All to often in the medical industry providers are trying to provide pain relief. While this is VERY important, it often times does NOT produce long term results. While pain relief is necessary, and an obvious patient goal, the painful area is very rarely the cause of that pain. Which is why most of the time patients will have recurring painful problems that just never get fixed. We hear things like, “oh, that’s just my bum knee,” or “that’s my bad shoulder.” Those things don’t actually exist. What’s actually happening is you have a functional problem in your body that continues to lead to chronic injuries of the same region. It actually has nothing to do with your shoulder or your knee and everything to do with a non-painful mechanical dysfunction somewhere else. These sessions are designed to SOLVE PROBLEMS, not just provide temporary relief.
When you injure any tissue in your body, that tissue is now compromised. The range of motion, it’s strength, how your brain decides to use it; everything about that tissue is now different than it was prior to the injury. Injuries can be accidental, the result of trauma, or surgically induced. If any tissue in your body has been damaged then that tissue now needs to be re-conditioned to tolerate normal function again. Physical exercise therapy is utilized in these scenarios to strengthen the tissue, achieve full range of motion, and restore normal neuromuscular activity. This speeds up recovery time, reduces the risk of re-injury, and gets patients back to normal function.
Whether you want to get healthy and start moving or you just want to lose some weight before summer hits, personal training can be both expensive and time consuming. So we’ve taken the barriers away for you. This very reasonable and low cost option is designed to help you save time, save money, and push you towards your personal goals. If you want us to help you with some strength gains, or you need advice on how to lose some inches in a difficult spot on your body, our trained exercise science providers will spend either an hour or a half hour with you whenever you want. No long term contract, commitments, or multiple sessions necessary. Pay as you go and take all the time you need. AND! Get the personal training from licensed medical professionals.
Don’t really know what to eat? Having a hard time figuring out what reps, sets, and times per day you should be doing specific exercises? Challenged with designing an exercise or meal plan that makes sense for your personal goals? Well, let the doctors design one for you! Dr. Zappy works directly with the providers here to offer his expertise on all of the above. He holds a Master’s Degree in Applied Clinical Nutrition as well as a Board Certification in Physiotherapy (fancy word for exercise). The providers here work directly with Dr. Zappy to custom tailor your nutritional or exercise goals into an easy to follow 6 week plan. No long term commitment and an easy to use pay as you go model. After the first 6 weeks, it’s up to you if you want to continue with the plan that was given to you or upgrade your plan to something more challenging to meet your next goal. You can get a 6 week plan in exercise, nutrition, or a combination of the 2. Make sure you ask about our member discounts!
This is probably my favorite option of them all. How great would it be to have a place where you could go to have a medical professional monitor your entire exercise routine in a small intimate setting. Don’t know if your back routine is all that great? Want advice on low back healthy core exercises? Or maybe you just want someone to watch your form while you do all of your exercises that you normally do at your gym. With a limit to only 5 people in the space at a time we’re now offering Open Gym time slots. Come in and do your entire routine under the monitoring and guidance of a medical professional. We’ll guide you, give you tips, and offer advice to really maximize your time in the gym while preventing injuries. This service is beyond valuable and is being offered for such a low cost of only $20/month. AND, you get a 50% discount on any 6 week plan.
Exercise is an integral part of creating long term solutions and sustainable results. At The Wellness Center of Chester County our 1 on 1 Personal Training Sessions are designed to create an atmosphere of learning. You will have an opportunity to discuss questions, comments, or concerns in a private setting with our trainer. The more questions you ask, and the better you understand movement, the more sustainable your results will be.
Dr. Zappy, Chiropractor at The Wellness Center of Chester County, usually develops treatment plans in 2 phases, passive care and active care. Passive care means that the patient is generally passively involved in the treatment. We, as the providers, are generally providing all of the services for you to fix your problem. However, this is not a sustainable solution and creates a provider dependence. We then transition our patients into an active care program that is designed to get the patient actively engaged in the plan. With various stretches and strengthening exercises, you can create meaningful, lasting change for your condition.
Following a treatment plan, it’s important to make more progress and begin a strength and mobility program for your entire body, not just the region of your initial complaint. This is called pre-hab, as opposed to re-hab, and is a more proactive approach to healthcare. This is an attempt to stop problems from arising in the first place! That’s where 1 on 1’s with our Personal Trainer make all the difference.
Stop the problem before it begins!