PROSPECTIVE CLIENT BASIC REQUIREMENTS

I can’t help everyone, so I strive to match my skills & training with compatible clients to allow us both to shine. I’d also like to ensure your success with a reasonably long-term collaboration; maintain a smooth-running practice; and do the highest good with my time & effort. If you’re interested in using my services, I’d love to hear from you if you meet the basic criteria listed below:

1. Have normal cognitive abilities
2. Can walk without assistive devices
3. Will work with me at least 1x/week for a 4-6 month minimum (no pre-paid contract, just an understanding) *
4. Are willing & able to use email for scheduling/normal communication and will respond promptly
5. Will sign my Fees & Policies Statement at our first session**
6. Will follow & implement best practices for Covid infection prevention***

* I’m looking to change your life, so I do everything I can to ensure your success and avoid common pitfalls & stumbling blocks that impede progress. That’s why I require a minimum commitment of 1x/week for a least 4-6 months. We’d like to have a successful collaboration – right? – and that’s not going to happen in a few sessions or a session every-once-in-awhile. Improving older adult functional fitness takes time: the time to apply the right kind of focused, repeated effort and the patience to keep at it. A successful older adult fitness “program or plan” can’t be a static tool, but should be constantly changing & dynamic. To keep you on a successful path, your program will absolutely require repeated adjustments to modify, regress and progress. Everyone’s learning occurs at different rates. Physical abilities vary tremendously with the older adult population and nothing is a given with each individual body. As an example, consider something as basic as a walking program – mostly foolproof right? Well, besides foot pain issues, walking success can be compromised by a whole host of other factors like a lack of big toe or ankle bendability; or hip weakness that causes the pelvis to tip too much side-to-side; or insufficient dynamic (moving) balance which makes it hard for you to adjust to ground irregularities or trip-worthy obstacles like uplifted sidewalk segments.

** My Fees & Policies Statement outlines my current fees, billing, cancellation policy, no show policy & Covid prevention protocols/policies.

*** Covid policies are and will remain in place. Since all my clients are in the high-risk group for Covid-complications, I will not work with anyone who is unwilling to implement best practices for Covid prevention: vaccines, on-going boosters when available, N-95/KN-95 face coverings and adequate ventilation, etc.