Alex Derksen- PT, CF-L1, FRCms, Victoria, BC (2025)

12/31/2022

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02/27/2022

𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 '𝗱𝗼' 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴:
𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲:
➡️ Injury/discomfort is acute ➡️ no real history or mechanism of injury ➡️ red flags cleared ➡️ been training really hard over the last block or two
𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
➡️ 4 weeks of shaving off the top end of intensity and volume of the athlete's training and the aches and pains ended up dissipating.
⏰ By taking advantage of natural history, while continuing to train, it may allow you to continue to practice your skills, while simultaneously letting the body cool off for a period of time
🧐 We are not trying to 'fix' anything. We are also not doing nothing. We are also not following a boom-busy cycle of discomfort. We are just shaving enough of the top end to allow your body adapt and thus create an opportunity to progress your training further for the long term.
👴👵 Remember were trying to train for longevity not just your current 3-6 week block to try and hit a new PR. Don't be afraid to listen to your body and pivot. It may actually be what you need to see the gainz later on.
𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀:
➡️ Mother nature is a beautiful thing.
➡️ Addition by subtraction.
🤷 This is just one option. It may not work for everyone. But you also may be surprised by its positive effects.

01/11/2022

🤸🏾‍♀️ Normal movement, normal healthy movement is thoughtless and fearless. Hence the major goal of the rehabilitation plan.
🤬 I'm tired and fed up of the bull$hit, outdated and nocebic physiotherapy fad that is so 'body' focused on muscle 'imbalances' and 'correct' muscle patterning.
🙅🏻 99.999999% of the world doesn't think like this when they move, don't let a therapist tell you otherwise.
👑 Listen to Louis. He knows a thing or two.

01/11/2022

🤸🏾‍♀️ Normal movement, normal healthy movement is thoughtless and fearless. Hence the major goal of rehabilitation.
🤬 I'm tired and fed up of the bull$hit, outdated and nocebic physiotherapy fad that is so 'body' focused on muscle 'imbalances' and 'correct' muscle patterning
🙅🏻 99.999999% of the world doesn't think like this when they move, don't let a therapist tell you otherwise
👑 Listen to Louis. He knows a thing or two

12/31/2021

🔥𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘀🔥🥂Because it's NYE and we all like a Top 10 before a new year.
𝟭. 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹, 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹.
➡️ All pain experiences are normal and are excellent, though unpleasant response to what your brain judges to be a threatening situation. All pain is real.
𝟮. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀
➡️ The danger alarm system is just that- there are no pain sensors, pain pathways or pain endings.
𝟯. 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲.
➡️ Pain is an unreliable indicator of the presence or extent of tissue damage- either can exist without the other.
𝟰. 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆.
➡️ You will have pain when your brain concludes that there is more credible evidence of danger than safety resulted to your body and thus infers the need to protect.
𝟱. 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆.
➡️ There is no single 'pain centre' in the brain. Pain is a conscious experience that necessarily involves many brain areas across time.
𝟲. 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁.
➡️ Pain can be influenced by the things you see, hear, smell, taste and touch, things you say, things you think and believe, things you do, places you go, people in your life and things happening in your body.
𝟳. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰.
➡️ While all protective systems can become turned up and edgy, the notion of bioolasticity suggests that they can change back, through the lifespan. It is biologically implausible to suggest that pain can't be changed.
𝟴. 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘀.
➡️ When threatened the body is capable of activating multiple protective systems including immune, endocrine, motor, autonomic, respiratory, cognitive, emotional, and pain. Any or all of these systems can become overprotective.
⤵️ Continued below:

12/22/2021

❌Stop with the silos.❌
🙅🏻We do NOT need to dichotomize rehab and training.
🐶My pet peeve is an athlete coming in with pages of 'rehab' exercises that a clinician prescribed with the perception that they need to do it before they can train.
🤯It doesn't need to be that way.
🤝Rehab and training can be integrated.
💪🏻Rehab can look like training. Rehab can feel like training. Rehab can be your training.
🔥"ExRx is just a method to elicit adaptations in an individual. Know the constraints that injury or disease impose but implement interventions based on exercise science just like you always would"
~Scot Morrison

