{"id":5153,"date":"2020-11-13T21:24:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T21:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveyourlifept.com\/blog\/?p=5153"},"modified":"2020-11-13T21:24:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T21:24:50","slug":"5-reasons-you-need-a-pt-to-coordinate-your-fitness-regimen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liveyourlifept.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/13\/5-reasons-you-need-a-pt-to-coordinate-your-fitness-regimen\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons You Need a PT to Coordinate Your Fitness Regimen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Physical therapists aren&#8217;t just for people that are injured or have had surgery. Physical therapists can also help healthy people improve their fitness. Here are 5 reasons why you should consider seeing yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>YOU WANT A BASELINE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When you see a physical therapist to improve your fitness, you&#8217;ll get an assessment of your strength, range of motion, posture and movement patterns. This not only helps your physical therapist design a customized program just for you, it gives them a baseline to compare things to in the future should you start having pain or suffer an injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>YOU WANT EXPERT GUIDANCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure, other professionals could help with your fitness routine, but the fitness industry is not well regulated. Some certifications just require an online course and paying a fee. There are no licenses or other requirements to use many titles. Becoming a physical therapist requires at least a bachelor&#8217;s degree and most PTs practicing today have a doctorate. 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