Train Your Brain with Physical Therapy to Heal & Prevent Injuries
When you do physical therapy, you are stretching and strengthening your body. Did you know that your brain gets a workout too?
The brain controls the movements of the muscles. As in all things, practice makes perfect. The more you do a motion, the better you become. The technical term is: Proprioception & Kinesthetic Awareness, and it’s a hot topic right now.
Bad Practice Makes Imperfect: When you have a chronic condition, or are recovering from an injury, bad practice makes imperfect! If you are doing something the wrong way…like slouching when you sit at your desk…your body and your brain will need to be retrained to fix those bad habits.
Athletic coaches know that to correct a bad swing, athletes need to practice perfect form. With physical therapy we work on perfecting your form, which helps you to prevent re-injury.
Think of your physical therapist as your coach. We’ll work with you to insure that you are moving correctly, and that you have the exercise routine to continue that good form. As you train, your brain picks up the pattern to send the right signals, so that you will begin to move the right way without having to think about it!
Even All-Stars have to practice. Continue to reinforce the good habits during and after your therapy sessions, and you will continue to see improvement.
It’s like All-Stars taking their turn in the batting cages to maintain their swing. The more you practice, the better and healthier you will be.
We’ve known it all along! We love it when current research shows what we have been saying in our office for years! Physical therapy is beneficial in both injury rehabilitation AND injury prevention!
