WHY DID I CREATE FITKIN REHAB?
... At least in part due to at least 9 intense underlying passions that I can't seem to shut up about. I'll share them with you.
I believe that a huge percentage of people fall away from an active lifestyle following an injurydue to either of two factors:
Unhelpful (and typically inaccurate or reductionist) narratives provided to them by PTs or other healthcare providers or trainers that promote mindsets of self-fragility or over-complicate and therefore gatekeep exercise.
Incomplete rehab that “resolved” pain but didn’t promote a full physical return to form.
My mission is to prevent anyone from falling away from an active lifestyle.
FITNESS IS NOT INHERENTLY VAIN.
Physical fitness, without hyperbole, IS quality of life.
No difference.
Every human deserves to get the most quality out of their limited years on this earth.
We’re conditioned to expect so little from our lives.
My mission is to bring quality years to the lives around me.
We all have far more control over the health outcomes we might face than we are commonly led to believe.
Meeting the physical activity guidelines (150 min/week of moderate-intensity cardio, 2 days/week of sufficient strength training) significantly reduces your risk of ALL chronic disease.It literally reduces your risk of all-cause mortality.
My profession is most commonly where the general public interact with a professional who can help them to reap these benefits.
My mission is to promote better access to the incredible health effects of exercise.Strength training IS healthcare.
Our culture largely discourages people from participating in and appropriately dosing strength training.
This is unethical in this day and age, especially in the context of the wealth of modern knowledge that we have.
Stronger bodies are healthier and experience a higher quality of life, full stop.
My mission is to make strength training accessible, sustainable, and easy to understand.
Climbers are SO under-served in medical and rehab spaces, especially in Michigan.
Finger injuries in climbers are distinctly unique compared to other body regions.
That’s besides the fact that most providers have practically zero knowledge of the demands of climbing.
I genuinely don’t know another provider in Michigan who focuses on climbers (if you’re out there, I would love to meet you!).
If you’re a Michigan climber, I want you to know that I built this business for you.
My mission is to serve climbers better.My potential to intervene for the clients I serve goes FAR beyond what any insurance company would pay for a PT to do.
The ethical position of a physical therapist is to assist people in achieving an active lifestyle, including reaching their “athletic” goals as well as sustainably managing their body composition and meeting the physical activity guidelines.
This goes far beyond what typically pertains to a qualifying diagnosis.
My mission is to offer services that have massive health effects but that our healthcare system typically fails to provide.I‘m frustrated that my profession has sought to brand ourselves as the “movement experts” when entry-level PTs are rarely even provided with basic knowledge of what criteria truly constitute strength training. My program taught me almost nothing about exercise prescription.
Nevermind that most of the diagnostic and treatment paradigms taught in PT schools (and tested on in the NPTE, our national board exam) are largelyoutdated.
My mission is to raise the standard of care to new heights.NUANCE is broadly, immensely underrated and underappreciated in our world, but especially in the realms of orthopedic care, rehab, and training.
This world contains very little that is actually black-and-white. There’s genuinely nuance everywhere.
Reductionism genuinely causes real harm to real people.
My mission is to deliver nuanced, kind, helpful information to anyone seeking it.
GOOD COMMUNICATION IS NOT AN EASY SKILL TO DEVELOP.
Frankly, good communication is rare.
Real harm happens to real people when they’re communicated with poorly.
Communication strategies like motivational interviewing can be life-changing.
I’ve been guilty of being a poor communicator thousands of times. I’ll be guilty again. But I’ll be learning and practicing forever.
My mission is to communicate at a high level in service of anyone seeking to better themselves.
If you stuck around to read this far, thank you. Genuinely.
I’m going to refuse to settle for the status quo as long as I’m alive.
There’s too much at stake.
Hit the “contact me” link on my main website page if you think we would be a good fit to work together on your rehab or training (or if you know someone who would be a good fit for rehab/coaching with me!).
I would love to help. It's my mission to.
