NASM Essentials of Corrective Exercise Training
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (587 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0781768020 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
These, along with corrective exercise strategies for common movement impairments seen in each segment of the body, make this text the premier resource for learning and applying NASM’s systematic approach to corrective exercise training.. NASM Essentials of Corrective Exercise Training introduces the health and fitness professional to NASM’s proprietary Corrective Exercise Continuum, a system of training that uses corrective exercise strategies to help improve muscle imbalances and movement efficiency to decrease the risk of injury. This textbook includes several new chapters that were not included in NASM’s previous corrective exercise materials, including the rationale for corrective exercise training, assessments of health risk, static postural assessments, range of motion assessments, and strength assessments (manual muscle testing) as well as corrective exercise strategies for the cervical spine, elbow, and wrist. There are more than 100 corrective exercise techniques in the categories of self-myofascial release, static stretching, neuromuscular stretching, isolated strength training, positional isometrics, and integrated dynamic movements included in the text
Liz said Good for Personal Trainers. I really like this book. It provides simple, step by step instruction for functional training. I will be taking a course to supplement some of the body testing sections.. NASM Essentials of Corrective Exercise Training I was certified as a NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist through an on-line program with a downloaded text study guide (along with on-line videos). The NASM Essentials of Corrective Exercise Training would have been such a valuable addition to the study materials. Now I am using the text as a reference and have found the added materials, photos and excellent format an essential part of my library. The book is well written, extremly conclusive and would be a great resource for the beginner or advanced corrective exercise special. "Not a referance manual for exercise" according to Linda Borton. This book is the core curriculum for NASM's certified Corrective Exercise Training and they allow health professionals other than fitness trainers to take the course and be certified. As a licensed massage therapist I considered becoming certified to teach exercise to my clients to correct muscle imbalances that lead to incorrect posture and pain, and to prepare them before they move on to other exercise programs. On the plus side this book gives several ways to analyze imbalances so the practitioner can detect which muscles ne