Have you ever wondered if you, as a personal trainer, can train pregnant women? Ever wonder if it\u2019s under the scope of practice for you and your staff? Worried about the safety of your client and your coworkers? You came to the right place! Today, we answer this question on training pregnant women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We get this question from time to time about working within the BCRPA Scope of Practice. If you read the\u00a0Scope of Practice<\/a>\u00a0for registered fitness professionals, we will not see anything specifically about Pregnant women. So, can you safely train your client who\u2019s pregnant?<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the staff at BCPRA, the BCRPA Personal Trainer (PT) Scope of Practice does not cover Pre-natal (pregnant women) since it is a specialty area. What this means is that you may need additional certifications to prove that you have the qualifications to train this individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recommendation: you should have private insurance as a personal trainer, as the BCRPA fitness leader does not cover Pre-natal training. To make sure that you are covered, we suggest that you check with your insurance provider for confirmation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not applicable to you yet? No worries! First, you need to pass your\u00a0Fitness Theory exam<\/a>. To get you ready, you can take a\u00a0Fitness Theory Course<\/a>\u00a0to make sure that you get used to the exam format and become familiar with the exam content. Visit\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about how you can become a personal trainer in BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have you ever wondered if you, as a personal trainer, can train pregnant women? Ever wonder if it\u2019s under the scope of practice for you and your staff? Worried about the safety of your client and your coworkers? You came to the right place! Today, we answer this question on training pregnant women. BCRPA Scope… » read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-training","category-tips"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tI\u2019m not a personal trainer yet!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n