3/18/25 Webinar | Orthopedic Fitness 2025
LIVE PRESENTATION
Tuesday, March 18
10:00am-11:00am PT (1:00-2:00pm ET)
If you are unable to attend live, a recording is emailed to all registrants within 24 hours of the live broadcast. You must register before the live broadcast to receive the recording.
As the need for highly educated fitness professionals grows, so does the need for available and up-to-date information to best serve our clients.
In this webinar, join the authors of the Orthopedic Fitness Specialist course, Christine Conti and Irv Rubenstein, as they teach you the latest research about how to deliver individualized and appropriate fitness programming to meet the unique needs of individuals living with joint pain and injuries. Learn how to improve communication skills, build rapport, and gain a better understanding of the role of the specialized fitness professional in 2025 and beyond!
Free registration is made possible by the MedFit Education Foundation. Please consider donating to support our mission.
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ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Christine Conti, M.Ed is an international fitness educator, chronic disease wellness specialist, and recipient of the IDEA World 2023 Fitness Instructor of the Year. She is the CEO of FITFIXNOW, founder of ContiFit, COO of Reinventing the Woman International, and Co-Host of the Two Fit Crazies and a Microphone Podcast. Christine is also the best-selling author of SPLIT-SECOND COURAGE, a corporate wellness consultant, and keynote speaker. When she is not traveling, you will find her running marathons, competing in IRONMAN, or guiding Special Olympic athletes. After receiving a life-changing diagnosis at age thirty, this former investment banker/English teacher believes that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!
Irv Rubenstein, Ph.D. in exercise science and certified personal trainer*, is the founder and president of STEPS Fitness, Nashville’s first personal training center. Dr. Irv is often cited in print and online publications as a reliable resource for scientific explanations of fitness myths, functional training and proper exercise technique. He has contributed to books and written articles about personal training and edited the Visual Health Information five-book series, “Exercise Ideas”. He has served on the NSCA committee to develop a new certification for trainers working with special populations (CSPS.) He has provided continuing education for fitness professionals with Exercise ETC for over 15 years, was a founding member of the Eating Disorders Coalition of TN (now called Renewed) and has presented at major conferences on exercise and anorexia, arthritis and exercise, and the scientific challenges of weight loss. Dr. Irv serves on the advisory board of the MedFit Network and co-authored the Orthopedic Fitness Specialist course for the MedFit Education Foundation.
