22nd May 2020 | Fitness Industry |
There are gyms on every street corner these days, and personal trainers in every gym. But would you know a good trainer from a bad one? Many trainers are trying to be different from their competition and stand out from the crowd. And there are trainers with different...
24th February 2020 | Allied Health Professionals |
Few health professionals divide people quite like chiropractors. You might think they are either quacks, or geniuses, and have evidence that you think supports your opinion. But what do you know about the education of chiropractors? How good is the knowledge of...
17th November 2019 | Fitness Industry, Nutrition |
Personal trainers are not nutrition experts, believe it or not. This isn’t a surprise to many of our readers. But we need to shout this from the rooftops so that anyone considering hiring a personal trainer knows what to expect. Some new research has highlighted...
20th October 2019 | Allied Health Professionals |
There’s been a recent systematic review of physiotherapy practices. We like to think that when we see a health professional we get good quality advice, but we don’t always know. Do physiotherapists provide evidence-based treatment? We’d like to think so!...
3rd September 2019 | Critical Thinking, Fitness Industry |
I know, it’s a provocative headline, but it’s right. Personal trainers, along with doctors and other health professionals, have a bias against obesity. And this has been shown in research. And it’s not just professionals. The general public, and even...
17th August 2019 | Fitness Industry |
This post is one for the personal trainers in our audience, or those interested in what their trainers know. There have been changes to the professional development of personal trainers in Australia. We look at what those changes are, and what their impact on the...
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