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Reclaim Your Strength

nervous system regulation for women in chronic pain

Finally. A Program Built for Women Who Have Tried Everything and Still Aren’t Getting Better.

reclaim your strength

A 10-week group coaching program for women navigating chronic pain, fatigue, and burnout.

BUILT ON THE REGULATE AND REBUILD METHOD

Most programs hand you a workout plan and send you home. Reclaim Your Strength was designed for what comes after that. When you’ve done all the right things and still end up back in the same cycle.

This program follows the exact sequence your body needs: regulating the nervous system first, rebuilding strength progressively, and layering in sustainable habits that carry over into real life. Not a quick fix. A complete framework from a licensed DPT who is walking the same path alongside you.

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You wake up already calculating how to get through today without making it worse.

You’ve tried pushing through. You’ve tried resting. You’ve seen doctors who told you everything looks normal. You’ve attempted to build strength on your own only to end up right back where you started, hurting and defeated.

And underneath all of it is the exhaustion. Not just physical, but the mental load of managing a body that feels unpredictable while life keeps moving around you.

You’re not lazy. You’re not weak. You’ve been running on empty without the right roadmap. And that ends here.

hi, i’m tera

I’m a Doctor of Physical Therapy who has lived with chronic pain for over ten years and I built this program because I was missing the same piece you are.

I know what it feels like to do everything right and still end up in a flare. To feel dismissed by a system that tells you you’re fine when you know in your bones that something is still not right.

Reclaim Your Strength exists to bridge the gap between formal care and real, lasting recovery. It brings the clinical knowledge of a licensed DPT into a coaching and wellness space where there’s finally room to address not just the muscles and joints, but the nervous system driving the cycle underneath.

This isn’t just what I teach. It’s what I practice every single day.

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you deserve to feel good in your body again

This is the program that was missing.

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What’s Included

WHEN YOU JOIN THE WAITLIST, YOU’LL BE FIRST TO RECEIVE:

  • Priority enrollment before doors open to the public
  • Founding member pricing – the lowest this program will ever be offered
  • First access to program details, dates, and what to expect
  • A spot in a small, intentional cohort capped at 10 women
  • Support from a licensed DPT who understands chronic pain from the inside out

“You haven’t failed every program you’ve tried. Every program has failed to address the one thing driving the cycle — your nervous system.”

– Tera Sandona, PT, DPT

Questions? I have answers!

Who is this program for?

Reclaim Your Strength is for women navigating chronic pain, fatigue, and burnout who have tried other approaches and keep ending up back in the same cycle. If you’ve done physical therapy, tried workout programs, or seen multiple providers and still feel stuck, this program was built with you in mind.

Do I need any equipment or prior fitness experience?

The program is designed to meet you where your body actually is right now, not where you think it should be. Daily protocols are 12 to 15 minutes and can be done from home with minimal to no equipment.

How is this different from traditional physical therapy?

Traditional PT clinics operate within a healthcare system that simply doesn’t allow the time or space for deep nervous system work. This program brings the clinical knowledge of a licensed DPT into a coaching and wellness space where there’s finally room to address the root of what’s driving the cycle, not just the symptoms.

What if I’m in a pain flare when the program starts?

If you’re in a pain flare when the program starts, then you’re definitely in the right place. This program is designed around flares. The Regulate and Rebuild Method teaches you how to read your body’s signals and modify accordingly. A flare is not a reason to stop — it’s data, and we work with it.

How much time do I need each week?

Daily protocols are 12 to 15 minutes and there is one weekly live group coaching call with Tera. If you can’t make the live session, it will be recorded and available for you at your convenience. The program was built specifically for women with limited energy and busy lives. It has to fit into real life or it doesn’t work.

When does the program start?

The program is currently in development. Join the waitlist to be the first to know when enrollment opens, get priority access, and secure founding member pricing.

You’ve waited long enough to feel like yourself again.

your next step starts here

You don’t have to figure this out alone. Join the waitlist and be the first to know when Reclaim Your Strength opens enrollment.
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Licensed DPT • Regulate first, rebuild second, then layer
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I currently do not squat, lunge, or deadlift. I g I currently do not squat, lunge, or deadlift.

I get why everyone defaults to these movements. They’re efficient, they build strength, and if your body can tolerate them, there’s nothing wrong with having them in a program.

For a long time, I assumed that if I pushed through it, my body would eventually catch up. That’s not how it works when you’re dealing with chronic pain. Pushing through leads to a setback fast.

Your back is tied directly into what your hips and legs are doing. Careful form can only take it so far out of the equation, especially when weakness is involved.

A few months ago, I was doing bodyweight versions of these same exercises at home. Every time, it aggravated my back. So I stepped back to isolated machines instead.

Here’s what made it click. I couldn’t even tolerate a leg extension machine at 30lbs. I weigh about 120. There was no version of me safely squatting my own bodyweight and that’s still true right now.

Isolated machines do exactly what they’re built for. They isolate one muscle group and take my back out of the equation so I can still train and progressively add weight at a pace that’s safe for my body.

If a compound lift keeps interfering with your back, this is where I’d start looking instead.

Send this to the friend who keeps getting told squats are non-negotiable.
It was a Sunday and I woke up feeling good, better It was a Sunday and I woke up feeling good, better than I expected after lifting the day before. I went on a 40 minute walk, did laundry and vacuumed, and had a home leg workout planned for later.

Then around early afternoon, my energy tanked. I could still putter around the house, but the thought of starting that workout felt like more than I had left.

If you’ve had energy for everything except the one thing you planned, I know how much that one can sting.

Looking back, it was hot, I’d barely eaten, and I hadn’t slept well most of that week. Each of those can pull from the same energy you’d use to train, and that day, I had all three. What felt like a motivation problem was my body showing me what the day had already used up.

So I moved the workout to Monday instead of forcing it (and let myself have the day).

Send this to the friend who feels guilty every time a planned workout doesn’t happen.

#chronicpainlife #chronicfatiguesyndrome #lowenergy #paceyourself #functionalcapacity
Nothing about chopping vegetables is urgent and my Nothing about chopping vegetables is urgent and my jaw was still clenched like it was.

If you just checked and your teeth were touching, you’re not doing anything wrong. When you’ve been running on alert for a while, your nervous system can start treating ordinary moments like urgent ones, and your jaw braces right along with it while you scroll, answer emails, or cook dinner.

Over time that can stack into headaches, jaw pain, and neck tension.

You don’t have to fix it the moment you catch it. Right now the goal is to notice it in the everyday moments it tends to hide, so it stops being something your body does without you knowing.

Save this and check your jaw the next time you open your inbox.

#jawclenching #jawtension #nervoussystemhealth #stressandpain #chronicpainawareness
Happy 1st anniversary to my other half 💕 Getting Happy 1st anniversary to my other half 💕

Getting to relive the best day ever, reminiscing through these photos, and visiting our favorite place is more than I could ask for. Can’t wait for many more of these years to come ❤️
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