Each condition carries what to prescribe, what to avoid and why, and the guideline it came from. Tagging a client with a condition changes what the generator will produce for them.
Elevated blood pressure. Exercise is beneficial but the screening threshold and the Valsalva caution both matter.
The evidence here mostly corrects an expectation. The volume needed for clinically meaningful weight loss is much higher than what most clients expect, and resistance training alone will not do it.
Exercise is a first-line treatment, not a caution. The two things that actually change management are the gap between sessions and hypoglycaemia risk in clients on insulin or sulfonylureas.
Return to activity is graded by healing and symptoms, not by a fixed number of weeks. The weekly target is lower than the general adult one.
Adults 65 and over have an explicit balance requirement in the Canadian guidelines that younger adults do not.
Physical activity is recommended throughout an uncomplicated pregnancy. Screening uses the Get Active Questionnaire for Pregnancy, and there are absolute contraindications a trainer must not train through.
Midportion Achilles tendon pain and stiffness, usually worst in the morning and at the start of activity. Loading is the treatment; rest alone is not.
Persistent non-specific low back pain. Guidelines recommend exercise but do not specify dose, so individualise and progress by response.
Degenerative joint change at the knee. Structured land-based exercise is a core treatment, not a risk.
Reduced bone mineral density with elevated fracture risk. Exercise is protective, but loaded spinal flexion and rotation are the movements associated with vertebral fracture.
Pain around or behind the kneecap, typically with squatting, stairs and prolonged sitting. Exercise therapy is the strongest recommendation, and the hip matters as much as the knee.
Shoulder pain from rotator cuff tendon irritation. The term 'impingement' is outdated. Active, progressive exercise is the first-line treatment.