12/22/2021

𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹
🤕Pain is all about context. We must rethink pain. Shifting our idea of pain from a measure of the state of tissues to something your body is doing to protect you...so therefore EVERYTHING matters.
🔥The concept of The Protectometer and DIMs and SIMs help people in persistent pain identify potential contributors to their pain state and plan their road to recovery
🛡️It helps reconceptualize pain from the false belief of a 'damage' meter to that of a PROTECTOR.
🤹This Protectometer is in a constant state of judging whether something seems DANGEROUS or SAFE
⚠️A DIM (Danger in Me) is anything your body perceives as dangerous to your tissues, life, livelihood, job, happiness and day to day function.
🦺A SIM (Safety in Me) is anything that your body perceives as safe to make you stronger, healthier, happier and more confident.
🧠Our body concludes it will have pain when there is more credible evidence of danger in me (DIM) than there is credible evidence of safety in me (SIM)
⤵️ How to use this device:
👊🏻First step- look for anything that the body may see as credible evidence of 'Danger in Me' (DIMs) which tells it that it needs protecting and anything that the body may see as credible evidence of 'Safety in Me' (SIMs) to help decrease your protective behaviors like pain.
👇🏻Examples:
➡️Things you hear, see, smell, tough
➡️Things you do
➡️Things you say
➡️Things you think and believe
➡️Places you go
➡️People in your life
➡️Things happening in your body
🪣 Final step- modify and remove DIMs and strengthen and gather SIMs.
👀The beauty of this- we have so many options for recovery! It's just hides in difficult to spot places. It lives in the biopsychosocial factors that make us human.
🏃🏼‍♂️If you've been experiencing persistent pain, reflect and give this exercise a try! (Had to throw in 'exercise' somewhere 😉)
❤️Remember: "for there is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
~ Shakespeare

12/04/2021

𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴!
🤟🏻𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟯- 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 (see prev posts)
🤬You're injured or have a tissue irritation. It sucks. I've been there. But you can keep lifting!
💪🏻You just need to identify the entry points to training:
➡️This will increase load tolerance and capacity in specific positions.
➡️Minimize deconditioning
➡️Continued skill practice
➡️Minimize apprehension to movement and compensatory avoidance patterns
🎚️There are many constraints to employ to get the you back training. We can turn the dial up or down on any of these. These are based on the buckets of need, boundary conditions and prior training history & data:
𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗼𝗮𝗱: Find threshold. Adjust weight
𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗼𝗮𝗱: Find threshold. Adjust proximity to failure
𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲: Find threshold. Adjust sets/reps or frequency
𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Find threshold. Modify portion of the lift
𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆: Adjust shin angle, stance, grip width, back angle, pelvic tilt, shoulder rotation, etc.
𝗩𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆/𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁: Modify speed with tempo or isometrics
𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆: Constrain task to build up load tolerance, ROM, or desired bucket of need etc.
𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Substitute for different movements temporarily (top-down approach: next most specific variation to the primary lift)
🏋️‍♂️Example (see previous posts):
Powerlifter with left sided LBP when deadlifting
🔥Boundary Conditions:
➡️ Exam Findings: Symptoms with end range lumbar flexion and hinge forward
➡️ ROM Threshold: off floor in deadlift
➡️ Load Threshold: ~75% current RM
➡️ Positional Intolerance: split stance RDLs and back extensions
🪣 Bucket 1= Deadlifts with ROM boundary and load threshold
🪣 Bucket 2= Unilateral left quadrant LB constrained loading
𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗬 𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗦:
Day 1:
➡️Single Leg Hinge w/ tempo 2-2-2 (KPI)
➡️ Deadlift: ROM constrained, load focused (KPI)
Day 2:
➡️ Back Extensions off GHD w/ tempo 2-2-2 (KPI)
➡️ Deadlift: Full ROM, tempo and load constrained (KPI)
👇🏻More below!👇🏻

11/22/2021

𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗙*𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅!
🤯The possible factors of why someone may experience pain are endless (as shown) so it is truly impossible to know the exact reason why someone is in pain and therefore know the exact process to get them out of pain
😎With that being said we tend to think about pain from a biopsychosocial lens, which helps gain an understanding of the person and their subjective experience (taking it in from a holistic perspective)
🕸️These biological, psychological, and social factors were intended to have an interconnected, non-linear, dynamic relationship with the pain experience.
🧐This means that small things can give large effects, but also large effects in one area may have no effects in the targeted area. And that there are so many interactions occurring that can affect each other that the same treatment may give rise to positive or negative outcomes dependent on the current state of the person
🌍By looking at it from this perspective, we are able to zoom out to encompass all of the factors that may be at play for the person and can consider the person and their engagement and embodiment in the world
👓This shifts the lens from pain arising from a body region or the brain, and instead to it being an experience that emerges through a person, which is inseparable from their mind, body, and world.
🔥BPS helps to understand patients, their lives and contexts.
🤖We are not linear machines and therefore we cannot separate someones pain experience to 1 causal factor. We cannot ‘find pain’, but instead it presents itself through the person in a lived experience as the person makes sense of the world, with it shaping them
❤️Maybe instead, this BPS lens can help treat PEOPLE, rather than pain. Which can lead to greater reductions in suffering, disability and quality of life to improve overall patient care.

