Thrive Physical Therapy

05/03/2025

02/18/2024

Congratulations to Carla Tuttle, Robin Stanton and Laura Dotty. You 3 are the winners of a $50 gift card to Pace Yourself Run Co. - Holly Springs! Thanks to Pace Yourself Run Co. - Holly Springs for a great time. It is always a blast to spend time in the store, answer questions and learn from your amazingly knowledgeable staff!

02/15/2024

Want to win a $50 gift card to Pace Yourself Run Co. - Holly Springs??? Of course you do!!!

I'll be there THIS Saturday, February 17th from 10-12 hanging out with the awesome and knowledgeable staff and answering any questions you may have about running injuries, training or injury prevention strategies.

All you have to do is stop by, say hi, and enter your name to win!!!

No need to stick around for the drawing!

SEE YOU SATURDAY!!

10/17/2023

Happy to be part of this awesome running community. Check out the article I wrote for Pace Yourself Run Co. - Holly Springs!

https://pyrunco.com/common-knee-injuries-from-running/?fbclid=IwAR0bnUHvQzXDsfRdBHgTVQ8fa4JhlyOXCNwRRlPiZ8dDWEibqmk-ZBSN_g8&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

3 Common Knee Injuries from Running and How to Prevent Them Let’s be honest, most recreational runners will experience some sort of injury in their running career. If you are not among this group, consider yourself lucky! In fact, Yale Medicine estimates that 50% of “regular runners” will expe...

09/08/2022

WOW! Get those steps in people!!!

🗣 Walking is literally life-saving 🗣
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A recent *meta-analysis found rates of all-cause mortality are ~12% lower per 1,000 steps per day.⁠

According to Greg Nuckols:
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“Comparing the lowest step counts to the highest reported in the studies included in this meta-analysis, walking 16,000 steps per day was associated with a 66% reduction in all-cause mortality compared to walking 2,700 steps per day.

Stated conversely:

Walking 2,700 steps per day was associated with a three-fold greater risk of all-cause mortality than walking 16,000 steps per day.”
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You've probably heard simple advice like:⁠
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✅ Take the stairs instead of the elevator⁠
✅ Park farther away at the grocery story⁠
✅ Get up and walk around your house every hour⁠
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It's easy to roll your eyes because it feels like it's not making an impact. But these small activities could quite literally extend your life!⁠
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And as coaches we can play a powerful role in encouraging our clients to get more of this daily activity. ⁠
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Share this post with them, and consider starting a consistency challenge where you encourage clients to take a 5- or 10-minute walk every day and anyone who does it for 30 days is entered to win a prize!⁠
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For more details on this article, check out Stronger by Science and Google, "Walking away from an early grave stronger by science" to read the full article.⁠
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*Meta-analysis: (PMID: 34417979)⁠
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Other important note from Greg:⁠
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"Just to put those findings in perspective, all-cause mortality rates are ~70-80% higher in smokers than non-smokers, and in people with a BMI of 40 vs. a BMI of 23 (for a BMI of 30 vs. 23, the difference is actually fairly trivial).⁠
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This is striking, because people (rightly) criticize smoking, and there's a lot of panic about the "obesity epidemic," but activity levels seem to be more predictive of all-cause mortality rates than either smoking status or BMI.⁠
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If you want to live a long time, it never hurts to go for a walk."⁠
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Do you make an effort to walk?⁠ How do you get more walking in your day?

Tell us in the comments! 👇🏾👇🏿👇🏻👇🏼👇

09/01/2022

So excited to be at Pace Yourself Run Co. - Holly Springs on 9/10 to answer questions, hang with the local running community had have a generally awesome time. STOP BY!!!

ASK AN EXPERT

Join us on Saturday, September 10th from 9:30-11:30am for our monthly "Ask An Expert" series featuring Dr. Erin Blankenship PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS, & Owner of Thrive Physical Therapy in Apex. Thrive Physical Therapy is proud to be part of the local running community for over 6 years, and Dr. Erin is a runner herself having competed in both track and cross country in high school and college.

