Exercise Therapy / Active Rehabilitation

Corrective exercise includes the use of exercises to help address and fix movement compensations and imbalances to improve the overall quality of movement during workouts and in everyday life.  It utilizes techniques that leverage the therapist’s understanding of anatomy, kinesiology, physiology, biomechanics, and rehabilitation exercises in assisting the patient mobility.

Active rehabilitation is a recovery based exercise program in which the client plays an active role. The client participates in doing the rehab exercises, compared to someone performing rehab on them which is called passive care. These programs are directed toward the clients injury, history and current abilities.

Exercise therapy involves the planning and teaching of physical activities including sports, drills, exercises, and/or movement patterns that are prescribed to patients to help them recover from injuries, surgeries or illnesses.

Often in practice, corrective exercise, exercise therapy and active rehabilitation are used interchangeably. Patients work directly and actively with the therapist during individual exercise training sessions, which can incorporate core stabilization, posture correction, cardiovascular conditioning, balance exercises, and strength and flexibility training.

Since injuries, surgeries, or illnesses can reduce the body’s ability to perform certain movements, many patients require or can benefit from exercise education. Often after injuries, activities of daily living (taking care of oneself) can be impacted which also directly affects one’s mental health. Exercise therapy can include neuro re‐education, gait training, and therapeutic activities.

  • reduce risk
  • restore or enhance function
  • reduce pain
  • increase mobility
  • increase work capacity
  • prevent injuries
  • improve general fitness and well‐being
  • optimize overall mental health
  • maximize performance

Exercise therapy may involve activating/exercises specific muscles, or parts of the body, or can involve general full-body activities that can assist a recovering patient to get back to the activities they love. They are often repetitive, and can be intensive as they require time and dedication on the part of the patients to encourage neuroplasticity to retrain the brain. Here at Thrive Chiropractic Sport and Spine we have a full gym to teach, engage and empower our patients in their health goals.