Lifting weights is NOT Rehab

‘Physical Therapy & Rehab SHOULD NOT be lifting weights’

Have you heard this before about your physical rehab process?
Has your physical therapist/medical provider told you NOT to lift weights?
Are you now scared, afraid, and unsure how to even go back to lifting weights, working out, running, etc. because you’ve been told this?
Does being active again seem so far away in fact that you can’t imagine you being able to do it again?

Here’s the stark reality. The answer to the questions above is not cut and dry - so as a result, you can’t expect a clear cut answer to that comment/question.

Here’s what is clear:

The recommendation and the rehab process should move you closer towards lifting weights, running, your health and fitness goals. Physical therapy should be difficult and challenging - we believe, that is the most appropriate way, the fastest and most complete way to get rid of your pain and get you back to the work you love to do.

Again your physical therapy process should entail:

DOING DIFFICULT, CHALLENGING MOVEMENTS THAT YOU DO EXTREMELY WELL - QUALITATIVELY.

Doing this helps decrease the pain quickly, appropriately, and completely to support you and your body to get back to the fitness and movement you absolutely love. Don’t let pain get in the way of your return to health!