Spring Time Wellness Tune Up

Everyone’s body comes to this planet with different strengths and weaknesses. To use a phrase from my PT professor, “It behooves” us to understand our individual body’s strengths and weaknesses in order to manifest our best long term health!

Spring is the time for a body tune up; a chance to reconnect with your body and tune in to what it might be telling you it needs. Falls on ice, illness, overuse injuries, carrying kids and groceries or that intermittent back pain that seems to eventually go away, can leave us at risk for injuries or costly compensatory techniques. Those old ankle sprains from college might actually have long lasting effects you haven’t even noticed! Those subtle changes in our body can leave you at risk of injury and maladaptive compensatory movements. So many people tell me they "fell apart" at 40 or 45. They didn't fall apart. In truth their body finally could not keep up with all of the compensatory strategies to cover for a lifetime of injuries. 

With the onset of spring,  many are renewing the vow to exercise more. As runners and bikers increase their mileage or gym lovers increase their workout intensity, many go without thinking about the changing needs of their body.  Our needs change with age and diversity in our fitness plan is essential to long term health. You would benefit from a tune up if you have  agree with any of these statements:

1. I have a favorite mode of exercise and time for little else. Doing the same exercise over and over can lead to over use injuries, decline in other types of physical wellness. IE- bikers don’t get the bone building benefits of other exercise to help prevent osteoporosis or maintain a balance between muscle groups to keep you well.
2. You have recently had aches and pains that you have ignored until they went away. Many aches and pains go away because your body is compensating for the injury and the pain goes away because you have adopted an inefficient compensation. Our body is great at healing but it is also great at compensating. Compensations can cause trouble down the line. 
3. You avoid jumping in exercise class or sprinting due to urinary leaking or you avoid any activity to avoid pain, dizziness, muscle spasms, etc. Avoiding activities is a sign that your body can no longer adapt to a previous injury.  More importantly, we know that nothing in life is static. What you must give up now will likely progress to other concessions over time. It is much easier to fix small issues than big ones. Don't ignore those small shifts in how you live your life.

Because I want every person to understand how their individual body works best, I am offering $20 off of your Spring Tune Up at Newburyport Wellness. Understand your body like never before! ​You will leave with an understanding of your body that will leave you feeling empowered.