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balance exercises

August 22, 2023 · In: Movement, Strength for Resilience

5 Reasons Why Balance Exercises are Important for Runners

Balance exercises should be incorporated into every runner’s training regimen. Why? Because if you were to take a snapshot of yourself running, you would notice that it essentially is a…

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shoulder strength and stability

July 11, 2023 · In: Movement, Strength for Resilience

Shoulder Strength and Stability: A Beginner’s Guide

Whether you’re having pain reaching for the coffee mug in the overhead cabinet or you have pain when pitching on the mound, shoulder strength and stability is important. The shoulder…

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physical therapy exercises for shoulder pain

May 30, 2023 · In: Movement, Strength for Resilience

Physical Therapy Exercises for Shoulder Pain: What You Should Know

Physical therapy exercises for shoulder pain are specific to each individual person. This is typically determined by what is found in their initial evaluation. Each exercise performed targets something that…

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how to strengthen knees

May 16, 2023 · In: Movement, Strength for Resilience

How to Strengthen Knees for Function and Performance

One common question I frequently hear of is how to strengthen knees, whether it is for athletic performance, going on hikes, or going up and down the stairs. This article…

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sports physical therapy

April 11, 2023 · In: Pain Science and Healing, Science-Backed Education

Sports Physical Therapy: A Rehab Approach for High Performance

Sports physical therapy is a specialty in the world of physical therapy. It covers everything from rehabilitation after surgery, recovery from an injury, injury prevention, rest and recovery, and fine…

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resistance band rehab exercises

March 7, 2023 · In: Movement, Strength for Resilience

5 Best Shoulder Strengthening Exercises for Healthy Movement and Stability

When it comes to shoulder strengthening exercises, physical therapists want to target the specific muscles that are weak. While weak muscles may differ from person to person, there are certain…

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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.

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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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