PROSPER Performance & Physical Therapy

PT WITH NAGGING HIP PAIN I received a message from a physical therapist colleague & active mom asking for advice. She had been dealing with some hip pain that seemed to have started when she started increasing her strength training regime. My "R hip, feels like "impingement," but also trigger points in piriformis and adductors. I just can't get them to shut off!" Spoken like a true PT 😅 I gave her pictures of 2 new exercises to try via messenger. 5 DAYS LATER, I receive this: "Messaging to tell you you're my hero. That seated stretch is AH-mazing. I have worked out all week with zero pain." It really CAN be that simple! I have recently launched the Pain Relief Coaching program to offer you all the same Quick, Easy, and Effective advice. No appointments necessary! If you'd like to stay in the loop about this program, hop over to my IG acct  @your_pain_relief_coach . Or check out more details & take the quiz to find out if you're a g...

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...

 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...

  Have you noticed a harder time with your front splits on one side? Or maybe it’s always been a struggle for you to get your turn-out on one side? No matter how much you stretch and strengthen, you will not achieve symmetry without compensation (which leads to injury).   Here’s why … Our bodies are NOT symmetrical! Take a look at these images of different systems in our bodies.   Notice how NONE of them are exactly the same on the left as the right. Illustration from Anatomy & Physiology, Connexions Website.                     Photo credit – Khan Viqar blogspot.com http://cnx.org/content/col11496/1.6/ , Jun 19, 2013.   The diaphragm inserts, on average, 1 full spinal segment lower on the Right (L3) than on the left (L2).   The Diaphragm - Actions - Innervation - TeachMeAnatomy The difference in the diaphragm dome height and attachment sites make every human better at inhaling into our left lungs...

WHY ARE YOU CARRYING THAT EVERYWHERE, MOM?  If you've bumped into me lately, you've likely seen this new "friend" poking out of my bag or sitting on my desk. I've had a "bones only" pelvis for a while now, but this one is a new addition. I've been under the wing of the great @hayleykavapt this month tackling a deeper understanding of the pelvic floor. I've understood how to INFLUENCE those deep muscles via the bony positioning and activation of the larger muscles surrounding the pelvis, but I didn't fully understand how to ACTIVATE and RELAX those muscles and when. I was pretty intimidated by those deep pelvis muscles, to be honest. I can say that adding this awareness and cueing to the exercises I've been giving out for years has made a huge difference in myself... and I'm excited to share this new appreciation with you! After just a few times practicing, my feet felt much more grounded when running today! Better hamstring and glute ...

  Why "PROSPER"? I was eating breakfast at McDonald's with a former patient & MLB pitcher when I nailed down the name of my future business. He and I were attending an out-of-town wedding together & it was the only place for a quick, warm breakfast that morning.  🤫 I was excited to tell him about my decision to start my own practice - he had worked with me for quite a while after a surgery and we  had gotten to know each other a bit as human beings over that time. I had several business names I had been thinking of & asked his opinion over coffee that morning. I rattled a few off... but when I got to "PROSPER", he stopped me and said, "That's it! That is what you are really giving people... you do so much more than PT." He got me. He got the verse I was pulling from. I strive to help the WHOLE person - physically, spiritually, mentally. He knew, because he went through the same journey many of my future clients would. "PROSPER...

  WHY I 💗 RUNNING There really is nothing quite like it. The feeling of the ground under my feet, that effortless gliding through the air.  The FREEDOM.  I never appreciated the sense of freedom running gives me as much as I did during the pandemic.  My husband was deployed to help with the overwhelmed hospitals. So, here I was, alone with my very energetic (and loud) boys. Nowhere to go. No one to spread the craziness with.   I felt trapped.  I have always needed space - physical, mental, emotional space to function at my best.  My freedom to think and be myself was non-existent.  Anxiety was climbing - not so much fear of what was happening, but from that lack of space.  Leading up to the pandemic, I had started to lose my motivation to run. I had fallen off the routine & it was taking some work to get me back into it.  It was during this time, I craved running more than ever.    Running has always been a way for me...