Pain can be confusing during the rehabilitation process, especially if you have seen other providers. There are some providers who preach “no pain no gain,” and some physical therapists even take pride in pushing their patients to the brink of their pain tolerance.

That’s not how we do things at EVOLVE Flagstaff. In general, we want to reduce pain, and we want the recovery process to be comfortable, encouraging, and perhaps even exciting as you see improvement. For most injuries, pushing into pain simply doesn’t make logical sense. If you have a bruise, even if you want to push on it, you know that you are not doing yourself any favors by constantly poking it. The same is true for most injuries.

At EVOLVE Flagstaff, one of the most important but often under-appreciated concepts that we review with every physical therapy patient is what we call “Pain Triggers.” Pain triggers are movements, positions, or activities that place force or load on a painful or injured body structure.

Hard to believe that January is almost behind us! The first few months of the year always seem to fly by. But, let’s harness the motivation we’ve seen the past few weeks, and get after another month of excellent workouts!

In February, we are going to build on the foundation we developed in January, and aim for several specific adaptations across the month