3 REASONS TO WORK WITH A PHYSICAL THERAPIST
The right physical therapist can help you identify and understand the signals you receive from your body
It is inevitable for all of us to feel some aches and pains at some point in our lives. We may even hear some creaking and popping sounds from various joints from while performing normal, day-to-day activities. And as our minds wander towards questioning the meaning of these signs, fear tends to set in and our independence begins to feel threatened.
It can be difficult to make sense of what’s going on and while the internet can be helpful at times for the majority of us it can be filled with conflicting advice or information that is downright false and harmful to the situation at hand.
The internet tends to present things in very concrete, black and white circumstances but the reality is that our bodies primarily exist in the gray area. Everything about our physiology, psychology, and social circumstances is laced with subtleties and these individual characteristics have large implications on what our bodies are telling us (or not telling us) with these signs. The right physical therapist can help you make sense of all that information to understand what is accurate, what is false, and ultimately what is most helpful for you to get back to where you want to be.
Provide a holistic overview of your lifestyle and activity goals
We are never just one thing.
We have full time jobs, we have physical activity goals, and we likely have more than one athletic endeavor we like to participate in and it takes the right physical therapist to understand who you are from a macro perspective to give educated insight into the micro task at hand.
The right physical therapist does more than just write exercise on a piece of paper for you to do. The right physical therapist will assess and analyze all aspects of your life to understand what you can handle, how hard you need to be pushed, and what goals are necessary along the way to establish a consistent pattern of growth and development.
Understand you as an whole person and craft treatment plans based on your individuality
Along with looking at all of your physical and athletic endeavors and goals, the right physical therapist will also take a look at who you are from a humanistic perspective when crafting your plan of care.
This includes looking at your individual stressors, your beliefs about your current situation, your history, and your psychosocial triggers to your pain experience. Just as you may have multiple physical goals, you also have various non-biological contributors to your current state of being and it takes the right physical therapist to understand and consider those unique traits.
If you are experiencing a setback or difficulty reaching your goals please give us a call or send us a message to speak to the right physical therapist for your needs.