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A modern approach to physical therapy for people who are tired of quick fixes. 1-on-1 care blending hands-on treatment, strength training, recovery, and lifestyle support to help you move better for life.

05/31/2026

Two years married. Somehow every chapter keeps getting a little bit sweeter. Grateful for the life we’ve built, the family we’re growing, and all the ordinary moments in between 🤍

I love you, Freddie.

05/27/2026

The biggest problem we see with runners???

They don’t strength train and they don’t know HOW to strength train for running specifically. So many people are out here training for half marathons doing nothing but logging miles and then acting confused when their body starts waving red flags halfway through the training block.

And honestly, so many runners are just surviving on adrenaline and denial!!

Their knee has hurt for 6 weeks. Their hip tightens up every run. Their Achilles takes the first mile to “warm up.” Their back hurts after long runs. They finish every run immediately googling stretches and foam rolling routines and then wake up the next day hoping somehow this is the week it magically disappears.

Meanwhile they’re still increasing mileage every single week because the race is coming whether their body is ready or not.

That strategy works… until it really doesn’t.

I think runners massively underestimate how physically demanding distance running actually is. Your body is absorbing thousands and thousands of repetitive impacts on one leg at a time. If your hips are weak, your calves cannot absorb force well, your pelvis is unstable, or you have no ability to control rotation and deceleration, your body WILL start compensating somewhere. Usually long before race day.

Most people just ignore it until it becomes impossible to ignore.

And the frustrating part is that a lot of these runners are incredibly disciplined people. They are motivated. They are consistent. They are willing to work hard. They just have absolutely no framework for how to build a body that can actually tolerate running volume.

You should not feel like every long run is a negotiation with your body. You should not be terrified that one run is going to “set it off again.” And you definitely should not be accepting injuries as just part of being a runner.

05/25/2026

A special trip with my people 🤍

This weekend slowed me down in a way I haven’t felt in a lonnnngggg time. My phone died on Friday and I didn’t even bother to charge it until at least 24 hours later

I work a lot and am constantly reachable and available. I care a lot about what I’m building. I genuinely love my business and the people we help, so it’s easy for me to stay in “go mode” all the time. Thinking about the next thing, the next idea, the next problem to solve.

But this weekend I felt really present. Like deeply present.

Holding my son, walking around town, sitting by the water, eating dinner with my family. Nothing groundbreaking. But it felt like my brain finally got quiet enough to actually experience it while it was happening instead of rushing through it.

And it hit me how fleeting all of this is.

My son will never be this little again. These versions of our lives only exist for a moment and then they’re gone. And suddenly the emails and stress and timelines and all the things that normally feel so important just… didn’t.

I think there’s a balance there that I’m still learning.

I’ll probably always be ambitious. I’ll probably always care deeply about my work because it means something to me. But I also think what’s the point of building a life you’re too distracted to actually be in?

05/21/2026

POV: you built the dream team
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05/20/2026

One of the hardest parts about treating chronic joint pain is how many people walk into .pt believing their pain is “just aging.”

Like they’ve been told their body is simply wearing out and they just have to manage it forever.

And honestly… I just don’t believe that’s true.

Yes, our bodies change with age. But I see people in their 60s who move incredibly well and people in their 30s whose bodies are completely overwhelmed and inflamed.

There’s so much more to the story than age alone.

When I’m looking at someone with chronic pain, I’m thinking about…
Are they sleeping enough?
Are they eating enough protein?
Do they have muscle strength and tissue resilience?
How stressed is their nervous system?
How much ultra processed food are they consuming?
What does their gut health look like?
Are they constantly under recovering?

Because pain is not just about a joint.

Your body is one connected system, and the inputs you give it every day matter. The food you eat becomes the building blocks for your muscles, connective tissue, hormones, immune system, and recovery capacity. It influences inflammation, energy levels, blood sugar regulation, gut health, and even pain sensitivity.

I’m not saying nutrition is the ONLY answer for chronic pain, but I do think it’s one of the most overlooked pieces of the puzzle. I’ve seen people make huge improvements in pain, stiffness, recovery, and overall quality of life when they start consistently supporting their body better instead of only chasing temporary symptom relief.

You are not doomed because you have joint pain. And “you’re just getting older” is NOT a good enough explanation for me!

