CSCS Certification

[lemonsnicks]

What are your thoughts and on the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) certification? How has your experiences as a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) complimented your PT career? Have you used your certification to work as a personal trainer?

I am a third year DPT student at the University of Connecticut with an interest in outpatient ortho, pediatrics, and community health and wellness. I am looking for take the exam this fall so that I have the CSCS by the time I graduate May 2014.

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[NewDPT31]

What are your thoughts and on the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) certification? How has your experiences as a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) complimented your PT career? Have you used your certification to work as a personal trainer?

I am a third year DPT student at the University of Connecticut with an interest in outpatient ortho, pediatrics, and community health and wellness. I am looking for take the exam this fall so that I have the CSCS by the time I graduate May 2014.

When I was in my last year of PT school I took the sports symposium class at our school. The teacher was a DPT, PHd, MS, ATC and CSCS. I asked him this same question because I wanted to go into sports and he said there's really no benefit to getting it besides treating it like a self study continuing ed class. Most everything on the test you will have learned in Exercise Phys, therex, etc...so the test should be a breeze(i had friends who actually went through with it and said it was pretty easy).

A CSCS will not get you a pay raise nor any extra MD referrals.
But it will give you more letters after your name!

 

[WarriorPT]

I agree with NewDPT31. Some folks told me that its a small edge in gaining access to job interviews, but I don't believe that. If you plan on doing anything in sport (outside of rehab) it can be very helpful.

 

[Myosin]

I've never heard of NASM, ASCM, or CSCS certs actually helping anyone who isn't a personal trainer.

These certs are either redundant and/or diluted versions of whatever your current profession is and don't actually add anything.

You can actually do searches of "[Insert certification] is useless" and find lots of forums where people have already discussed this, most of them being personal trainers.

 

[Myosin]

Double post for some reason

 

[marronew]

Op how do you like the UConn program?? I'm going into my final year at UConn as an undergrad and am applying this November. I'm nervous about my application process

 

[NewTestament]

I've never heard of NASM, ASCM, or CSCS certs actually helping anyone who isn't a personal trainer .

I've never heard of these certifications helping anyone who is a trainer either.

 

[lemonsnicks]

UConn DPT is a phenomenal program. Please feel free to PM me with any questions, I would be more than happy to help.