I love sharing success stories from my clients. I have a few here today that don't have to do with any weight loss or gain successes. These stories are about injuries and how exercise helped to heal those injuries and get them back to doing their normal activities they love to do in their life.
The first story is about Bob. He had an issue in his forearm, around the elbow area. It could have been some tendinitis, but whatever it was it was hard for him to do some of his normal exercises. So what we did was cut out all the exercises that caused him discomfort. Then we instituted some wrist curls in the hopes of strengthening that area and reducing the strain that was causing him some pain. Not as young as he used to be, this healing process was going to take awhile, but sure enough after about 5 months, he is pain free in that area. He is back to doing the normal exercises we do for arms and not having any issues whatsoever.
Connie was having some discomfort in her rhomboids (right in the middle of her upper back). Usually, a result of tightness or weakness, we did a few exercises that deviated from the norm, but hit those areas particularly well. In a matter of weeks, she was pain free. No issues whatsoever, and we routinely do exercises to hit that area so it doesn't happen again.
Finally, there is Doug. Doug likes to golf, but his lower back was killing him. He always had to take a cart and really struggled to play well with his lower back being the way it was. We instituted a total body workout that included a special focus on strengthening his core and stretching out the posterior chain of his legs, lower back, etc. In a span of 6 weeks, he was feeling great and not only could he WALK 18 holes, but he could also walk another 9 afterwards relatively pain free.
These are some good examples of what exercise can do for you. Hopefully, I will be able to tell more in the upcoming months.
