03/09/2026
You did the physio. It helped. But you're after a bit more… just not sure where to find it.
I hear some version of that most weeks, at our private gym round the corner from Sonning Bridge.
Usually it goes something like this: something starts hurting, you see a physio or chiro for a few sessions, do about half the exercises you're given, and it gets better. Pain's less, you're doing more, maybe even back playing... kind of.
Then progress slows right down or even stops.
Your knee — or your shoulder, or your back – still isn't where you want it to be and doing the stuff you actually want to do properly feels out of reach. It still gets aggy and you're still half-expecting it to buckle going downstairs.
It’s around then you start wondering if this is just how it is now.
In my experience though, it stalls because nobody really shows you how to go from "less pain" to "I don't even think about it anymore."
So it feels like the right call to just keep being careful. Stick with the same exercises. Try Pilates. Book a few more physio sessions. Or just climb, run, play, and hope another few weeks somehow does the trick.
But more often than not, weeks drift into months and you end up stuck in an awkward middle ground. You’re not injured anymore, everything's "fine" on paper, but there's still niggles, nothing's great, and a fair bit of doubt. Never trusting it enough to properly go for it.
That's the gap I love helping people bridge after physio.
Not from pain to pain-free.
But to that next level, from "it's better..." to "I don't even think about it anymore."
Anyone else spent time in that awkward middle ground?
