RehabGYM Williston

Head to The Times Argus to vote for us in Best of the Best! We're up for Best Physical Therapist and Best Fitness Center!!!
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𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨! 👇💬

RehabGYM Williston updated their business hours.

RehabGYM Williston updated their business hours.

RehabGYM Williston updated their business hours.

RehabGYM Williston updated their business hours.

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 - A series of posts aimed at addressing common beliefs in exercise, physical therapy, and nutrition that are wrong or unhelpful and providing empowering, helpful, and evidence-based narratives.
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This week:
𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙤𝙣❜𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧!
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Make sure to:
❤️ 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚
💬 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩
♻️ 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚
🔖 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠
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𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 - A series of posts aimed at addressing common beliefs in exercise, physical therapy, and nutrition that are wrong or unhelpful and providing empowering, helpful, and evidence-based narratives.
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This week:
𝙄𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠!
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Make sure to:
❤️ 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚
💬 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩
♻️ 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚
🔖 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠
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A heartfelt THANK YOU to all our clients and staff for 19 years of healing, better heath and wellbeing at The RehabGYM!

The most scenic trail race in Vermont is coming up at the Barre Heritage Festival at the end of the month!

Thank you to Butterfly Bakery of Vermont for their generous donation of their gourmet hot sauce for the Barre Heritage Festival Trail 5K!
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The 5K is Saturday, July 30, 2022 at the Millstone Trails Association in Websterville, VT. The scenic route takes you around their abandoned granite quarries and other unique sights. Thanks to our sponsors we have lots of fun prizes and raffles. Please come join the fun!
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Register Here! 👇

https://runsignup.com/Race/VT/Websterville/BarreHeritageFestivalTrail5K
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The Barre Partnership Barre Heritage Festival

The acceptable daily intake of servings of aspartame that can be consumed over the course of a lifetime without appreciable health risk is 75. You read that right: seventy five. So if you're having 76 or more Diet Cokes a day it might be time to cut back. But if you're a normal person who has a few a day because it helps with regulating calorie intake or (*gasp*) you like them you have our permission to ignore the people telling you that "chemicals" are dangerous.
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Conversely, consider the blogger/influencer who in 2017 poisoned herself by eating an aloe vera plant during a livestream.
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Everything around us is made up of chemicals: fruits, vegetables, grains, meat, water, soap, insect repellant. Everything. Demonizing low-calorie sweeteners as "unhealthy" because they're "chemicals" is reductive and fallacious. Take less advice from influencers and those who fear-monger and more advice from doctors and Registered Dietitians like .dietitian .rd2b , and on Instagram!
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𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙨!
We see it frequently: a member or patient skips a week or two after an ache or pain pops up (either during activity or unrelated to it) to "let it get better" before resuming activity. Usually the activity is something they like doing (lifting, running, swimming, cycling, etc) and the time is taken off begrudgingly.
The good news is, there's a better way! You can get back to the activities you love faster by modifying one or more factors to find your "re-entry point" (the amount of your activity you can do where the ache or pain is tolerable or maybe even feels a little better).
Those modifiable factors include:
👉Intensity
- If a 200lb squat hurts, what about a 100lb squat? What about the empty bar or air squats?
- If your foot hurts when you run at your usual pace, what happens when you run at a significantly slower pace?
👉Volume
- If your back hurts at the end of your RDL sets of 12, what about when you try sets of 5?
- If the pain doesn't start until mile 3 of your run, stay with 1-2 miles for a few sessions before increasing again.
👉Range of Motion
- If regular bench press hurts the shoulder regardless of the weight used, what happens when you stop the bar 6 inches above the chest?
👉Positioning
- Are there small changes we can make in positioning that make the activity tolerable? Moving the feet closer together or further apart during the squat or changing grip width during the bench press? Stick with that for a session or two and gradually move back to your preferred position when the area is less sensitized.
These strategies will obviously not work 100% of the time. However, more often than not they'll help us radically decrease the time it takes to get back to the activities or movements we love, which can have substantial psychological benefits.
Something is infinitely better than nothing! As Voltaire says: "Perfect is the enemy of good."

The RehabGYM is committed to supporting the Black community and creating safe spaces for all people of color.
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This year the RehabGYM and the RehabGYM Staff will once again be donating to White Coats for Black Lives who's mission is "to dismantle racism in medicine and promote the health, well-being, and self-determination of people of color."
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We encourage you to join us in donating if you are in a position to do so.
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Link to donate!⬇️

https://whitecoats4blacklives.org/donate/

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 - A series of posts aimed at addressing common beliefs in exercise, physical therapy, and nutrition that are wrong or unhelpful and providing empowering, helpful, and evidence-based narratives.
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This week:
𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚!
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Make sure to:
❤️ 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚
💬 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩
♻️ 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚
🔖 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠
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Our new fully virtual two week class starts on Monday! 👉Link below! 👈
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'Be Fit - Inspire' is a class that meets virtually for 30 minutes three times a week for two weeks. At the end of the class you will not only have moved and exercised, but will have received a veritable treasure trove of information about how to set yourself up for success towards your fitness and cardio goals!
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All exercises are fully customizable to your current ability level. No equipment is required!
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Here's the link to sign up!
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https://www.wellnessliving.com/rs/event/the_rehabgym?k_class=311645

Check out some 📸 of the 4th Annual RehabGYM Invitational Strength Meet and the VIRTUAL RehabGYM Deadlift Meet!

