05/22/2026
She went to PT. Did a few appointments and after the worst of the pain calmed down and some bodyweight exercise, they told her she was “good” to start working out again.
No conversation about what “working out” meant to her or how she’d do that safely.
So when we first talked she was still scared to lift, move too quickly, or progress training out of fear of the next pain flare up. She came to me still scared to load her back.
We’ve been slowly building things back up for both strength and gaining trust in higher intensity movements and her low back’s capability to handle them. Keeping the pain manageable is just step one, but feeling athletic and confident again is the full process, especially to avoid reinjury cycles.
If your recovery felt incomplete, it might be because it was. DM me to chat about what a different plan might look like for you.