Over the last 29 years, AFPA has licensed over 130,000 well being, vitamin, and health professionals. Throughout AFPA’s Scholar & Group Appreciation Week, we’re highlighting a few of the impactful work of some of our graduates.
Meet Macy Pruett, an .
Meet Macy, AFPA Licensed Prenatal and Postpartum Health Specialist
Macy is the proprietor of , and on-line coaching platform and app for ladies in each stage of their life, together with prenatal and postpartum girls.
Macy has used her certification to assist a whole lot of girls train safely and effectively all through being pregnant. Her signature product, , is a follow-along exercise program she created and used throughout her being pregnant and now shares with different moms-to-be. It consists of protected and acceptable workouts for the primary, second, and third trimesters so prenatal individuals can study to construct and preserve energy and endurance to arrange for labor, supply, and a wholesome postpartum interval.
You possibly can observe Macy on and .
What’s a Prenatal and Postpartum Health Specialist?
A Prenatal and Postpartum Health Specialist is a private coach or health skilled that has the coaching, expertise, and certification to work with pregnant and postpartum individuals. They perceive the ideas of fundamental train physiology and kinesiology because it pertains to being pregnant and design protected and acceptable workouts for prenatal and postpartum shoppers within the private coaching setting.
They work with shoppers to arrange the physique for the bodily calls for of being pregnant, labor, and supply, and assist mothers after child has been born by serving to them to securely resume train and regain energy postpartum.
Prenatal and Postpartum Health Specialists are someday additionally known as Prenatal and Postnatal Train Specialists.
How can I get licensed as a Prenatal and Postpartum Health Specialist?
AFPA affords a . You possibly can earn your certification in 6 months or much less with our versatile study-from-home program.