Why you Should Keep up With Your Home Exercise Programs

Hello everyone, I’m Joey, a physical therapists here at Spine & Rehab Specialists and I wanted to talk to you guys about the home exercise programs we give out to each of our patients. In my opinion, these home exercise programs are one of the most important aspects of the rehabilitation program.
 
Now it should go without saying that when you come to physical therapy, it’s going to be a little physical. I wanted to address this because often times I get the look on my patient’s face when I tell them a part of their program is going to be based on them doing some exercise on their own time but trust me, it’s not as bad as you may initially think! Often times exercise can be scary to a patient with an injury especially if they’ve never really exercised before in their life. Well never fear, I’m here to tell you that exercise doesn’t necessarily mean lifting heavy weights or using a bunch of different equipment, exercising can be as easy as lying down on your stomach! If you don’t believe me come see me,  I promise it’s an exercise that I often prescribe for low back pain.
 
So basically, you don’t always have to be putting an excessive amount of effort into your home program okay? Your exercises may consist of something as simple as keeping an eye on your posture but exercising at any level is always important. The word exercise should not be intimidating when it comes to physical therapy, yes it is going to be physical, yes you are going to do some exercise, but there’s a lot of science behind this okay? A combination of some exercise, some education, some hands-on manual therapy, that’s what’s going to help you get better.
 
That’s what we do right? We want you to live a better life, whatever that means for you. Let us know how we can help you and let’s get active!
 
-Jose Gutierrez, PT, DPT