Load the hip dynamically! Your low back will thank you, plus creating dynamic stability will allow you to exert power and strength with ease!

I always say that you can’t undo a surgery. If it’s viable, patience and well guided conservative care can do so much more than most realize.

A lot of athletes struggle to do the things that are boring and repetitive. Those are the things that create a strong foundation. Focus on cementing the basics and you won’t end up building a mansion on sand.

When you work hard and see everything as an opportunity to improve, this is what happens! Amazing job so far Ava Papaleo

Unreal dedication and work ethic by Ava Papaleo. It’s been a pleasure working as part of the team helping bring her back to competitive softball!

Very humbled to be a part of this amazing process. Watching an athlete return back looking this good with a smile on her face is why I do this!

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I’ve heard people refer to me as a Chiro (I am), a strength coach/trainer (I am), a PT (I am not), and some guy who helped them (I hope to be). But honestly, I don’t care what people view me as. If they know this is a place where they can achieve their goals and get value… 👍

With many of my acute back pain clients, it’s so much more valuable for me to say “I’m sorry I know this sucks, but trust me it will get better”, as opposed to making up some fake reason why it happened in the first place.

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Many of the people we deal with don’t have a problem pushing themselves. In that case, we often find our role is to slow people down, fill the gaps in their program, and create plans that strategically select when to push and when to back off.

Surgery can actually be a blessing in disguise. If you attack it with the mindset that it’s a fresh start and a means to dial in your habits and goals. When you view it as strictly negative, I can almost guarantee your recovery outcomes will suffer

Under-stimulation in rehab not only sets people up for re-injury of the current ailment, but it creates a step down in overall fitness. Stack enough “minor injuries” together over the years, and you have an out of shape person, that’s removed activities, and is terrified to move

In the musculoskeletal rehab world, we need to get away from complicating things. Instead of spending 30 minutes trying to get the posterior tibialis to “fire”, push a sled. Does what you’re looking to do, builds confidence, and builds other athletic qualities as well.

It’s always been funny to me that we call physical therapy/rehab “conservative care”. It should be called “standard care”. And in that light, surgery should be called “last ditch care”. Sometimes we need last ditch care. Most of the time though… we don’t.

Clients say this to me all the time after they’ve changed their lifestyle, and it’s absolutely true… Most people don’t realize how bad they feel at baseline until they get themselves healthy.

Unfortunately common consult yesterday. 3 year history of high hamstring pain. No clear diagnosis given. Short stint of therapy where he felt ignored and pain worsened. Drove hours on multiple occasions to have PRP and injections recommended. Proper loading/movement here we come!

One of my favorite parts of working through a care plan with somebody is to see the evolution of how they handle minor aches/pains/setbacks. What started as major panic and overreaction morphs into calm conversations and self adjustments. That’s something that lasts a lifetime.

This is the reason we do what we do. Giving people a piece of their life back that they thought was gone forever. Couldn’t ask for a better colleague in Stephen Portee and a more diligent and trusting client/colleague in Howard Luks MD.

Had a phone call with a 51M who is 420 pounds. Knee and hip are in bad shape. One chiro tried to sell him a half year plan to work exclusively on his upper neck. A PT he consulted with said nobody EVER needs surgery, it’s just a matter of finding the right exercises…🤦‍♂️