{"id":21286,"date":"2017-11-29T12:46:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T20:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalfitnessnetwork.org\/public\/?p=21286"},"modified":"2017-11-27T05:55:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T13:55:38","slug":"member-spotlight-physical-therapy-assistant-functional-trainer-albuquerque-nm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/all-mfn\/member-spotlight-physical-therapy-assistant-functional-trainer-albuquerque-nm\/","title":{"rendered":"Member Spotlight: Physical Therapy Assistant and Functional Trainer in Albuquerque, NM"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Name: <\/strong>Ryan S. Crandall
\nLocation<\/strong>: Albuquerque (area) New Mexico
\nWebsite: <\/strong>betterbalance4seniors.com
\n<\/a>Member Since:<\/strong> 2015
\nOccupation: <\/strong>Physical Therapist Assistant<\/p>\n

How do you or your business help those with chronic disease\/medical conditions or who need pre & postnatal care? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m 100% mobile. I help seniors in their homes with advancing their strength, mobility, and balance. We have fun and we improve functional outcomes to enhance independence.<\/p>\n

What course work have you completed and would you recommend to other\u00a0<\/strong>professionals to work with those populations? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, I actually work in the Physical Therapy field and have an undergrad degree in biology and psychology. This underpins a lot of what I know to help this population. With that, I\u2019ve taken advanced classes\/courses over the years from the Gray Institute, vestibular courses, and the Functional Aging Institute<\/p>\n

What makes you different from all the other fitness professionals out there?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Most trainers only train at gyms. I\u2019m 100% mobile. Also, I stick with the basics as the basics work. I find where my client needs to be met and I go from there. Lastly, I have fun with my clients. A sense of humor and a smile goes a long way. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

What is your favorite activity or class to participate in? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hiking and being outdoors with nature.<\/p>\n

What is one piece of advice that you would give other fitness professionals about working with special populations or those who need pre & postnatal care?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

I think it is amazing if someone wants to work with our senior or special needs population. Get the education to back up your desire and you will go a long way!<\/p>\n

What type of community activities are you involved in? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Right now, working full time and being a step dad take up my time.<\/p>\n

\"\"What is one of your favorite memories involving working with someone that has a health challenge or disability? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had several clients who would fall nearly daily. Many of them would go from that to falling maybe once a month or even less. When people aren\u2019t afraid to fall and gain strength then they are more independent. This is so powerful.<\/p>\n

What would you like to see change\/develop\/emerge in the future of healthcare and the fitness industry? <\/strong><\/p>\n

More baseline education at the college level.<\/p>\n

What is your favorite fitness\/inspirational\/motivational quote?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Baby steps.<\/p>\n

Anything else we should know about you?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

I have two beautiful dogs. Keeta, our black lab, and Rocky, our Alaskan Malamute who weighs 120 lbs!<\/p>\n

View Ryan’s MFN profile ><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am a 100% mobile trainer, working with clients in their homes to advance their strength, mobility, and balance. We have fun and we improve functional outcomes to enhance independence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[205],"class_list":["post-21286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-mfn","tag-member-spotlight"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}