So what’s new?
2014 has brought many challenges in my 10 year anniversary as a personal trainer.
I began to work with my first late stage Altzheimer’s client, which required another certification. I also worked with a client who has Parkinson’s and another client who needed post stroke rehab.
It seems that my work is getting more and more challenging these days, yet more and more rewarding! I work with an older population with special medical concerns that would otherwise be invisible and perhaps neglected. Yet, I too am growing and always ready to learn and to pursue deeper and more meaningful work with an under served population.
And so I have discovered a new niche for myself – training a very special segment of our population – a grandmother, a 73 year old with late stage Alzheimer’s, a 70 year old recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s who just lost a loved one, a professor emeritus who had a mini stroke and is struggling with depression and balance issues. I am humbled to work with them, because it is a testament to our vulnerability, our own struggles and the fact that we have to take good care of ourselves and each other!
