Featured Post Rehab Instructors

My name is Mike Jones and I am a physical therapist with 25 years experience. Back in 1992 I had a goofy idea that "exercise was the key to long-term management of most medical conditions". That evolved into a shift in the philosophy of my clinics and eventually to launching the Medical Exercise Specialist program in 1994. I currently live with my wife Gail. I have a...

My name is Andre' John Gremillion. I have been married to my wife Shandra for 10 years and we have two wonderful sons Andre Jr. 5 yrs & Solomon 1 yrs old. I served my country for 10 years as member of the Louisiana Army National Guard, first as an enlisted soldier then moving up the ranks to officer. The last 18 months of the 10 years was served in Operation Iraqi Freedom...

My BA degree was in English Literature (1984 - University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA), my MA was in Physical Education with advanced work in Exercise Physiology, Kinesiology and Adult Adapted Physical Education (1986 - University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA) with additional work at University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Oregon and San Jose State University...

Born and raised in Kailua, HI. While I was raised in paradise my childhood wasn't all fun in the sun. I was an obese child and by the age of 18 I was topping the scales at more than 420lbs. For me it was an addiction issue. I was addicted to food and couldn't get enough. Now I can't blame anyone but myself. I had great role models; in fact my mom has been in the fitness...

My name is David Gilks and I am the owner of Core Essentials Personal Training & Rehabilitation in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. I have been involved in the fitness industry as a professional for over 15 years. My personal interest in fitness began more in the athletic development aspect as I trained as a power lifter, bodybuilder, Olympic weight lifter...

My name is Janny Bird, MES, MEPD and I live in Campbell River, BC, Canada. I own and operate a personal training business, Fitness Dynamics, since 1998. I work with clients in their homes or in my home studio. This is my second career. My first was in aquaculture. I managed salmon farms for 9 years. I chose to begin work in the health and fitness industry after...

Jason Hodge is a Medical Exercise Specialist in Katy, TX just outside of Houston, TX. He has been personal training clients since 1996 working throughout Louisiana and Texas. His first personal training certification was through the Coopers' Institute of Aerobics Research in Dallas, TX. Since that time he has achieved a B.S. in Kinesiology from The University...

My name is Mia Sutherland and I call Comox, B.C. on Vancouver Island home. I am the daughter of a retired member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and this town I now call home is my fourteenth town and definitely my last... well maybe. I am 44 years old and I have been married for 21 years... to the same man. We have an amazing 17 year old son that is our greatest...

I have been a Certified Personal Trainer since January, 1995. My first professional appointment was on the staff at Edward's Health and Fitness Center in Naperville, IL. The fitness center is affiliated with Edward's Hospital, a highly regarded private hospital in a suburb west of Chicago. I moved to the Cincinnati, OH area in January, 1996 with my husband...

Richard Gafter is the host of AAHRP's PostRehabToday.com and recently attended the first MES Course Instructor Training. Richard was born in New York City and currently lives in Victoria, BC Canada with his wife, Amanda and their 2 children (Jared, 14 and Annika, 8). He is the founder, owner and Medical Exercise Program Director for MedEx Fitness Centre...

Let me introduce myself. My name is Scott Jackson. I live in Nevada City, a small rural California town in the Sierra foothills. (Yes- our town was named before the State!) My wife Barbi and I started Scott Jackson's Real Life Fitness in 1994. While attending Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo I earned a Bachelors of Science in Physical Education...

I was born and raised in New York City in 1959. I grew up in West Harlem and moved to the Bronx in 1977 when I graduated from Cardinal Hayes High School. I then went on to Brooklyn College on Bedford Avenue and Avenue H in Flatbush. I rode the subway from the Bronx to Brooklyn every day. It was a seventy minute trip daily. but I did it and never...