🌟 Attention Medical Exercise Professionals! 🌟 The Baby Boomer generation is rapidly becoming your most essential client group. Why? Because they're the largest consumer of healthcare services globally. As medical experts increasingly recognize exercise as key in managing chronic conditions, the demand for skilled Medical Exercise Program Directors (MEPDs) is soaring, especially because of Baby Boomers.

🚀 Target Market Insight: Baby Boomers need specialized exercise programs for conditions like hip/knee replacements, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and neurological conditions such as stroke, MS, and Parkinson's. They also require exercise routines to maintain functionality in osteoarthritis.

🔑 The Role of MEPDs: Every Medical Exercise Training (MET) or post-rehab facility needs a competent MEPD for not just survival but growth. MEPDs play a crucial role in developing, managing, marketing, and administering MET programs, acting as a bridge to medical referral sources.

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The Medical Exercise Program Director (MEPD) Training series enhances the skill and knowledge of the medical exercise professional who manages a medical exercise or post-rehab facility. The number 1 reason to enroll in the MEPD program is the enhancement and the growth of professionalism of all MEPD participants. The MEPD increases your ability to better manage medical conditions using ONLY exercise. This raises the professionalism of our new industry - medical exercise training. A higher professional standard is vitally important in the integration of medical exercise training into the health care system. If you want to become a Medical Exercise Program Director go to www.meticexciseprogramdirector.com.

The Medical Exercise Program Director Training Series (MEPDTS), offered by the Medical Exercise Training Institute (METI), represents the highest-level certification in the field. It addresses the increasing demand for specialized medical exercise programs for baby boomers and those with chronic medical conditions. The Medical Exercise Program Director’s (MEPD) role is pivotal in developing, and marketing medical exercise facilities, acting as a liaison between these facilities and the medical community as well as leadership and management of the medical exercise/post-rehab program/facility.

The MEPD certification equips candidates with advanced knowledge and skills in various areas including ergonomics, senior fitness, pharmacology, and advanced medical exercise assessment and progression. The program entails two major projects and 20 hours of observation in a rehab setting. It goes beyond the expertise provided by the Medical Exercise Specialist (MES) or Post Rehab Conditioning Spec...

Good morning MedXPROs!! Check out our new podcast episode as we spotlight Abby Dixson, MES of Laurel, MD. Abby attended the first MES workshop in 1994. Since then, she has built a strong practice with referrals from physical therapists and physicians. Subscribe to our podcast at www.MedicalExerciseSpecialistPodcast.com. 

Hello Medical Exercise Specialists!! The MedXPRO Network (MXP)  is back and better!! We have upgraded the MXP platform, enhanced the online community and added more content to help you grow your MET skills and business. The MedXPRO Network is the only online community specifically to assist you in building your practice. 

We have a number of professional resources, an online forum, training videos and downloadable manuals you won't find anywhere else. Here's a partial list of the MedXPRO Resources.

We are offering our inaugural pricing thru September 9th for all METI MESs, PRCSs, MEPDs and MES-As. Go to www.MedXPRONetwork.com to get registered or for more details. 

Join us for our 9th MES Masters session on April 27th at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT. In this session, we will apply the 6 Point MET Client Management system to a case study. The step-by-step application of the 6-point system may be helpful as you move from personal training to Medical Exercise Training. Use the link below to join!!

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85098466641?pwd=enZWSHJ2eWRZa05XMXFHZ1hFcklTQT09

Password: MESMasters

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What are the next steps for our new profession - Medical Exercise Training? Medical Exercise Training is growing rapidly, receiving greater recognition and moving closer to insurance reimbursement. With this growth and acceptance, we must step back and think carefully about our "Next Steps" to avoid the pitfalls made by some medical professionals. In this session, Dr. Mike discussed some of these next steps and concerns for the future of MET.

The Advanced Medical Exercise Specialist (AMES) Residency 2023 starts April 20th. This is a one-year deep dive into all aspects of medical exercise training (MET). The AMES uses 3 learning components to provide you with the mastery and expertise to establish credibility with medical professionals and your clients.

The learning components include 1) AMES Client Management Sessions; 2) Professional Resources and 3) our 4-day onsite workshops. We will review each of these components in later blog posts. To learn more and register for the AMES Residency 2023 go to www.AdvancedMedicalExerciseSpecialist.com. Early bird registration rates are available thru April 1st. 

Medical Exercise Specialists now must document the exercises/activities which occur during a MET training session. MET documentation may be shared with physicians, therapists, and insurance carriers. There are 8 MET documentation guidelines every MedXPRO must follow. These MET documentation guidelines include:

1. Accurately document session details
2. Note exercises/activities & reactions
3. Note sets, reps, intensity & duration
4. Note any pre-exercise complaints
5. Note ROM, strength, functional changes
6. Use goniometric and strength measures
7. Use FOMs to show progress
8. Note recommendations for next session

There is no avoiding it, insurance reimbursement is coming, and with it necessary MET documentation. The MET Documentation & Communication workshop will review and explain MET documentation guidelines and systems in the course. MET DOC-COM begins Saturday, February 4^th at 10 am ET. Register now at www.METDOCCOM.com.

Medical Exercise Specialists must now document and communicate their services to physicians, therapists, and insurance carriers. In this segment, Dr. Mike reviews the 8 essential forms every MedXPRO needs to manage their practice. These forms are included in the registration for the MET Documentation & Communication workshop. Each form is personalized with your contact information in the header.

The MET Documentation & Communication workshop begins Saturday, February 4th at 11am ET. Register now at www.METDOCCOM.com.