HiFLEX Blog

As a physical therapist I see a lot of different types of people and personalities. While I’ve only been practicing for 5 years, I have been in/around the rehab setting since 2011. I feel I can confidently say that the trends I see in the rehab setting can be applied to multiple aspects of our daily life. This post will primarily be about rehabilitation and recovery; however, I find it to be fascinating that the same concepts can be extrapolated out across relationships, careers, etc. 

Opinions are important, but they are more impactful when the research points to the same conclusion. For that reason what I want to talk about in this post is how emotion and mindset can play a roll in rehab potential, healing potential, health, and fitness goals in general.

I read an interesting study that discussed the impact of anxiety and fear on wound healing time post operatively. The study stated that “converging evidence from different research...