Dr. Rachel Selman PT, DPT, CSCS, CPSS

It’s a tough job being this brave but someone’s gotta do it

I guess I’m confused, you don’t want to just listen to Taylor swift all too well ten minute version 36 times?

BEFORE YOU KEEP READING JUST KNOW I HAVE A WHOLE BOOK COMING OUT ON THIS IN NOVEMBER AND I’D LOVE FOR YOU TO PREORDER IT 📣 we have come a very long way in this field my friends!

And YES the rehab side continues to be a critical piece in all of this - but we have GOT to improve our ability to connect all the dots when we have clients with goals that require tons of pressure management.

What if your pelvic floor is actually insanely strong and resilient but your thoracic rotation sucks? Can we still perform? Yep! Will it require more downward force absorption? Yep! Could we level that out by adding even a few degrees of controlled thoracic rotation? Probably!

And yes there are more and more PTs using this line of thinking, but here’s the issue - clients are doing the rehab side, not getting this piece from their PT, but then trainers/coaches don’t understand it either. So high performing athletes (yes, you!) get dropped through the cracks in the process. No bueno.

Leave me questions ⬇️

😅 just add it to the list of things I said I’d “never” do.

If this was a chronic thing? Different story. But this kid works HARD. He loves being active. He loves learning and practicing and getting better.

But the vibes were off from the very beginning. Let me be clear - his coach was not the problem! The entire environment was…so overwhelming. Kids had played multiple travel seasons, had all the gear, knew all the things. We played tball and coach pitch, but first kid pitch season has some growing pains - which we totally get.

But this was something different, and I can’t say I’ll miss it. Maybe we try again later, a different league, go to the batting cages, learn independently a bit and circle back around. But for now? We’re quitters and we’re proud 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Would love to know your thoughts…I’d love if we could address some *actual* issues in our field instead of stuff like this 😅 but here we are!