The 7 Steps of a Medical Exercise Assessment
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The Professional Framework That Separates MedExPROs From Personal Trainers
Most exercise professionals believe they perform assessments.
But the reality is this:
Most “assessments” in the fitness industry are simply movement warm-ups disguised as evaluation.
A true Medical Exercise Assessment is something very different.
It is a structured process designed to:
- Identify functional deficits
• Establish objective baselines
• Guide exercise prescription
• Communicate with medical providers
• Track functional improvement over time
Without a structured assessment process, exercise becomes guesswork.
And guesswork is the fastest way to lose credibility with physicians, physical therapists, and insurance carriers.
If Medical Exercise Professionals want to be recognized as part of the continuum of movement care, we must operate with the same level of structured evaluation used in healthcare.
Over the past three decades, I’ve refined what I call the Seven...