Corrective exercise is an important- if not the most important- part of Physical Therapy treatment. 

We are aware everyone hopes for an hour long massage during Physical Therapy treatment! While manual therapy certainly plays a large factor in feeling better, is it actually the corrective exercises that are performed afterwards that solidify progress and healing. 

Everyone has a true cause to their pain, not just a source. Corrective exercise aims to change the underlying movement patterns, muscular strength, mobility deficits that could all be contributing to pain. It is crucial that these exercises are performed consistently and independently at home or at your gym. Your Physical Therapist may only see you once or twice a week, which is not a sufficient amount of time to perform the required work behind significant changes in your body. Furthermore, these exercises will often have to be gradually progressed- meaning higher repetitions, a change in tempo, or heavier weights depending on the goal, which slowly introduces more stress on tissues and allows them to adapt in order to withstand higher amounts of load in the future (aka you will be able to do more without pain!). This is not just busy work. We aim to make all of our prescribed corrective exercise goal-driven, effective, and gradually progressed in order for you to notice significant improvement in function!