Resilient Performance and Wellness PLLC

10/02/2025

Relax those shoulders. Breathe.

There is only so much we can control. Of those things is how you respond and react to things.

Reminding myself and everyone who needs to hear this.

09/26/2025

Massage therapy is one modality I have always liked but have not done for a couple of years. I finally went back and am so glad I did.

Time to make this a bit more of a regular thing. I even had a bit of an emotional release when she did some work on my knee. It felt good and after trauma plus multiple surgeries, it was apparently meaningful to my brain to feel something nice on my knee.

Mind-body connection is the real deal.

How about you? What do you do for self-care?

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Specializing in Manual Lymphatic Drainage therapy in Colorado Springs. Certified MLD therapist for post-surgery recovery, lymphedema care, swelling reduction, and wellness.

09/26/2025

Gym question:

What are you working on today?

Gym bro 1 answer - "chest"

Gym bro 2 answer - "arms"

Experienced lifter wirh a career and family who gets results in a shorter period of time without getting injured answer - full-body workout.

Two to three times per week, full-body training does the job.

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09/22/2025

Choices matter when it comes to wellness.

We can choose to eat s**tty food or good food.

We can choose to consume the news media and let it sink into to our soul. My opinion is that doesn't help anything or anyone. If you like what you consume and fail to consider other viewpoints, your mind stays closed.

If you disagree with the content then you may become angry or otherwise displeased if you CHOOSE to continue letting that information enter your brain.

You can choose kindness over hate.

Someone in politics said he "hates' the other side - those that do not agree with him.

Do you want to live with hate in your body? No thanks. Hate is toxic. You don't need to hate those with differing viewpoints.

It is easy to turn the freaking news off, stop scrolling the drama. Take a walk or read a book instead.

Choose wisely. Be mindful of your thoughts and reactions.

The stoics taught us to PAUSE before reacting.

For example, something happens or someone insults you. Take a breath and pause before deciding how to respond verbally and internally.

Same goes for pain. If pain is present, you can choose to let it take over your mind and negatively affect your day. Or you can choose to stay active and not let pain run the show.

Choose what you internalize and how you THINK about things.

Be a victor and not a victim. Choices set you up to have a good day and a life with improved wellness.

Serenity Now!

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09/18/2025

Our pastor had several people in tears the other day with her message.

It was a message of kindness. How one act of kindness can go a very long way.

We learned about the author of this book. She was imprisoned in concentration camps. In 2002, her writing were translated to English.

There was an example given of a N**i soldier who gave a starving inmate a single potato. Apparently the inmate was brightened by that one act even though he was living in horrendous conditions.

It is still weighing on me. All the atrocity is unimaginable for most of us. The idea for me anyway is that we can change the life of people around us by being generous and kind.

Summary - Be kind. Don't be an as***le!

09/12/2025

So many thoughts

Here is what i am reminding myself and avyone who cares to listen.

Choose kindness and end the hate. Control what you can control. Let go of the other s**t and don"t let the news media dictate how you feel and go about your business.

We can disagree respectfully on any issue. Ditch the resentment. It's toxic to the body and society as a whole.

That is all I can say at this moment to summarize how it feels living at this particular time in history.

Stay resilient!
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09/12/2025

Is there a certain area of the body where you tend to hold tension and stress?

The solution could be simpler than expected.

Awareness is the first step. Giving yourself grace is the next move.

Tension is ultimately due to the nervous system. Meaning, living in fight or flight mode. Stress!!!

When the tension is felt, drop those shoulders and give yourself a pat on the back for noticing.

Repeat over time and it will improve. ✔️✔️

Working on the ability to relax from the inside out is difficult, but worth the hard work.

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09/08/2025

Physical and mental health are not seperate entities.

The brain is the boss. Sometimes we need to have a meeting with the boss and straighten their ass out!

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09/08/2025

Compartmentalization can be good. Switching from work mode to home mode. Keeping personal life out of the workplace as appropriate.

Getting older and/or having medical problems sticks you in one bucket at a time, one problem at a time. But that doesn't need to be the case when it comes to orthopedic physical therapy.

For example, I am seeing an ENT and my psychologist this week. Probably this is 'all in my head."


Both providers do different things so specialization is good in this case.

Frustrating to no end is when people are sent to PT with hip pain thst may very well be coming from their back. Or shoulder pain that is coming from their neck. And so on.

Yet the insurance company only "allows' certain things. It is ridiculous. I thought us physical therapists earned doctorate degrees and continue to work on continuing education to stop that madness.

Humans are interconnected and absolutely nothing happens in isolation.

There are self-pay physical therapists, and I am one of them, who treat you as a whole person not just as a knee or shoulder. That is why we do not accept insurance with this business model. Patients have much more freedom when working with self'-pay PT.

There is a time and place for using insurance.

But understand you as a client have other options if you feel like you are not being seen or heard.