1st Session of Physical Therapy

When the world says, "Give up,"Hope whispers, 'Try it one more time.' "- Unknown


Last night I had my first visit with the Physical Therapist. She was very nice and very thorough(in my opinion I never have been to a therapist before so I have nothing to compare it to). The only thing that I did not like about the whole experience was she made the comment "some peoples bodies just aren't meant to run". She then followed that comment with "how important is running to you?".

I explained to her that running is very important to me, it is something that I enjoy, love and want to continue to do. She was a very very sweet lady, I just don't think she understands why someone would want to do something that causes so much pain. She said if I wanted to continue to run I would have to do these exercises on my own everyday for the rest of my life (or until I decide I do not want to run anymore).


I do NOT believe that some peoples bodies aren't meant to run. There are 80 year old people out there who run everyday. I am 26, I can handle running. I just think some peoples body do not take the impact of running as well as others. Therefore people like myself have to take other course of actions to make it possible to run. I think some people (probably my therapist) would just think it would be easier to just give up running. NOT. AN. OPTION. I guess that is how today's society is. If it hurts we quit. If it gets tough we quit. Sometimes we just have to work really hard for the things that we really want. I really want to run. So for the next 6 weeks I will faithfully do my exercises 1-2 times a day everyday and in 6 weeks I will try to run, and I hope with all my heart that I can do it pain free!

"Between you and every goal that you wish to achieve, there is a series of obstacles, and the bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles. Your decision to be, have and do something out of the ordinary entails facing difficulties and challenges that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else."- Brian Tracy

"Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts."- Unknown