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Why Your At-Home Rehabilitative Exercises Matter
exercise routine is an opportunity to move your healing forward without having to attend an appointment. This will expedite the process of healing and get you back to doing the activities you love faster. 2. Heal Effectively Finding fast relief is powerful, but if it’s also effective, then you have a healing method that cannot be matched. Physical therapy can offer that, especially if you continue with your at-home exercises. The goal of physical therapy is to heal your body through therapeutic movement, which strengthens your muscles and joints to decrease pain and help you recover from injury. The work you do at home bolsters the treatment your therapist helps you perform at your appointments. This one-two punch targets healing in an effective, powerful way. 3. Stay Healed Graduating from physical therapy is great! You may feel like your body is its best shape in years, but unless you continue moving in an effective, impactful way, your pain could return and you may risk re-injury. Your at-home rehabilitative exercises are preparing you for the days when you don’t have to come to physical therapy anymore. But you should continue doing these exercises after you finish physical therapy, and ask your therapy team for progressions for continued support and strength. As a result, you’ll keep that limber, flexible feeling you get after physical therapy. You can learn more exercises from our Madden Physical Therapy Dauphin team on our Facebook page, and if you have a question about an at-home routine or exercise, call us at 717.474.8754. Paleo Sausage Frittata
Though we love seeing you at your physical therapy appointments, we know you don’t want to attend physical therapy every day for the rest of your life. That might get a little mundane after a while! Instead, stay healthy and pain-free by supplementing your regular therapeutic sessions with at-home exercises that are designed for your healing. Here are three big reasons why these exercises matter so much for your healing and progress. 1. Heal Faster While rest days are valuable for recovery, guided movement through physical therapy can stimulate powerful healing for your injury. At-home exercises are designed to build off the strength you gain in your regular therapy sessions and help you work toward improvement. Your time at home doing your
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Inspired by SarahFragoso.com
Bacon may be a paleo favorite for breakfast, but this hearty sausage meal can be enjoyed any time of day and is the perfect way to mix things up!
Ingredients
• 3 tbsp coconut oil • 1 lb mild Italian sausage • 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and grated
• 4 green onions, diced • 10 eggs, whisked • Black pepper, to taste
Directions
1. In a large ovenproof skillet, heat coconut oil over medium heat. 2. Crumble sausage into the skillet and cook until browned.
3. Add sweet potato and cook until tender. 4. Add green onion and sauté for 2–3 minutes. 5. Spread this mixture evenly throughout the skillet. Pour eggs over mixture and sprinkle black pepper over top. 6. Cook without stirring for 3 minutes or until bubbly. 7. Transfer skillet to oven and cook under broiler on low until frittata is cooked through.
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