Navigating the Scope of Practice: Personal Trainers, Physios, Dieticians, Doctors..What can a personal trainer do?

Send us a text One of the ongoing discussions people in the health space (I"ll include everyone in that; Doctors, Physios, Dieticians, Nutritionists, Personal trainers etc) keep having is about "scope of practice". For instance; Someone who is not a registered dietician can not give out personalised meal plans, telling you exactly what to eat. It doesn"t matter whether they"re a personal trainer or a GP, they don"t have the qualifications to do so. You will often hear physio therapists say the same thing; "If your client has an injury then you should refer out to a physio" and technically they are correct. However, there are some grey areas in this. What about a minor niggle? Can/should a personal trainer refer out? I mean, you don"t go to A&E with a small cut on your finger, do you? And what happens when a qualified professional is seemingly incapable of helping you but someone in an adjacent profession does have the solution? I give the example of my knee pain which physiotherapists kept messing around with and nothing was resolved, then I saw my sports massage therapist and he diagnosed the cause in 2 minutes and fixed it within 3 sessions. Should I not have listened? Should he have sent me away, back to the physios that didn"t have the solution the first time? All that, and more, in today"s episode; As always; HPNB still only has 5 billing cycles. So this means that you not only get 3 months FREE access, no obligation! BUT, if you decide you want to do the rest of the program, after only 5 months of paying $10/£8 a month you now get FREE LIFE TIME ACCESS! That"s $50 max spend, in case you were wondering. Though I"m not terribly active on  Instagram and Facebook you can follow us there. I am however active on Threads so find me there! And, of course, you can always find us on our YouTube channel if you like your podcast in video form :) Visit healthypostnatalbody.com and get 3 months completely FREE access. No sales, no commitment, no BS. Email peter@healthypostnatalbody.com if you have any questions, comments or want to suggest a guest/topic             If you could rate the podcast on your favourite platform that would be a big help.  Playing us out this week; "Keys to the castle" by Salon Dijon