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Can You Speed Up Recovery After Injury?

Can You Actually Speed up the Healing Process Maybe...!  You can certainly reinforce and optimize it.  Your body has the capacity to recover from injuries surprisingly quickly, even intense ones. It just needs the right influence! Acute injuries often bring a lot of swelling, a key contributor to instability that follows. It also limits motion & muddies the messages to the very muscles needed for stability. It's one of the most important issues to address in the first wks of rehab & can affect the speed of your recovery. The longer the messaging is muddied, the longer you lack confidence in the knee's ability to stabilize you, the harder it is to get back. So, when I received a call from a client that recently subluxed her patella, I knew time was of the essence. Her Dr. couldn't see her for 2 more wks, which basically left her to fend for herself during the most crucial time period! Instead of ice, I recommended she start my Stem Cell Activation program the very ne...

Considering Knee Replacement??

 EVERY PT's DREAM 😁 Sometimes it can't be avoided, but how fulfilling is it to help someone avoid surgery? Even Double Knee Replacements! Age, severity and activity level are often main decision-making factors when it comes to deciding on total replacement surgeries. If you are older, you are less like to heal on your own...they say If you're damage is too severe, you are unlikely to heal ... they say If you want to remain active, you have no choice... they say Well, I say times are changing. Technology is changing. And mindset is changing. The day my client, who was on the verge of getting DOUBLE Knee replacements, came home from visiting her native country to report she was able to walk freely & enjoy her trip... I couldn't hide my smile. 😁 When her son told me they are no longer considering surgery because her results were so good ... I nearly jumped for joy. Victory!! Don't let age, severity, or desire to remain highly active entice you to surgery before...