A new client tells you that he was an avid tennis player before he hurt his back a year ago. He often thought about it when he would bring his son to tennis lessons. Now that he no longer has symptoms, he is ready to get in shape for tennis. Based on the sequence of these events, what was the progression for the stages of change?

action; precontemplation; action

Explanation: The stages of behavioral change exhibited in the scenario described above include the action stage which is the most obvious stage of behavioral change whereby implementation of strategy, plans, experience are put into use, being an avid tennis player he was actively preforming the sport. After this, precontemplation occurs which describes the period whereby he had a compulsory unplanned break from the sport due to injury. Then the action stage again which occurs after recovering from injury and getting back into active performance of his favored sport.