Rehabilitation & Post Physical Therapy
So what are you supposed to do when physical therapy is over?
Back to old habits?
“Movement problems don’t reset themselves very well. When we have a choice to reset our own system or simply compensate, we often compensate.”
— Jenn
Over 20 academic studies support the importance of Motor Control. What’s that you ask? It’s getting out of pain, and unlearning that limp.
Your next steps after Physical Therapy
You must keep moving to maintain and improve your hard work from Physical Therapy
Often, the weakness that we’re challenged with isn’t due to lack of strength…it’s inhibition (disrupted neurological input).
Inhibition doesn’t reset itself very well. When we have a choice to reset our own system or simply compensate, we often compensate.
We need to hit the reset button, and re-learn to re-build.
This is the powerful work we can do together – the chance to break-through adhesions, release pain-patterns and move-the-frick-on!
Movement problems show up as muscle tightness/weakness, restricted joint mobility/stability.
This is the guarding response.
The body turns on the emergency brakes
Guarding is like the PTSD response of the muscle.
When the structural issue is healed, and you’re still tight, limping, hurting, compensating….you are guarding.
It’s time to put down that shield.
Motor Control exercises understand the biological need to compensate. Our work removes the opportunities to compensate!
We go backwards to move forward.
Rather than doing everything seated or standing, we go back through those patterns that got us standing in the first place — rolling, quadruped, crawling, kneeling, tall kneeling, & squatting.
We become more proficient in these primal patterns in order to return to our natural state.
Motor Control Is What Your Movement Is Missing.
That’s the work we do.
These aren’t your typical PT “super-gentle” exercises! They include complex movement patterns like lunging, planks, squats, deadlifts, rows, presses, pushups, and lots of core work.
“A great training experience!
Jenn is the best!
She challenges me while being supportive and caring.
When I came to Jenn with an injury, she made sure our regimen worked around and didn’t exacerbate my condition, but gradually made it feel better.