Comment JOINT PAIN to get my free guide with actionable tips you can start implementing today

05/18/2026

Hip pain advice on the internet gives me the ick sometimes 🙃

Not because rest, stretching, or injections are never appropriate… but because hip pain is usually much more complex than a quick fix.

A lot of people dealing with hip pain have already tried stretching every day. They’ve foam rolled. They’ve rested. They’ve been told their pelvis is “out of alignment.” Maybe they even got an injection that temporarily calmed things down, only for the pain to come right back.

What I see clinically over and over again is that many cases of hip pain are actually related to strength deficits, poor load tolerance, movement variability, reduced tendon capacity, deconditioning, or tissues simply not tolerating the demands being placed on them.

Your hip is designed to handle load.

Walking, running, lifting, climbing stairs, single leg stability, rotational control… all of these require the muscles around the hip and pelvis to be strong and adaptable.

And when they aren’t, your body often starts creating protective tension, stiffness, pinching, or pain.

That’s why endlessly stretching a painful hip without improving strength and capacity often keeps people stuck in the same cycle.

The goal usually isn’t to “realign” your body.

It’s to improve the way your body tolerates movement and load.

If you’ve been dealing with stubborn hip pain and feel like nothing has fully solved it, there’s usually a reason why.

05/11/2026

Cue that one influencer with a viral reel saying “do this one core exercise to heal your back pain” 🙄

The problem is not that core exercises are useless. The problem is that people have been convinced that back pain is simply the result of a “weak core” and that if they could just activate the right muscle hard enough, their pain would disappear.

If it were that simple, millions of people doing planks, bird dogs, dead bugs, and transverse abdominis activation drills would already be pain free.

Back pain is far more complex than that.

Pain is influenced by stress, sleep, fear of movement, nervous system sensitivity, deconditioning, lifestyle, recovery, load tolerance, and overall physical capacity. Research has even shown that core stabilization exercises are often no more effective than general exercise for long term low back pain outcomes.

And honestly? A lot of people with chronic back pain already have TOO much tension and guarding. They’re bracing all day long, terrified to bend over, constantly trying to “protect” their spine because they’ve been told their body is fragile.

Your spine is not weak!!!!!

Your body is adaptable, resilient, and designed to move.

Most people do not need more fear, more bracing, or another magical corrective exercise. They need progressive strength, movement variability, confidence, better recovery habits, and a plan that actually looks at the whole person.

Comment “CORE” if you want more information on my 4-week back pain program (that gives you the REAL tools you need to heal)

05/08/2026

LOVING LIFE being a mom and growing .pt !!!

Pinch me !

05/04/2026

This isn’t an upgrade…it’s a whole new standard.

Coming soon to .pt 🤩

04/29/2026

I knew the recovery after having a C-section was going to be intense, and I don’t think I was naive about that, but actually going through it myself gave me a completely different level of respect for what the body experiences during and after it.

It’s easy to say “it’s surgery,” but until you feel what it’s like to move your body afterward, to sit up, to stand, to cough, to try to use your core in any capacity, it really hits you that this is a major abdominal surgery layered on TOP of childbirth.

Your core is impacted, your pelvic floor is impacted, and your entire system is trying to recalibrate while you’re also taking care of a newborn!!! (Crazy times, right??)

What really surprised me was how little guidance there is for recovery. You’re sent home and it’s almost like the expectation is that things will just come back on their own, or that you’ll figure it out as you go, but we would never approach ANY other surgery that way.

For me, the biggest difference in my healing was not trying to push through or ignore what my body was telling me, but actually taking the time to understand how to support it.

That meant learning how to reconnect to my core in a way that didn’t involve bracing or compensating (it was complete jelly for quite some time) understanding how my pelvic floor was functioning, and respecting that healing requires intention, not just time.

This is exactly why pelvic floor physical therapy matters so much, whether you are newly postpartum, currently pregnant, or even years removed from your C-section and still feel like something isn’t quite right.

If you’re in the New Orleans area and have been thinking about getting support but aren’t sure where to start, we’re now offering pelvic floor physical therapy at my clinic .pt .

You can message me or comment “pelvic floor” and we’ll chat about your symptoms!

Address

3000 Kingman Street
Metairie, LA
70006

Telephone

+15045174594

Website

https://www.funxionalpt.com/

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