07/27/2022

FALL RACES ARE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER!!!
Are you ready?
If you need a tune-up or additional tools for your training plan toolbox, don't wait!
Book online at www.ThrivePTNC.com and let's set you up for a successful race season!!!

11/22/2021

WE DID IT!

I am both thrilled and humbled to announce this year's Grow Our Kids food drive and fundraiser was a SMASHING SUCCESS!!!

Each year I am blown away by the generosity of friends, neighbors,family, clients and total strangers!!!

This year's food goal was 1250 items and we collected 1773 items!!!

The fundraising goal was $5000 and we raised a total of $7740 including $750 from Thrive Physical Therapy!

I want to thank each and every one of you who participated for your incredible support!!!

11/07/2021

THE CLOCK IT TICKING AND I STILL NEED YOUR HELP TO BENEFIT Grow Our Kids!!!

I am wrapping up my training for the half marathon I will be running on 11/13 to raise awareness about food insecurity RIGHT HERE in Wake County.

Just 1 WEEKS LEFT to reach my goal!!!! Every little bit counts so please add a few items to your grocery cart this for Grow Our Kids!!!

Current food items donated: 975 (GOAL IS 1250)
Current monetary donations: $4855 (GOAL IS $5000)

Thrive Physical Therapy has already committed to contributing $500 towards the $5000 goal, but if you can help me reach a total of $5000, I will donate an additional $250!!!

Food items needed: pasta, sauce (plastic please), peanut butter, jelly, mac-n-cheese

Thanks in advance for your help!!!

PM me for drop off options, Venmo -Blankenship-6 or donate directly at www.growourkids.org and PM me the donation amount so I can add it to my total!!!

Grow Our Kids is focused on taking childhood hunger out of the equation so that kiddos in difficult situations can thrive as early learners.    

10/28/2021

I STILL NEED YOUR HELP TO BENEFIT Grow Our Kids!!!

I am sure you have seen my other posts and I hope you have seen me out there pounding the pavement training for the run!!!
Remember, I am running a half marathon on 11/13 to raise awareness about food insecurity RIGHT HERE in Wake County.

Just 3 WEEKS LEFT!!!! Every little bit counts so please add a few items to your grocery cart this weekend for Grow Our Kids!!!

Current food items donated: 541 (GOAL IS 1250)
Current monetary donations: $4245 (GOAL IS $5000)

Food items needed: pasta, sauce (plastic please), peanut butter, jelly, mac-n-cheese

Thanks in advance for your help!!!

Drop off at Thrive Physical Therapy, Venmo -Blankenship-6 or donate directly at www.growourkids.org and PM me the donation amount so I can add it to my total!!!

Grow Our Kids is focused on taking childhood hunger out of the equation so that kiddos in difficult situations can thrive as early learners.    

10/19/2021

HELP ME FILL THESE SHELVES!

Just 4 WEEKS LEFT of the collection for Grow Our Kids.

Current food items donated: 400
Current monetary donations: $3085

I have set a very lofty goal this year of 1250 food items and $5000 If you have not done so already, I hope you will consider supporting my efforts!

Food items needed: pasta, sauce (plastic please), peanut butter, jelly, mac-n-cheese

Thanks in advance for your help!!!
Free free to PM me for food drop off options or Venmo -Blankenship-6

10/04/2021

Hey All-

Just a few weeks into the collection for Grow Our Kids and off to a SOLID start!

Current food items donated: 254
Current monetary donations: $1290

I have set a very lofty goal this year of 1250 food items and $5000 If you have not done so already, I hope you will consider supporting my efforts!

Food items needed: pasta, sauce (plastic please), peanut butter, jelly, mac-n-cheese

Thanks in advance for your help!!!

Free free to PM me for food drop off options or Venmo -Blankenship-6