Finally got the website up and running! Huge success! It still needs lots of tweaks but I have learned so much throughout this process, 1) websites are hard work! and 2) youtube and google are by far the greatest resources, I cannot believe the wealth of information that you can find on the internet. In one night I learned how to replace the seal on my washing machine, compared reviews on cloth diapers, and learned how to put sliding pictures on my site. Amazing. So, welcome to my blog! This blog will serve 3 purposes
1) Share my day to day experiences
2) Share health and wellness tips tailored to my client population
3) Share my progress with my pregnancy and after birth weight loss routine.
Now for my first official blog post, a little about me, where I came from and why I’m here!
My name is Natasha, I am a little bit of a lot of things as I’m sure you will realize as time goes on. I am an Occupational Therapist, for those who don’t know exactly what that is (which is a lot of people, so don’t feel ashamed!) it’s similar to Physical Therapy but different. The way I describe it to my patients is that we often do a lot of the same things, exercises, therapeutic activities, education, but with different goals in mind. The goal of an OT is to help people regain their independence with the everyday activities. Depending on the client population these activities change quite a bit! With my elderly patients these include bathing, toileting, eating, etc, and with my pediatric patients it can be things such as rolling, crawling, handwriting, and playing. Here is a great article that helps explain it a little more if your interested! Click here!
So, that is what I do professionally, but I like to think I’m a little bit different. I’m not here to treat my clients as an OT, but it does serve as a great educational background and influences my training style, which is why it is important to mention. I have a strong passion for fitness and have maintained a healthy lifestyle pretty much my entire life! Growing up I was an active and healthy child, I did every activity that my parents would allow, ballet, swimming, cheerleading, volleyball, soccer, you name it. Naturally, I decided to go into Kinesiology. I started university when I was 17 years old and have been hooked ever since. The human body fascinates me! I have been a personal trainer since I was 18, nearly 10 years now, and love seeing my clients get the results they deserve for their hard work and dedication. It’s that same high that I get with my patients when I see them achieve their goals through therapy. Throughout school I had always taken a particular interest in health promotion and disease prevention. I completed my Bachelors and Masters degrees in Canada, where the healthcare system is very different than it is here. Health promotion encourages people to take their health into their own hands and work to prevent disease, illness and injury before it happens. This not only benefits the person but the entire healthcare system in general. Working in California the past 3 years I have come to realize that this isn’t necessarily the case. In the United States healthcare professionals thrive off people being sick. There are hardly any jobs as an OT in which I help people take care of themselves BEFORE something happens, but rather the highest paying jobs are those in hospitals and nursing homes to help care for people AFTER something happens, which sometimes could have been prevented with proper education and preventative care. I will most likely write a more in depth article about this in the future, so I will try not to get on a rant right now but to sum it up this is why I decided to start my own business and use my knowledge and expertise to help others. Through education, commitment, and hard work I feel I can help you, my clients, to reach your health and wellness goals, whatever they may be. I will help you achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle to prevent injuries, illness, and decline in the future! I guess that pretty much summarizes how I came about being a trainer, and hope that you can share in my excitement as I take on this new business venture. Stay tuned for my next post!
In fitness and good health,
Natasha