11/17/2021

𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲: 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮:
🪣𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱🪣
➡️ We established the current boundaries of the athlete in Part 1, so what does the athlete need to get back too (and within that what do they need)?
👇🏻Example:
➡️ Powerlifter with intermittent left sided low back/SIJ pain after Deadlift day 16 weeks ago which flares up periodically with deadlifting and hingy related movements.
🔥Boundary Conditions:
➡️ Exam Findings: Concordant symptoms with end range lumbar flexion and hinge forward. Load tolerance threshold during Mid Thigh Pull Test (using hand held dynamometer)
➡️ Range of Motion Threshold: off floor in deadlift
➡️ Load Threshold: ~75% current RM (in last 16 weeks)
➡️ Positional Intolerance: Symptoms intensified further with L foot forward split stance RDLs at end range and GHD back extension at initial concentric portion and after holds in either position at ~10 seconds.
🪣 Bucket 1= Deadlifts with range of motion boundary and load threshold
🪣 Bucket 2= Unilateral left quadrant constrained loading through hingy based exercises and constrained extensor exposure exercises to overall nudge the symptoms and build tissue tolerance to position
💪🏻 What does the plan of care/programming look like? Stay tuned for 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟯: 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴!
📚 Adapted from CALU (2021)- ExRx Considerations through a BPS Lens with Quinn Henoch

11/12/2021

𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹!
💯 Pain is filtered through your limbic system (your emotional center), cerebral cortex (responsible for thoughts), and prefrontal cortex (regulates attentional processes)...100% of the time.
➡️ Meaning pain is never purely a physical experience- it is always both physical and emotional.
🎚️Think of your central nervous system like a pain dial that controls pain intensity. The volume can be turned up and down by many different factors such as stress, anxiety, mood and attention.
🤹‍♂️ Because of its multifactorial nature and how it is influenced by thoughts, emotions, behaviours and lifestyle factors we have so many options to get back to doing what we love!
👊🏻 So if your pain experience is getting in the way of your meaningful activities- I challenge you to ask yourself, what can I do this week to lower my pain dial?
❤️ Last thing- you pain experience is ALWAYS real.

11/10/2021

𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:
= Establishing where the athlete is currently at and when they feel their 'ting' (sensitivity, limitation, etc.)
➡️ 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: ROM for task limitation, HHD testing- load tolerance finding, motor control/stability limitation, training history- acute or chronic spikes or dips in load etc.
➡️ 𝗟𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱: At __ weight or % RM =feeling 'ting'
➡️ 𝗩𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱: faster speeds or increasing intent= feeling 'ting'
➡️ 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: shin angle, torso angle, hand position, foot position= feeling 'ting'
➡️ 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱: At bottom of squat= feeling 'ting'
➡️ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱: with repeating exposures, near fatigue threshold or during fatiguing sets= feeling 'ting'
🔥Why Establish Current Boundary Conditions?🔥
✅ They become KPIs (measureables) for tracking purposes to know if we are moving in the right direction and progressing towards the lifter's goals
✅Informs training for current available movements:
➡️ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁: Mindful of how we dose their boundary condition(s)
➡️ 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹-𝗚𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁: don't affect the ting. Go for it.
➡️ 𝗡𝗼-𝗚𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁: *temporarily* have to remove it.
📚 Adapted from CALU (2021)- ExRx Considerations through a BPS Lens with Quinn Henoch

11/07/2021

Like stress, like emotions, like thoughts, like mood, like hunger....the list goes on. It's a part of the human experience.
➡️ How we interpret pain, and how we react to pain have very powerful effects on its expression and it's outcome
➡️ This is influenced by what someone heard from those around them and what they read and hear from various forms of media
➡️ I take great responsibility with how I communicate and educate a person on their pain experience. What we as clinicians say or do can powerfully influence the person's response.
➡️ It's time to rebalance management goals from pain relief dominated to a heavier emphasis on confident movement, reduced disability, and guidance toward their functional goals- so that individuals live fitter more fulfilled lives

11/02/2021

🤔 Have you ever booked in with a PT, Chiro, Doc, etc. for some sort of ni**le or injury and they tell you to stop doing the thing you love for 6 weeks?
🤷🏻‍♂️No? Lucky you.
🙏🏻 Most of you will say yes. And to you- I apologize on behalf of the profession.
🙅🏻 They don't understand athletes. They don't understand your love for the sport. The meaning, connection, and empowerment it gives you. The social connection it provides. The outlet and space it brings for your overall health and wellbeing. It's more than just the physical qualities it provides.
💪🏻 Find someone who understands both athletic performance and sports medicine & rehab. A coach or healthcare provider who 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸.

