Trainer Shouldn't Have Told Client to 'Push Through' Pain

After an apparent workout injury, telling a client to "push through it" is not a trainer's wisest course of action.

It began, in late 2000, with a routine personal-trainer consultation. Alvin Howard, who was then a running back on the Greenville College football team, had recently suffered an ankle injury and wanted to improve his football skills. Howard paid a visit to Missouri Bone and Joint Center Inc., an orthopedic and physical training clinic in St. Louis. Kevin Templin, a certified athletic trainer employed by MBJC, provided Howard with an initial evaluation, which consisted of an interview, measurements and some performance testing.

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