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weak hip flexors

May 28, 2024 · In: Movement, Strength for Resilience

Unlocking the Secrets to Strong Hip Flexors

The hip flexors are vital muscles that often play a larger role and often goes unnoticed until they become weak or tight, leading to an array of issues like lower…

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hamstring flexibility

March 19, 2024 · In: Mobility and Restoration, Movement

Unlocking the Secrets to Improved Hamstring Flexibility

The hamstrings play a pivotal role in postural alignment, impacting everything from pelvic tilt to the curvature of your lumbar spine. Hamstring flexibility is a requirement for postural alignment, well-being,…

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inner thigh tightness

March 5, 2024 · In: Mobility and Restoration, Movement

Unlock Your Inner Thigh Tightness and Move More Freely

When we go about our daily activities or dive into our athletic pursuits, the last thing most of us consider is the flexibility of our inner thighs. Yet, it’s this…

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tight hip flexors

December 12, 2023 · In: Body Region Support, Hip, Science-Backed Education

Tight Hip Flexors and How to Treat Them

The hip flexors are a group of muscles that are important for movement and mobility, as well as for powerful leg movements like kicking. Tight hip flexors can lead to…

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hip internal rotation

October 31, 2023 · In: Body Region Support, Hip, Science-Backed Education

Hip Internal Rotation and Why It Is Important

Hip internal rotation is one of the most commonly limited movements of the hip. Improving range in this direction can help with countless activities. This includes squatting and helping to…

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is walking good for piriformis syndrome

June 6, 2023 · In: Pain Science and Healing, Science-Backed Education

How to Get Rid of the Pain from Piriformis Syndrome

Ever had a nagging pain in your butt, more than just an ordinary ache? You could be dealing from piriformis syndrome. Piriformis syndrome can be a source of that nagging…

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hi, i'm tera!

I'm a licensed Doctor of Physical Therapy and the founder of PT Complete. I built the Regulate and Rebuild Method because most people trying to get back into their body after chronic pain are told to either push through it or rest completely, and neither one actually works. I write from the clinic and from my own body, since I'm working through my own chronic pain story right now, too. When I'm not working, you'll probably find me managing the regular chaos of life or curled up with coffee and a dessert I can't seem to quit.

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Chronic pain isn’t like an injury that heals and g Chronic pain isn’t like an injury that heals and goes away. It’s there most days and most of the time, no one can see it. I’d go out with friends, smile, and keep shifting in my seat trying to find a position that didn’t hurt, without saying a word.

I didn’t want to be the burden, the one who ruins the night, or the person whose pain becomes the whole conversation. So “I’m in pain” slowly turned into “I’m fine.” Not because it stopped being true, but because I got tired of being the one who always brings it up.

Sometimes “I’m fine” is just the easiest thing to say.

Send this to the friend who always says she’s fine.

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For about two weeks, I got through every day looki For about two weeks, I got through every day looking fine.

I showed up, I smiled, and I did what needed to get done, and no one would have guessed anything was wrong. Then I’d get home, close the door, and fall apart. I didn’t have anything left for a walk, for dinner, or even for a conversation.

Holding it together takes energy, even when no one can see it. Your body is still carrying the stress while you’re smiling through the day and it has to go somewhere once you finally stop.

So if you’re falling apart the second you walk in the door, that’s what it looks like when you’ve been holding a lot for a long time. Home is just the first place it feels safe to let go.

If this is where you are right now, it’s okay. Know you aren’t alone in that feeling.

Send this to the friend going through a hard stretch right now.

#hardseason #nervoussystemcare #mentalload #emotionalexhaustion #womenswellness
It took me years to feel steady again. For a long It took me years to feel steady again. For a long time I ran on fumes. and it showed up in my health, so I learned to be careful with what I took on.

Now, I’m in a different place and there are things I want to go after. So I sit down at night to work on them. A couple of weeks into going all in, I’m wiped out. I don’t want to work out. I don’t want to make dinner. I just want to sit on the couch and do nothing.

That’s when I get scared because I know where that road goes if I ignore it. So I back off, and when I back off, I stay stuck.

The question I keep coming back to is whether that’s my body telling me something real or an old habit of protecting myself like I’m still where I was years ago. Some days I can tell the difference and some days I can’t.

If you’re stuck between wanting more and being afraid of what it’ll cost you, you’re not the only one.

Send this to the friend going after something big right now.

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For about two months now, I’ve wanted to get back For about two months now, I’ve wanted to get back to working out. And every time I thought I was close, something else came up.

I wasn’t sleeping well, caffeine was getting me through the day, and after a full day of just showing up, I had nothing left. My wearable was showing it, but I already knew. How was I supposed to recover from a workout when I wasn’t even recovering from a normal day?

So I held off. But then the voice kicks in. “You should be back on track by now, you’ve already lost weeks.”

But, adding physical stress on top of a system that’s already maxed out isn’t discipline. It usually just digs the hole deeper.

I know it was the right call, and yet, I’m still frustrated about it. I have goals I want to hit and both of those things are true at the same time.

If you’re in a stretch where you can’t do the thing you know helps, it’s okay to be doing less and still wish it were different.

Send this to the friend who’s had to put her goals on hold.

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