👂Someone who listens to you and your goals and provides you a practical framework to keep you doing your thing, while helping guide you back to your end point!
🏋🏻‍♀️In need of some guidance and you're a barbell athlete--weightlifter, powerlifter, or CrossFit athlete with barbell goals? Reach out! I would love to chat.
😁 As you can tell- I love barbells!

11/01/2021

𝙄'𝙢 𝙗𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙘𝙠!❤️💪🏻🏋🏻‍♀️
It's been a minute.
But it was needed.
Burnout was a thing.
Now a fire is lit inside of me.
Paused.
Reflected.
Ready to make change.
Let's go!
𝐏𝐓 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠
𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦

05/06/2021

Happy Physiotherapy Month my Canadian PT buds 🇨🇦
Just wanted to give y'all an update and let you know that I'm still here! Life has been pretty crazy balancing Acute Care, Private Practice, and Weightlifting Coaching. But I feel damn grateful to be serving during this wild ride ❤️
Stay Strong everyone 💪🏻

02/27/2021

𝗕𝗖 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀!🏋🏻‍♀️
🔥 Congrats to PT Strong Weightlifter .hartley (and better half of PT Strong😉) on qualifying and competing in the BC Senior Provincial Championship!
😍 She went 6 for 6 (again!)! Once officially judged and reviewed she will be Provincial Level 1 Ranked in her current 76kg weight class
🏋🏻‍♀️ Sn**ch: 61kg☑️, 63kg☑️, 65kg☑️
🏋🏻‍♀️ Clean & Jerk: 81kg☑️, 84kg☑️, 86kg☑️
🏋🏻‍♀️ Total= 151kg
💪🏻 Currently she is smack in the middle between 71kg and 76kg weight classes - so we will make a decision when the time comes before the next comp. For the last 2 completions we had ~6 weeks to prepare each: so our main goal was to get used to a pressured weightlifting environment, be at a normal/consistent/enjoyable weight and just have fun throwing down some heavy weights!
😭 So flippin proud of her for all the hard work, time, and consistency she has put into this sport since transitioning from CrossFit in 2018! Especially over the this past year with the pandemic hitting, moving across the country back home, leaving the barbell crew and our OG coach and then trusting me with coaching and programming since June 2020
🤝 It ain't easy coaching your partner and vice-versa, but we have managed to create a solid system that I'm sure will continually adapt and emerge with time...perhaps another post on this!
🍻 Time to celebrate and enjoy this moment with .hartley over a couple wobbly pops and homemade plant-based cinnamon buns, covid style (🎵Just the Two of Us🎵)
🗣️📢 Another huge shoutout to for pivoting to be able to host the competition!

02/25/2021

𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 > 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀
🙅🏻There is no perfect treatment and there is no specific method that everyone has to use
🖤If someone tells you a black or white answer- then they truly don't understand the grey scale of human experience (but they probably have 1 million followers because we are drawn to a quick solution and instant gratification)
🌍If you take a macro view at different rehab methods or even training methods out there you will see that the commonalities between each of them. Remember "there are many ways to Rome."
🚑Establishing principles can protect you from confirmation bias and emotional influence, leading to improved reasoning behind the decisions you make
🔨The individual who lives by methods can become dogmatic because they only know one way and thus are susceptible to blind spots
I.e. if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
🧠 The answer is not to acquire more tools (like many of us do when we are uncertain), but rather have a principle led approach to guide and organize when and how to use these tools/apply specifics more effective to take advantage of your skills
🤯As humans we are well known to be biased organisms when attempting to make accurate decisions. We are muddied by current trends (that latest greatest method), expectations (from yourself or another stakeholder), emotions (fear, insecurities), beliefs (what you previously learned), etc. This has even been shown to change day to day and moment to moment.
✊🏻To compensate for our human flaws and unleash our creative abilities we must be grounded in a process that has been constructed on principles. This will allow for more consistent and accurate decision making and help us analyze successes and failures to be less wrong and increase the rate and quality of our learning
Swipe for an Example:
➡️ These principles of rehabilitation have no specific method or technique attached on how to manage the rehab process. But you can categorize basically every rehab method out there into one of these categories for how they pragmatically work (although they may claim an alternative, but unproven solution)
❤️ Principles > Methods

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