It’s Never Too Late to Make a Client Feel Great!

Making Your Client Fit for Life

• Age Related Changes
• Exercise, the Anti-Aging Solution
• Ageism
• Causes of Premature Aging
• Getting Old Does Not Equal Becoming Disabled

Biomarkers of Aging

• “Normal” Effects of Aging
• Theories of Aging
• Men’s and Women’s Health Issues

Physiology of Aging

• Lungs
• Heart
• Brain
• Kidneys
• Body Fat
• Muscle
• Sight
• Hearing
• Personality

Healthy Aging

• Cardiovascular System
• Respiratory System
• Musculoskeletal System
• Nervous System

Facts and Myths of Fitness

Exercises Older Adults Should Avoid

• Controversial Exercises
• Exercises to Eliminate
• Special Precautions to Be Aware of with Older Adult Clients

Effective Teaching

• How to Teach Older Adults
• Accommodating
• Behaviours of Effective Teachers
• Professional Conduct
• Getting the Older Adult Started
• Fitness and Stress
• The importance of Balance

Motivating the Older Adult

• Knowledge As a Motivator
• A Different Era
• Socialization
• Goal Setting
• Excuses or Barriers to Exercise
• Thoughts for consideration

Basic Assessment

• Basic Assessment
• Intensity of Exercise: Target Heart Rate
• Progressing
• Using MET Equivalents to Measure Exercise Intensity
• Assessment for Cardiovascular Endurance
• Assessment for Muscular Strength
• Assessment for Muscular Endurance
• Assessment for Flexibility

Cardiovascular Fitness and the Older Adult

• Frequency of Exercise
• Safety Considerations
• Cardiovascular Exercises

Strength Training Guidelines

• Goals and Techniques
• Phases of a Strength Training Program
• Strength Exercises

Maintaining Flexibility As We Age

• Optimal Conditions for Eliciting a Stretch
• Stretching Techniques
• Contraindications for Performing Stretching
• Performance Requirements for Stretching Techniques
• Stretches
• Frequency and Intensity
• Safety
• Progressing
• About Floor Exercises

Chronic Conditions I: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary

• Cardiovascular Conditions
• Pulmonary Conditions

Chronic Conditions II: Neurological and Metabolic

• Neurological Disorders
• Exercises for the Neurologically Impaired
• Metabolic Disorders

Chronic Conditions III: Orthopedic

• Arthritis
• Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS)
• Neck Problems
• Low Back Problems
• Shoulder Problems
• Hip Problems
• Knee Problems
• Ankle Problems
• Osteoporosis
• Amputations

Sensory Problems in Older Adults

• Deafness and Hearing Loss
• Visual Impairments

Business and Marketing Basics

• Business Basics
• Marketing Basics

Transfers and Ambulation Aids

• Basics of Assisting a Person in a Wheelchair
• Transfers
• Progressive Mobilization
• Ambulation Aids

Assessment of Posture

• Posture Evaluation
• Procedures for Spinal Screening

Glossary

Index