As a physical therapist and athlete living in the modern era of overused Google searches, it’s often a challenge to market my services when it comes to injury prevention. When speaking to other therapists, my feelings are almost always validated.
I saw a new patient recently who has been experiencing elbow pain for more than six months. She exercises regularly — a combination of CrossFit, yoga and running. When she complained to a trainer about her pain, they modified several movements in her workout, as a good fitness professional should.
She later asked the trainer if they thought she would benefit from physical therapy, to which they stated that the pain would probably go away on its own with some stretching. Long story short, her pain persisted throughout workouts and in daily life for the next several weeks.