I have an idea for you: What if you had people blog in about problems they are having and you answer them like you do with your journal reviews. Perhaps you thought of this already and you would certainly have to put a limit on how many you answer, like three as you do for the journals.

For example:

I have a client that golfs. He had a left shoulder injury from a fall years ago. This year he fell off his bike and was experiencing impingement. After osteopathic treatment, and yoga to aid in ROM and keeping asymmetries in check, he is experiencing deep right hip pain upon leg extension. I gave him the glute medius exercise, no change. We are working on keeping the left scapula from winging. I did the shoulder test you mentioned from Eric Beard and he has limited internal rotation of the left shoulder. We did the thoracic mobility exercise. As a golfer he has increased rotation to the right vs left. I am stuck as to why he is getting recurring right hip pain (particularly after lots of walking or lots of sitting) and suspect a glute max imbalance. I am unsure how to fix it as I do not understand what is causing it. I have given him foam roller exercises with right leg crossed over left and rolling on the right butt cheek, and pigeon pose to stretch it this week, not sure how to strengthen it.

S

I like the idea.

I think it is great.

When I teach my courses/seminars live, I know the registrants enjoy the fact that they can ask me questions relating to their clients and themselves.  Great idea on answering client case studies.

#2 – Recorded Seminars

With this little blog, it has been able to help people from around the world.

Just last week I was talking on the phone with a personal trainer from Trinidad Tobago.

How cool is that?

He has been using the stuff that he learned in Muscle Imbalances Revealed and Scapular Stabilization Exercise Program for himself and his athletes.

I got it, more recorded seminars.

#3 – Specific Injuries

I know, injuries are big things.

I am so glad I heard from you all on the kind of injuries you would like me to write about.

People asked about these injuries:

• elbow injuries (more than just tennis elbow), including wrist and forearm pain
• ankle injuries
• shin splints
• acute injury recovery tips
• chronic pain injury tips
• dealing with pain at the back of the knee when walking

Let me know if you want me to work on any others.

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The last few days I have gotten some great feedback on a few of the presentations, books, and courses I have done.

Have a look:

“I have been watching Muscle Imbalances Revealed this week. All the webinars have been very informative. I am a personal trainer in Sacramento California. It has been a tremendous help for me. I was referred to to your site by Eric Cressey‘s website. I have used several of his products with great result. I have attended Bryan College for a Degree in advanced health and fitness, as well; this has supplemented my education there very well. I am on the program advisory committee there, and will be recommending they include some  of your information if possible.  Thank you for your time.”

Bryan Bowen
Personal Trainer
Sacramento, California, USA

“Effective Exercises for Scoliosis has substantive information about how to assist my clients with scoliosis.  I like the fact it has clearer information about nonstructural vs. structural scoliosis; explanations about possible causes.  I like how there was information included about breath and fluid movements included in yoga, because I have found both forms to be unbelievably useful for my clients with scoliosis prior to reading this coursework.” – Amy Vitt

“I attended your workshop last weekend: Exercise Rehabilitation of the Shoulder.  I loved the positive learning environment and that questions and answers were encouraged throughout the workshop.  I really appreciate having the opportunity to discuss the shoulder limitations specific to my clients and receive your feedback.  This has made it easy for me to recommend specific exercises to my clients, as well as what exercises to have them avoid.   The workshop really extended beyond rehabilitation exercises and included valuable tips on preventative measures also.

Shoulder injuries can limit individuals from many sports and exercises.  As a trainer, developing an understanding of the reasons behind these limitations, ways of increasing joint mobility, and how to prevent further injury from developing, is key to my clients’ success.  Thank you for sharing your expertise!”

Taryn
Burnaby, BC, Canada
BCRPA Weightroom Instructor

Thank you everyone for your feedback.

If you have some feedback on some of the stuff of mine you got, please send it to rick (at) ExercisesForInjuries.com

Rick Kaselj, MS

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