I love PT

I love PT. Not the injury part, but the invitation. You're asked to pay attention to a particular area...to move it, support it, strengthen it, and feel it in a way you probably haven't in a while.

Most of us are really good at working around discomfort. We adjust, compensate, push through, or just avoid it altogether. PT asks something different. It asks you to go toward the thing that's pulling on you.

I had a client with knee issues say, "If I don't have a lot of time, I'm just going to do upper body." And I said "maybe the best use of your time is to spend it with the knee that's asking for your attention?"

There's a beautiful devotion in listening to the body and responding with care. Even when time is limited, being willing to work with a part of the body instead of pushing past it, avoiding it, or hoping it goes away.

Maybe that's what devotion to the body looks like in action — meeting the body where it is. Is there an ache or pain that's been asking for your attention? What would it look like to give it 5 to 10 minutes today to move it, support it or simply notice it?