3 Reasons Why Active People Need Physical Therapy

Active Adults rarely want to scale their workouts back. 

We don’t want you to either.  

Physical Therapy isn’t what it used to be.  Most people hear Physical Therapy and think of someone doing a few stretches, light rows with a theraband, or sitting with an icepack wondering why you’re there.  This doesn’t exactly correlate with your gym routine that consists of barbell squats, trap bar deadlifts, and finishing with an all out on the assault bike.

But — what if your workouts could be better? Or you could find pain-free modifications to exercises you’ve been avoiding? What if your soreness that's borderline pain can be eliminated?  What if you can recover faster and work out harder in your next workout? This is where Performance Physical Therapy with Ripple comes into play.

Performance Physical Therapy is a new wave of PT that is getting extremely popular with people that live active lifestyles.  PT isn’t something that’s only for when you’re in pain or coming off an injury. Instead, Performance Physical Therapy is a service that can act as a preemptive measure to avoid getting hurt, get rid of those cranky injuries that don’t to go away, and help you optimize your movement patterns to make your workouts that much more effective.

Here are our Top 3 Reasons why people with Active Lifestyles Need Physical Therapy

1. Get more out of your workouts

Do you ever find yourself dogging it during a workout because your shoulder is hurting that day? Or maybe you have to end the workout early because that deadlift flared up 5 years of back pain? Or, you can’t squat to the proper range of motion because your hips are pinching, tight, and hurt when you drop below 90 degrees?  All of these things may not be injuries that you need surgery for but are affecting how you workout.  Performance Physical Therapy is a direct access point to fixing these always nagging injuries and improving your mobility routine. Move better, feel stronger, and improve your workouts with the help of Performance Physical Therapy.

2. Get better at your sports

Most people really don’t know what mobility is (we’ve described it for you) and without a proper mobility routine, you make your sport a lot harder than it has to be.  Whether it's rotation for golf, knee stability for skiing, or shoulder mobility for boxing classes you need proper mobility to get the most out of your body and excel at your sport.  Mobility is not only how much flexibility you have, but how much of that range of motion you can control.  It doesn’t matter how bendy or strong you are, if you can’t control your full range of motion you’re constantly working against yourself when you’re doing what you love.  

During a 60 minute 1-on1 session, your Performance Physical Therapist will not only fix the root cause of your injury, but also devise a plan around what it is you love to do.  Trying to get ready for the golf season? Best believe that even though your elbow hurts you’ll be working in some spine rotation exercises to get not only your elbow feeling better, but the body as a whole.

3.) Have a direct line of communication with someone that can get you out of pain

This is arguably the most important.  Have you ever gone to the Doctor’s and seen that provider for 30 minutes, only to not talk with them until the next time you’re there?  Chances are you had questions, thought about something you forgot to mention, or need something updated but unfortunately are out of luck. Physical Therapy at Ripple Boston is like having a Doctor in your pocket.  It doesn’t matter if you’re mid workout, out on the golf course, or working with your trainer if you have any question about a pain, injury, or exercise you should be doing the answer is just a text away.  We pride ourselves on the personal relationship we foster with our patients.  Never guess about what mobility exercises you should be doing or if you’re going to do something to injure yourself even more.

Lynx x Ripple
At Lynx, we work directly with the Personal Trainers and small group instructors.  When you come to Ripple for Performance Physical Therapist we will not only communicate with you about what you should be doing, but ensure to loop your trainer to make sure everyone is on the same page.  Never go to a workout without having a precise plan that is tailored for you, your goals, and now injury history.  At the end of the day, our mutual goal is to get you moving, feeling, and living your best life and the best way to do that is through communication.

All lynx members get a 50$ Initial Physical Therapy Evaluation!  We are located just around the corner at 376 Boylston street to make getting in as convenient as possible.  Check us out at www.ripplebasecamp.com or follow us on social to learn more!

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me personally!
See you on the turf!
Jeremy

jeremy@ripplebasecamp.com