
08/27/2025
🏋️♀️ Movement > Rest: Why Rehab Outperforms Avoidance
When pain or injury strikes, it’s natural to think “I should just rest until it goes away.”
But here’s the truth: while short periods of rest may help initially, avoiding movement altogether can actually slow recovery and create new problems.
At ProResults Physical Therapy, we teach that the right type of guided movement restores function, builds resilience, and prevents future setbacks.
💡 Why Rehabilitation Beats Rest
• ✅ Stimulates Healing: Gentle, controlled exercise increases blood flow, which delivers oxygen and nutrients to injured tissues.
• ✅ Maintains Strength & Mobility: Avoidance leads to stiffness, weakness, and compensation patterns that make pain worse.
• ✅ Trains the Body to Tolerate Stress Again: Gradual loading helps tissues adapt so you can safely return to the activities you love.
🔎 Examples of Diagnoses That Improve with Rehab:
• Low Back Pain: Movement-based rehab improves mobility, core control, and decreases flare-ups far better than lying still.
• ACL Reconstruction or Knee Injury: Early range-of-motion and strengthening exercises speed up recovery and reduce re-injury risk.
• Rotator Cuff Injury: Targeted shoulder exercises restore stability and strength, preventing frozen shoulder from inactivity.
• Ankle Sprains: Balance and mobility drills retrain ligaments and muscles, making ankles more resilient than before the injury.
🚀 The Takeaway
Pain and injury don’t mean you should stop moving. They mean you should move smarter. With the right guidance, rehab helps you heal faster, regain confidence, and get back to living at your best.
👉 ProResults Physical Therapy: Helping you move through pain, not around it.