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You Are Not Your Diagnosis
At a continuing education course, the Canadian physiotherapist teacher poked fun at my class saying, "Oh you Americans, you are always...

Laura Welch
Jun 103 min read
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Starting a new habit? Set the bar low.
Starting something new and actually sticking with it is incredibly hard, no matter how much we think we want it. In physical therapy,...

Laura Welch
Apr 144 min read
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Mastering the Plank
The plank is a great exercise for core strengthening because it promotes the entire body to participate: arms, legs, core, and even your...

Laura Welch
Mar 312 min read
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The Way We Should on Ourselves
We have a funny word in the English language that really gets us into a pickle sometimes. It's the word "should". This small but mighty...

Laura Welch
Feb 103 min read
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Why the name Inspire PT?
When I started my business, I literally had NO idea what I was doing. I Googled a lot and I read a book about why businesses fail. I...

Laura Welch
Dec 29, 20244 min read
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How Will I Feel After Receiving Manual Therapy?
Manual therapy is a dive into a wonderful world of mystery and excitement. I love being able to make changes with manual techniques and...

Laura Welch
Nov 11, 20243 min read
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Assess Your Body Mechanics: The Single Leg Mini Squat
Alignment is a tricky word in the rehab world. It is one of the many pendulums that swing to and fro', with some folks saying alignment,...

Laura Welch
Oct 2, 20245 min read
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Rotator Cuff Tear Research Review!
Degenerative rotator cuff tears are more common as we age and we may or may not have symptoms. Because of this, a common argument is, is...

Laura Welch
Aug 7, 20245 min read
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Fabulous Fascia
Recently, I spent a weekend at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Columbia, MD learning Fascial Manipulation Level 1 from Dr. Antonio Stecco...

Laura Welch
Aug 4, 20243 min read
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Consistency Breeds Progress
Progress can be a sneaky thing. You can keeping chipping and chipping and chipping away at something, feeling like you're about to bang...

Laura Welch
Jun 20, 20243 min read
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The Spine: Avoiding the Hinge
The spine is a pretty cool design. There are 7 vertebrae in the cervical spine, 12 in the thoracic spine (matching the ribs), 5...

Laura Welch
Jun 6, 20245 min read
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The Body's Yin and Yang
This symbol, this philosophy, has always been a grounding point for me. I'm sure I wasn't the only middle school kid that owned some...

Laura Welch
May 24, 20243 min read
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My Human Experience and Creating Less Choices
A year of postpartum has flown by and I don't understand how time has moved so slowly and so quickly all at once. I wanted to share with...

Laura Welch
May 15, 20243 min read
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The Whole Person Equation
A few weeks ago, my son and I stood near the finish line of the Monument 10K. Running events always do it for me; they touch me in a...

Laura Welch
May 4, 20244 min read
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Food and G.I. Upset
Does your belly hurt often? Do you have constipation or diarrhea? Do you have excess gas? Reflux? Bloating? Let's talk about it. Our...

Laura Welch
Apr 13, 20243 min read
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Test and Retest
We have had some "ah-ha" moments in the clinic lately when playing the game of test and retest so I wanted to share! When doing...

Laura Welch
Mar 28, 20244 min read
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Why is my neck tight all the time?!
Recently, I took a refresher virtual course on mobilizing the vagus nerves through the Institute of Physical Art (IPA). I last covered...

Laura Welch
Mar 21, 20241 min read
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Akkermansia: a fascinating bacteria in our gut
So, I may have gone down a little bit of a rabbit hole... It started like this: Many months ago, a colleague recommended a probiotic...

Laura Welch
Feb 26, 20243 min read
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The Deal with Vitamin D3
We have all heard of vitamin D3 and that it's important, right? If you're lucky, this is something your primary care provider checks...

Laura Welch
Feb 14, 20243 min read
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Channeling Your Curious Cat
I'm in Baltimore through the weekend for a Barral visceral course about the pelvis. I left Richmond yesterday at 5pm, a time that I...

Laura Welch
Feb 8, 20244 min read
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You Are Not Your Diagnosis
At a continuing education course, the Canadian physiotherapist teacher poked fun at my class saying, "Oh you Americans, you are always...
Jun 103 min read


Starting a new habit? Set the bar low.
Starting something new and actually sticking with it is incredibly hard, no matter how much we think we want it. In physical therapy,...
Apr 144 min read


Mastering the Plank
The plank is a great exercise for core strengthening because it promotes the entire body to participate: arms, legs, core, and even your...
Mar 312 min read
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