MVP Therapy & Sports Medicine

03/10/2026

😴 Sleep might be the most underrated form of recovery.

In honor of National Sleep Awareness Week, here’s your reminder that a good night’s sleep does more for your body than you might realize.

While you sleep, your body is busy: ✨ Repairing muscles and tissues

🧠 Resetting your brain and improving focus
🦴 Supporting joint health and recovery
💪 Restoring energy so you can move better tomorrow

If you’re dealing with aches, tightness, or nagging injuries, quality sleep can be a game-changer for healing. Your body does some of its best recovery work overnight.

So tonight, give yourself permission to:

📵 Put the phone down a little earlier
🌙 Create a relaxing bedtime routine
🛌 Aim for 7–9 hours of rest

Your body will thank you tomorrow.

💬 Tell us in the comments: How many hours of sleep do you usually get?

03/07/2026

Tight back or shoulders? Try this simple trick with a ball. 🎾

Alexa is demonstrating an easy way to use a lacrosse or tennis ball to release tight muscles and stubborn trigger points in your back and shoulders.

This technique can help:
• Reduce muscle tension
• Improve mobility
• Relieve those hard-to-reach knots in your low back or between your shoulder blades

All you need is a wall and a ball. Small tool…big relief. 🙌

Give it a try and let us know how it feels!

⚠️ Pro tip: Slow pressure + deep breathing works best. If the pain is sharp or persistent, it’s worth getting it checked out.

Save this for later and share with someone who always complains about a tight back! 👇

03/05/2026

♥️🐾 We had a very special visitor today in the clinic!

Mac brought his best tricks and a lot of joy to everyone who got to see and interact with him

Thanks sweet boy for the extra "therapy" today!♥️🐕

02/20/2026

🌿 Come join us tomorrow for Slow Somatic Flow Yoga – This Saturday | 8–9 AM 🌿

Slow down. Tune in. Move with intention.

Join us for Slow Somatic Flow, a guided practice designed to help you reconnect with your body through mindful movement and breath. This class blends gentle strength, deep stretch, and restorative flow to help you:

✨ Build body awareness
✨ Release tension
✨ Improve alignment
✨ Feel grounded and refreshed

Dynamic yet calming, this class meets you where you are — all ability levels are welcome.

💲 $15 per class
💲 4 classes for $50

Bring a yoga mat and water bottle.

Invite a friend and start your weekend feeling embodied and energized.

Your body will thank you. 💛

02/18/2026

Can you do it? 👀

From kneeling to squat… no hands allowed.
We put our team to the test — now it’s your turn!

Going from kneeling to a deep squat without using your hands takes:

✅ Hip mobility
✅ Ankle mobility
✅ Core control
✅ Balance
✅ Strength

If this feels stiff, wobbly, or impossible — your body might be telling you something.

Drop a 🙋‍♀️ if you’re trying this today!

If it’s harder than it looks, don’t worry — that’s what we’re here for 😉

02/10/2026

🌀 Jaw pain isn’t just “something to live with.”

TMJ discomfort can show up as headaches, clicking, tightness with chewing, neck pain, even ear pressure. One powerful tool we use to help is dry needling—a precise technique that targets overactive muscles like the masseter, temporalis, and neck stabilizers.
By releasing trigger points, dry needling can:

✔ Reduce jaw tension
✔ Improve mouth opening
✔ Decrease headaches & facial pain
✔ Help you chew and talk more comfortably

Our physical therapists can combine needling with hands-on care and corrective exercises, so the relief actually lasts—not just for a day or two.
If jaw pain is affecting your sleep, stress, or daily life, there are options beyond night guards and medication. Call us to see if TMJ dry needling could be right for you.

02/03/2026

💥 The Pallof Press: Simple, Powerful, Spine-Saving 💥
It may look easy… but don’t be fooled 👀

The Pallof press is one of our go-to core exercises for rehab, injury prevention, and long-term spine health.
Unlike crunches or sit-ups that bend your spine, the Pallof press trains your core to resist movement. Your job? Stay rock-solid while an outside force tries to pull you out of position. That’s how your core actually works in real life—protecting your spine during lifting, walking, running, and sports.

🧠 Why it matters:
✔️ Builds a strong, functional core without stressing the spine
✔️ Improves spinal stability and control
✔️ Helps reduce low back pain and flare-ups
✔️ Activates deep core muscles that traditional ab work misses
✔️ Transfers directly to daily life and athletic performance

🔁 Why we use progressions:
• Standard Pallof Press → pure stability
• Modified Pallof Twist → safe, controlled rotation (great for early rehab)
• Pallof Twist (arms extended) → higher demand, next-level control

We teach the core to protect first… then move safely—which is exactly what your spine needs.

🎥 Watch the video to see how we use this exercise in the clinic

💬 Comment “CORE” if you want help finding the right variation for you

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01/31/2026

PT brains 🤓 + clinical skills 💪 = nailed it (mostly 😅)
How good are our clinicians at eyeballing joint angles?
Put a goniometer in their hands and hit record — challenge accepted.

This isn’t just a fun game (though we had plenty of laughs 😂).

Accurately measuring range of motion is how we track progress, guide treatment, and make sure you’re actually getting better.

🎥 Watch as our PTs guess the degrees… then check themselves.

👇 Drop a comment: who do you think got the closest?

01/29/2026

Just a reminder to please 🙏 take a minute to vote for us if we've made a positive impact in your health/life. It makes such a big difference for a small business like ours!

Click here to vote:
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01/26/2026

🌟 We are so excited to announce Somatic Yoga Saturdays at MVP with the amazing and talented Emma Conover!

Is loving and taking care of your body♥️, increasing strength and flexibility, and lowering stress part of your New Year's Goals?

Join us on Saturdays, starting Feb 14th at 8am in our Midlothian location. Watch the video for more details!

Sign up here:
https://calendly.com/bebravetoday-team/new-meeting?month=2026-01

01/25/2026