Special Populations: Training the Pregnant Client

Abstract

THE BENEFITS OF PRENATAL EXERCISE ARE EXTENSIVE FOR THE MOTHER AND CHILD. AEROBIC AND RESISTANCE TRAINING ARE SAFE WITH PROPER MODIFICATIONS SPECIFIC TO THE CLIENT'S NEEDS AND ADVANCING GESTATION. TRAINING A PRENATAL CLIENT REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES OF PREGNANCY TO OPTIMIZE THE EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION AND RESULTING OUTCOMES.

Title IX Information Increases Female Collegiate Athletes' Intent to Seek Help

“…In 2003 Sorensen, a nurse, recognized the serious health risks for college student athletes who conceal pregnancy and began a national conversation on the problem by writing to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA; Sorensen, personal letter to R. Stallman, Director of Education Outreach, NCAA, 2003). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights (OCR) strongly reinforced its prohibition of pregnancy discrimination in college athletics (Monroe, 2007) in response to numerous published anecdotes of pregnant student athletes feeling pressured to choose between concealing or aborting their pregnancies and losing financial aid (e.g., Rosenberg, 2004;Rovegno, 2007) and in response to NCAA member schools' independent advocacy to protect pregnant student athletes (Rosenberg, 2004;Smith, 2004;Sorensen et al, 2009). In 2008 the NCAA developed Pregnant and Parenting Student Athletes: Resources and Model Policies (Hogshead-Makar & Sorensen, 2008).…”