Strength Resurgence Podcast

#7: How To Get Better Results From Your Injury Rehabilitation Exercises

Jim Wittstrom

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Injuries, physical pain, and conditions that adversely affect the human body are an inevitable part of life; there's no getting around any of this. And while the body can often do a surprisingly remarkable job at healing itself, therapeutic injury rehabilitation exercises play a critical role in helping to promote and optimize healing for what has been injured or affected.

Whether it's therapeutic exercise to help injured muscle tissue, improve tendon health, decrease nerve sensitivity, increase cardiovascular health, or the other near-infinite scenarios in which therapeutic exercise can be utilized, it's critical to realize that the right approach (including mindset) to exercise can yield significantly better results to your overall health and well-being.

This is especially true for the times when we must take an active role in our recovery pursuits, often through performing exercises on our own such as when at home or in the gym; not everyone has access to a team of healthcare professionals at their disposal. And when this is the case, it's essential to have therapeutic exercises and movements that we can perform repeatedly on our own. Every case and situation is, of course, different, however, many principles remain the same as to how this is best carried out.

Episode highlights:

  • The “what” & “why” of rehab exercises
  • Active vs. passive strategies for injury recovery
  • The medicine analogy for promoting tissue healing
  • Rehab exercises: Exciting vs. effective
  • Starving the ego & remaining humble throughout your recovery
  • Intentionality: The 
  • Understanding the process: Injury types, timelines, etc.
  • Progressing your exercises (to ensure continued success)
  • Practical takeaways