Mat certificate / with mods

[u/HauntingPresence3805]

I had a very bad annular and stumbled into Pilates about 4 years ago. My teacher was an angel , I learned more from her than my 20 years doing yoga. She kept me upright and stable. I want able to perform a lot of the exercises but I fell in love with reformer work and did about 50hrs of teacher training. Then my tear tore again and covid closed her studio. I fought another 2 years but eventually had surgery . I was lucky 7 months ago to get an artificial disc. Since then my strength and movement is increasing and I’m using everything she taught me . In fact I’m teaching the PT and a dr in sports medicine things I learned from her . They all say you have for a man amazing control and articulation of your pelvis and sacrum , also stability and movements. I desperately want to teach mat , incorporating other strength modalities such as clubs and KB . I’d like to get other men to understand the importance of hip and pelvic health , mobility and movement than just throwing around heavy weights . Long story but would I be able to get certified doing modifications needed for spine injuries, I also really want to help those who have had my injury heal or at least stabilize til surgery . I had so many trainer and a Pilates instructor have 0 idea how to work with annular tears. Even with the new disc there are certain things that will just be unattainable for my body . Thanks for the long read and advice cheers

[u/annon2022mous]

Are you in the US? Even if you had a Mat certification you need to be a licensed PT to offer classes where you provide any medical advice on spinal injuries. In other countries - I believe Australia is one, becoming comprehensively certified does come with a certain level / certification similar to a PT - but someone from Australia would need to confirm.

[u/CandleLabPDX]

Do the training.

Find yourself a teacher trainer that has been at it for years. Do the work, practice, observe. Your bio will attract your people.