The VIRTUAL RehabGYM Deadlift Meet is LIVE on our Instagram page ()! Check out our stories to vote for your favorite lift/lifter!

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 - A series of posts aimed at addressing common beliefs in exercise, physical therapy, and nutrition that are wrong or unhelpful and providing empowering, helpful, and evidence-based narratives.
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This week:
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙣𝙤 '𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧' 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙧!
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Make sure to:
❤️ 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚
💬 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩
♻️ 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚
🔖 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠
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Congratulations to the nine new recruits of the Williston Fire Department!

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 - A series of posts aimed at addressing common beliefs in exercise, physical therapy, and nutrition that are wrong or unhelpful and providing empowering, helpful, and evidence-based narratives.
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This week:
𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝!
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Make sure to:
❤️ 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚
💬 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩
♻️ 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚
🔖 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠
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𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 - A series of posts aimed at addressing common beliefs in exercise, physical therapy, and nutrition that are wrong or unhelpful and providing empowering, helpful, and evidence-based narratives.
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This week:
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 '𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩' 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙤𝙪𝙩!
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Make sure to:
❤️ 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚
💬 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩
♻️ 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚
🔖 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠
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Exciting changes are coming to The RehabGYM for patients and staff alike! With the latest updates to our software, we are now able to add pronouns to a patient's medical chart. We are making continual efforts to create a healthy, safe, and open space for everyone who enters our facilities. Pronouns are an important part of one’s identity as a vital part of how we address each other, and should be treated with care and respect. Adding pronouns to paperwork, emails, and medical information helps normalize the nuance of gender identity, while giving people a safe way to inform others of the language that best suits their identity.

Some shots from our most recent staff meeting.
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The Task:
Build a structure that will hold a marshmallow as high off the table as possible.
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Each team got 20 pieces of spaghetti, a yard of tape, a yard of string, and a marshmallow.
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The teams had 10 minutes to complete their build.
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How do you think we did?!

❌ vs ✅
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It's likely that you've seen these types of posts on social media before. An exercise being done "incorrectly" with a big red x and one being done "correctly" with a big green check mark. If you've been following along with our Changing the Narrative series (scroll back on our feed if you haven't) you're probably starting to understand why that line of thinking is reductive, inaccurate, and potentially harmful.
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Viewing movements through the lens of "good vs bad," "right vs wrong," or "safe vs harmful" can lead to unnecessary fear of movement (kinesiophobia), and subsequently elevated levels of pain.
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However, we obviously also cannot perform every type of movement with any load without incurring pain or injury. That's why it's more helpful to view painful movements as ones we currently can't tolerate. Whether we avoid that movement, find a similar one that is tolerable, or reduce the load and build back up to tolerance depends on the individual and their goals.
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If you see a "❌ vs ✅" post proceed with caution! Even if the "❌" exercise hurts you to do right now it doesn't mean it's inherently bad and that you can't build your tolerance back up to where you can do it pain free or that others can't perform them safely!

It's finally here!
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Our FREE Learn to Love Running eBook is now available! See the link in our bio and send it to your friends!
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20+ pages of practical advice and evidence-based strategies for beginners!
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Whether you've tried to pick up running and felt like it wasn't for you or if you've never tried because you don't know where to start, this book is for you!

👇👇👇Get your copy here!👇👇👇
https://mailchi.mp/rehabgym.com/learn-to-love-running

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 - A series of posts aimed at addressing common beliefs in exercise, physical therapy, and nutrition that are wrong or unhelpful and providing empowering, helpful, and evidence-based narratives.
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This week:
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 "𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢!"
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Make sure to:
❤️ 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚
💬 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩
♻️ 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚
🔖 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠
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𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 - A series of posts aimed at addressing common beliefs in exercise, physical therapy, and nutrition that are wrong or unhelpful and providing empowering, helpful, and evidence-based narratives.
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This week:
𝙒𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚!
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Make sure to:
❤️ 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚
💬 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩
♻️ 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚
🔖 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠
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The next session of our popular Virtual Running Program starts on Monday (2/14/22)! Call 802.479.4000 or email [email protected] to reserve your spot! It's fully virtual so you can participate from anywhere!
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What is it?
- Twice a week (Mondays and Wednesdays at 4pm) you'll meet for a virtual hour-long strength training class geared towards runners. You will be guided through a modifiable strength routine using bands, bodyweight, or any equipment (dumbbells, kettlebells, etc) that you happen to have access to. You can pick up resistance bands (included in the price of the class) at any of our three locations if you need them.
- Each class contains education on maximizing your running journey, reducing injury risk, nutritional guidance, general Q&A, etc!
- You will receive a personalized running program that you will complete on your own each week.
- You have the option of meeting with us virtually for a weekly check-in to see how your runs are going and to have questions answered.
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Who is it for?
- Anyone! You can scale this class down if you're an absolute beginner looking to learn how to love running, or you can scale it up if you're an experienced runner looking to get stronger, faster, or increase milage!
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Come join us! Members of this class have gone from never running consistently to completing their first 5k's, people coming back from injuries needing guidance, and experienced runners who have hit a plateau!