Why your rehab should be organized?

In order to get the best results we always need to ask ourselves what barriers are in the way of our success? As a physical therapist when someone comes to me with pain or difficulty doing something the question I ask myself is: What barriers are getting in the way of this person doing that activity or experiencing pain while doing it? Then we need to go into testing to figure it out. I always want to see four main things. Flexibility, activation, strength, and timing. And as a matter of fact I go in that order. Because if you don’t have enough flexibility to do the motion that you want to be better at or experience less pain, then all the things after that don’t matter until we address that. It’s really important we go step by step because if we skip steps than we’re just going to running into road blocks that get us nowhere. Unfortunately, I know this isn’t common practice probably because it takes long. But that’s why I believe longer appointment sessions are necessary. For instance, my initial treatments are 1 hour just with me because I need 30 minutes just to get all the data we need to answer why we’re having pain and what are all the building blocks we need to work on. That may sound like a lot of time in today’s fast paced world but it’s necessary to create results. I personally believe that if we do a good assessment, organize our treatment to address the needs first we can improve more people and get them in less pain. If you want to see more of how I organize my rehab or performance sessions, I have created a YouTube video that breaks it down. 

https://youtu.be/vegnJlSDYgw