Eff right on outta here with any of the following:
โซ Fear mongering
โซ Infantilizing
โซ Fragilifying
โซ Catastrophizing
I believe in durability, resilience, and biological self-organization
When I pivoted from a long career as a yoga teacher to become a physical therapist, a lot of people asked me if I was more concerned about safety with movement, posture, and exercise.
My response often came as a surprise. Nope, quite the opposite. I moved forward on a path of believing wholeheartedly in the durability, resilience, and biological self-organization of the human movement system. The more I learned about ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ the less concerned I became with ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฌ.
Apart from identifying red flags and referring out if a more serious condition is suspected (this is important), I believe itโs the rehab professionalโs job to instill confidence. To educate and empower in a way that helps a person live bigger, not smaller.
Whenever I see a patient for their first follow-up after the initial evaluation, I ask โhow did you feel after your first visit?โ I had three second visits with patients over the last couple weeks and they all said roughly the same thing. โ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซโฆ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญโฆโ
Yes. Yes it is. The brain is in every part of the body. And, broadly speaking, every part of the body is represented in the brain. And itโs all wrapped up in your life. So yeah. Confidence, education, affirmation, teaching self efficacy, empowerment, reassurance that youโre not broken, that itโs all workableโฆ ๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ.
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