Unsupervised Exercise Case Study

We want to make sure this event will happen in the summer of 2017 because our two main goals are:

The athletic training profession as we know it today first came into existence during the late nineteenth century with the establishment of intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics in the United States. (Prentice, 2014) Prior to this, early civilization athletics were unorganized. Although they were unorganized, there is information that suggests that Greek and Roman civilizations featured people who assisted athletes in reaching their peak physical condition. The evolution of intercollegiate athletics after World War I led to a new demand to prevent and manage athletic injuries. (Prentice 2014)

Athletic trainers specialize in preventing, diagnosing, and treating muscle and bone injuries and illnesses. Athletic trainers need at least a bachelor's degree. Nearly all states require athletic trainers to have a license or certification; requirements vary by state. The median annual wage for athletic trainers was $44,670 in May 2015.Employment of athletic trainers is projected to grow 21 percent from 2014 to 2024, much faster than the average for all occupations. As people become more aware of sports-related injuries at a young age, demand for athletic trainers is expected to increase.

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The Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act requires the Administrator of the FEMA, to planning and coordination with the heads of appropriate agencies, carried out through authorities that created the National Exercise Program. The Nation’s exercise program is national initiative is to improve, test and assess the nation’s preparedness and resiliency. Immediate assessing preparedness against a set of common national preparedness and mitigation priorities, the objectives, the program improves preparedness and flexibility and affects priorities, policies and fiscal decisions. The National Exercise Program serves as the principal device for analyzing the preparedness and readiness of America across the entire management enterprise and homeland

Goal: Patients will demonstrate a daily exercise routine or some type of physical activity in 2 weeks as evidence by performing the routine or activity. “Overall 36.2% of adults 18 years and older report no leisure-time physical activity.” (Edelman, 265) By applying some type of physical activity the family will burn calories and increase their metabolic rate. “Recommended ACSM guidelines for exercise include, a program of low-impact aerobic exercise, increase in daily activities, and resistance training, a frequency of 5 to 7 times a week, and a length of 40 to 60 minutes a day or 20 to 30 minutes twice daily.” (Edelman

I observed two different unique professions relating to the exercise science field over the course of the Fall 2015 semester as required by the Introduction to Exercise Science course offered here at SIUE. I picked professions that interested me, and based it on if I could see myself going into it after graduation from this program.

One of the most important factors to keeping seniors healthy is exercise. A community exercise program would encourage exercise in this population. Initiating a senior community exercise program within a community would require a large amount interprofessional communication and collaboration. In addition, to have a successful community senior exercise program it would the involvement of several different disciplines. Important disciplines to have involved in this community exercise program would be a medical provider, nurses, therapist, and dietitian. Each of these disciplines has a different specialty that brings different knowledge to the table, which will help create a comprehensive exercise program. Similarly, the collaboration of each

4. Haskell WL, Lee IM, Pate RR, et al. Physical activity and public health: updated recommendation for adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2007; 39(8):1423-34. Abstract available at:

After eight weeks as an intern in the Laboratory for Wellness and Motor Behavior (LWMB), I can honestly say that it has been one of the most rewarding program that I have been a part of. Week after week, I have witnessed astounding improvements in the client’s health. I have been able to get to know and understand clients on a personal level and I am humbled that they trust me to create personalized exercise programs for them. It is an incredible experience to witness the clients get closer and closer to reaching their goals every day.

Prior to the beginning of the study, for twelve weeks the participants refrained from supervised resistance training. Reports from the participants of baseline physical activity levels ranging from mild-intensity, moderate-intensity, and strenuous-activity were recorded. After these baseline reports were recorded, the participants filled out a Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q+) which determined their level of readiness for the program. If a participant indicated having a heart condition in the included questionnaire, they received a Physical Activity Readiness Medical Examination (PARMED-X) form to be filled out by their physician to serve as medical clearance for the study. Participants were excluded if they had pre-existing liver or kidney abnormalities, were vegetarian, smokers, or were taking medication that affected muscle biology. Participants were also instructed to remain on the same diet and to stay away from physical activity unrelated to their normal

Studying exercise physiology through college taught me the value of preventative care and exposed me to the relatively new field of integrative medicine. Though not particularly rigorous, the application of integrative medicine optimizes healthcare and shines in its simplicity. For example, a provider practicing integrative medicine would have a patient use their typical blood pressure medication as usual, but also recommend that they perform thirty minutes of moderate activity in the morning to keep their blood pressure ten points lower throughout the day. While its practice requires more patience and a deeper relationship with patients, something difficult to achieve when there is often pressure to see as many people as possible in a day.

The clinical problem to be examined for this PICOT exercise is Type 2 diabetes and preventions on complication is an adult population. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention

The purpose of the research proposal is to test the effectiveness of a advanced practice nurse (APN)- led study focusing on physical exercise as a means to decrease blood pressure measurements in adults between the ages of 20 and 25 who were obese or overweight in childhood, and remain so, and have developed hypertension that can lead to early morbidity.

Maya has been doing a training programme for the past 3 months to improve her overall fitness which included weight training, running and circuit training. Therefore her body will have gone through a lot of changes during that time. Her body will have adapted to the training that she has done through acute/short term adaptations and chronic/long term adaptions of the muscular and cardiovascular systems. This over time will therefore help her resume playing tennis which was her goal of the training programme. I will specifically be looking into the chronic adaptations of the systems, a chronic adaptation will refer to a permanent adaptation that occurs to the body due to regular training. (Pinchbeck, 2013)