Struggling with lower back pain? Learn how physical therapy uses hip mobility, anti-rotation core presses, and box squats to protect and strengthen your spine. Lower Back Pain Rehab: Core Exercises and Movement Lower back pain can make everyday movements like bending, sitting, or standing up feel difficult. It’s natural to wonder whether to rest, keep moving, or start exercising. The right approach depends on your symptoms, health history, and what you need to get back to doing. Back pain can have different causes, and no single exercise sequence suits everyone. Rebuilding a resilient lower back takes more than quick fixes. For many people with acute low-back pain, staying active, as symptoms allow, may be more helpful than bed rest, but that doesn’t mean forcing painful movements. By teaching your glutes and core to absorb force, you may be able to direct pressure off the lumbar spine and restore confidence in your movement. Read how fear of movement can affect back and hip pain ...
One year ago, I was diagnosed with lupus. As a physical therapist, I found it changed everything—not just how I trained, but how I understood my body, my limits, and my strength. One year ago, I was diagnosed with lupus. The beginning of the rest of my new life. That sentence still carries weight. As a physical therapist, I’ve spent my career helping people move through pain, rebuild strength, and trust their bodies again. But when lupus became my reality, I had to live every lesson I had ever given to someone else. And I’ll be honest: it was not easy. My body changed. My energy changed. My training changed. My identity changed. Learning to train differently 💪 Before lupus, I thought progress meant doing more. More weight. More intensity. More discipline. More pushing. But lupus forced me to learn a different kind of strength. Now, I focus on: ✅listening to my body instead of fighting it ✅respecting flare-ups instead of preten...