19/11/2024
Ensure whoever it is that you see, they tick all of these boxes ✅
There are many great practitioners and clinics out there, however finding the right one for your needs can be difficult.
If they tick all of these boxes, then you have found yourself a high-value caring health care professional 💎
To put it absolutely bluntly - If you have a sports related injury, DO NOT GO TO A CLINIC THAT DOES NOT HAVE A GYM OR WEIGHTS etc. You are wasting your time! You may feel better after your manual therapy treatment, and in a few weeks you will FEEL like you are over your injury, thanks to natural healing. However, they have not done anything in order to help you reduce that injury from reoccurring again. All they did was take your money, de-conditioned you even further, therefore exposing you to re-injury at an even lower level of physical strain. You then go back, get your massage and the negative cycle continues.
Exercise rehab guided progressively will reduce your re-injury risk, as the actual tissue injured is specifically getting trained, where it can adapt and become more resilient 🔑
Furthermore, it is an absolute 🚩 if they only offer 30 minutes or less appointments. That is literally a cash grab.
If I had my time again, knowing what I know now about the industry. I’d have found someone that ticked all the boxes listed when I suffered with chronic groin pain in my early teens. Instead I went to a clinic who just did manual therapy. They had no gym, and all I was given as rehab was a theraband 😬
It is no surprise I then suffered many other soft tissue injuries as I was significantly de-conditioned and not prepared for the demands of my sport. The practitioner I saw certainly enjoyed his commission from my parents though 💸💸💸
