Still slapping ice on every ache, resting on the couch, or waiting for an MRI before starting rehab? You’re following sports medicine advice that’s 20 years out of date. In this post, we dismantle the top 3 injury myths holding Naperville athletes back and share the modern, evidence-backed loading upgrades we use daily at Art of PT to keep you training pain-free.

Tight doesnt always mean short…..most people assume: “Tight muscle = I need to stretch it.” But that’s not always true. A lot of the time, that “tight” feeling is your body’s way of saying:

Every January, I see the same pattern in the clinic: People are motivated, excited…then it happens….they get injured or burnt out by February. :(

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How can pain from a previous injury be normal you say?! The important thing to remember is that pain happens for many reasons, it's multifactorial. It's better to reframe the way we think about pain and remember we aren't broken humans if we have a flare up. Stay positive, it helps, there's good research that says so ;) Flare ups happen all the time, I see it often clinically. Patients come in discouraged and I see it written all over their face. However, oftentimes when pati