Are You Keeping up With YOUR RESOLUTIONS? www.thetrainingroompt.com
New Year’s Eve has come and gone, but how many resolutions have stayed intact? According to a study conducted by Strava, a social network for athletes, the majority of people give up on their resolutions by January 12th – not even two weeks after beginning them! So, why does this fate exist for so many people? Tied at the top for number one, the two most common resolutions across the United States are to eat heathier and get more exercise. These resolutions can be difficult to keep up with for a number of reasons, especially if they require significant lifestyle changes. Some of the most commonly reported reasons for ditching resolutions include: • Getting injured early on. • Lack of time. • Improper exercises, leading to pain or injury. • Lack of motivation.
Taking care of pain at the start. One of the biggestmistakespeoplemake iswaiting too long to treat their pain. If you’ve started a newworkout regimen and your legs feel achy the day after you begin, it would be in your best interest to rest and get them looked at if the pain persists. Many people try to push through the pain, increasing their likelihood of sustaining an injury that’ll take a good amount of time to heal – and therefore giving up on their goal altogether. Seeking help. Sometimes, getting started on a newgoal (andsticking to it!)canposechallenges. AtTheTraining RoomPT, we can help set you up with a plan for sticking to your resolutions. We can provide exercise tips with proper techniques, as well as nutritional tips for reaching your optimum levels of health and physical activity. For help with your resolutions, contact us today!
While these are all valid reasons, they are also entirely avoidable. Below you’ll find some helpful tips for keeping up with your resolutions – or starting them up again, if you’ve strayed away! Designatingtime. Nomatterwhatyourresolution may be, there is always a way to fit it into your busy schedule. Let’s say you want to train for a triathlon or you simply want to fit more gym time into your week. It’s difficult when you have a million things going on at once – you have to work, make meals, pick up the kids from school… Where can you find the time? Even if you take a half hour out of your day between driving the kids around or beginning your commute to work, you can still make a significant amount of progress by the end of the year.
PATIENT SPOTLIGHT
“Before PT, I wasn’t able to drive, go upstairs, or even squat without pain. During the beginning few weeks of PT, we couldn’t figure out what was going on as I was still having pain with little things, like band walks and bridges, sometimes even just to touch. Once we figured it out, we eased our way back and now I can kneel, lunge, and squat. These things I have not been able to do without pain in about four years! I haven’t felt pain at all in over 4 weeks and I can finally say I am back to my full athletic self.” “Now I can kneel, lunge, and squat!”
-Abigail Deal
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