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Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries—A Review for Fitness Professionals

by Scott W. Cheatham, DPT, PhD, ATC, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
Personal Training Quarterly January 2015
Vol 3, Issue 1

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Program design Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition and Disorder or Disease

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musculoskeletal injury recovering from injury overtraining

Because a client’s functional abilities will change in each of the tissue healing phases, the fitness professional must understand the time it takes to heal and the science behind each phase in order to prescribe safe exercises for clients in those phases.

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This article originally appeared in Personal Training Quarterly (PTQ)—a quarterly publication for NSCA Members designed specifically for the personal trainer. Discover easy-to-read, research-based articles that take your training knowledge further with Nutrition, Programming, and Personal Business Development columns in each quarterly, electronic issue. Read more articles from PTQ »

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musculoskeletal injury recovering from injury overtraining

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Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries—A Review for Fitness Professionals

Because a client’s functional abilities will change in each of the tissue healing phases, the fitness professional must understand the time it takes to heal and the science behind each phase in order to prescribe safe exercises for clients in those phases.

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