How To Strength Train Clients with Injuries

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Patty Durell

How can personal trainers and HIT studios better serve their clients with injuries or orthopedic issues (and avoid potentially making them worse)?

Rock Solid Fitness founder Patty Durell returns to talk about the common misconceptions and shares her expert strategies for integrating rehabilitative approaches and high-intensity training protocols — this conversation is a treasure trove of useful advice, backed by Patty’s extensive experience in both fields.

Patty ( info [ at ] rocksolidfitnessfl [ dot ] com ) is a Master-Level Personal Trainer, Certified Conditioning Specialist, and Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant, and has specialized training in nutrition and physical rehabilitation with over 25 years of experience in helping people get in the best shape of their life.

In this episode, we talk about the importance of understanding and recognizing the signs of impaired musculature and how these can impact your client’s physical abilities and increase the potential for injury. Patty provides practical tips for assessing clients and modifying exercises that can alleviate pain and improve mobility. She also discusses the critical role of communication between trainers and clients in managing expectations and making sure they can see and feel progress.

If you want to expand your knowledge on integrating HIT with physiotherapy-style practices to help your clients avoid aggravating injuries and go beyond their limitations, then this episode is a must-listen.

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Show Notes

02:55 – How did Patty Durell end up bridging the gap between personal training and physical therapy?
08:15 – The “problem” with personal training and how you can build trust with your client’s doctors
15:55 – Should you recruit doctors and physical therapists as referral partners?
23:47 – Is the physical therapy industry financially motivated by the wrong thing?
30:35 – The dangers of personal trainers who don’t understand how to train clients with injuries
31:55 – How can you do a functional assessment for a client to assess their current physical issues and prevent potentially aggravating these?
35:43 – Can you spot client injuries or physical issues while in a workout? (What you can look for and what you can do for clients)
38:01 – Do clients actually do any “homework” you give them? How can you increase compliance?
39:40 – Why Patty Durell disagrees with how some trainers approach working with clients who have certain impairments and limitations (and what she prefers to do)
46:20 – How should you think about balance and skill training assessments? (And how this often goes wrong in the fitness industry and in sports)
52:27 – What Patty hopes to see happen for both the personal training and physical therapy spheres

Note: these are the timestamps for the audio edition. For the video edition’s timestamps, please see the YouTube description box for this episode.